Hill ThalisConstruction works on the Residential Tower building in Burwood with a slender 10 storey volume are underway.
We have completed documentation of a residential apartment building that is inserted into the shell of the Majestic Theatre in Petersham. In its former life this structure housed a theatre, a cinema, a roller rink and now will accommodate residential and commercial uses. Construction is revealing previously hidden details that are being incorporated into the new works.
The Mountainside House is under construction and making excellent progress, despite the wind and rain – being due for completion next year.
Work is continuing on the Canberra Brickworks and Environs while, Hill Thalis with Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture are continuing work on the Lemur Forest Adventure at Taronga Zoo. Look for details of this project on our website shortly.
Philip Thalis and Peter John Cantrill are currently completing work on their forthcoming publication Public Sydney: An Atlas of Public Rooms, Buildings and Places. The book documents public buildings and spaces in the city through a meticulous series of architectural drawings that elucidates the resilience and adaptability of the public realm over time. The book is being undertaken with the assistance of the Historic Houses Trust, UNSW Built Environment, the City of Sydney and the Government Architect’s Office. The book will include a number of essays by leading architects and landscape architects and is scheduled for publication at the end of the year.
St Peters Green has received a Commendation in the 2011 NSW Chapter Architecture Awards. The jury noted that, ‘In a year with a large number of social housing entries, this project stood out as an exemplar of how architects can contribute to this typology…The project is deeply informed by social and environmental ambitions, and executed rigorously, within pragmatic constraints of this type.’
Pirrama Park at Pyrmont Point won the prestigious Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design in 2010. This is the Australian Institute of Architect’s award for “the most outstanding work of urban design in Australia”.
The project is a result of 5 years of work by Hill Thalis, Aspect Studios and CAB, who designed the park and its structures in close collaboration.
The canopy and belvedere have won Master Builder’s association awards for Public Buildings – 2010 Winner and Best use of Concrete – Joint Winner for 2010.
The Merewether Beach Public Domain Plan undertaken in association with Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture for Newcastle Council has won the Planning Institute of Australia Planning Award for Excellence 2010.
See the Barangaroo Action Group Website. To see the Hill Thalis, Jane Irwin, Paul Berkemeier competition scheme, download copies of the panels at Barangaroo.
Hundreds of people attended a protest rally organised by the Barangaroo Action Group and the Friends of Barangaroo on 26th June, 2010. Listen to Matthew Campbell’s song written for the rally The Desecration of Barangaroo
Pirrama Park received an Architecture Award for Urban Design in the 2010 NSW Chapter Architecture Awards. St Peter’s Green, Pyrmont Canopy and Belvedere and Bankstown Apartments were all shorlisted in their categories.
Pirrama Park was officially opened by the City of Sydney in March. See the Sydney Morning Herald for a timelapse photographic series of the construction of the park.
The St Peters Green project has been completed. See the St Peters Green website for Testimonials from the new residents.
Philip Thalis presented a talk at the Institute of Architects at Manning Street, Potts Point at 6.30, Tuesday 15th September. The talk was titled ‘Project and Polemic’ and presented the recent work of the practice.
Pyrmont Point Park was awarded the National award in the CCAA Bi annual Public Domain Awards. It was also the winner of the Precincts award and the NSW award.
Sustainable Sydney 2030 won a commendation in the Australia Award for Urban Design 2009. The jury said, ‘The Vision is exciting and innovative, and incorporated widespread engagement with the community. It successfully resolved complex, strategic planning issues into detailed and well illustrated urban design solutions.’ See the ArchDaily website for further details.
Philip Thalis and Peter John Cantrill jointly won the 2010 Australian Institute of Architects NSW Presidents Award for Contribution to the Architecture Profession.
As well as directing their respective award winning practices, the pair have worked together intermittently over the last 25 years on a wide range of architectural, urban and cultural activities.
Their joint work spans award winning buildings and competition winning schemes, research and publication, architectural tours and university lectureships.
They are currently working on a new book on the Public Rooms and Public Spaces in the City of Sydney, extending their long fascination with the city’s best architecture.
A series of six films to encourage women to study and work in the fields of Architecture and Construction, where they are statistically under-represented, have been produced by Naomi Stead and Sam Scotting for the University of Technology, Sydney. The films feature interviews with leading female architects, project managers and quantity surveyors and includes parts of an interview with Sheila Tawalo from Hill Thalis. Women in Architecture and Construction
Philip Thalis presented the 2009 Paul Reid Lecture at the University of NSW on Wednesday 11th March. The subject of the lecture was Sydney: re-imagining the public project.
Sustainable Sydney 2030 was awarded the Urban Planning Achievement Award at the NSW PIA Awards for Excellence in Planning held in November. The jury considered the Sydney 2030 to be, ‘an outstanding example of a broadly based strategic plan designed to achieve a sustainable city. The Plan is visionary, incorporating dramatic proposals to reduce the impact of the car in the CBD, including the restoration of interesting pedestrian routes and pedestrian-friendly traffic management.’
Red Wall Jack Floyd Reserve won a Commendation in the Small Projects Category of the 2008 NSW Architecture Awards. The jury citation calls the park, ‘modest, monumental and memorable; the project appears to have always existed.’
The Rose Bay Apartments have won a High Commendation in the Professional Excellence in Building Awards for Beach Constructions.
Hill Thalis is working with the City of Sydney on a joint master planning process for an Affordable Housing Demonstration Project – one of the projects identified in the Sustainable Sydney 2030 strategy.
The project involves the construction of up to 700 new affordable, social and private housing units on sites in Glebe and Ultimo.
Housing Minister Matt Brown and Ms Moore have signed a Memorandum of Understanding committing the City of Sydney and the NSW Government to a partnership to develop affordable housing on a 3.6 hectare site in Glebe.
“We are aiming to develop new models of affordable housing which can be replicated around Australia. We want to ensure a healthy mix of accommodation types, not a segregated city with an increasing gulf between the haves and the have-nots,” Ms Moore said.
Hill Thalis, Aspect Studios and CAB Consulting’s recently completed Pyrmont Point Park Master Plan received an award for Excellence at the AILA State Awards.
Substation No. 175 was featured in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Domain 10 year anniversary issue. Elizabeth Farrelly describing it as having, ‘the romantic eccentricity of an Italian tower house, its slender section allowing natural ventilation throughout. A perfect inner-city nest.’
