NEWS ON OUR PROJECTS
Sydney's first Sense of Self bathhouse is opening soon in a Surry Hills warehouse
After building a dedicated cult following in Melbourne, Sense Of Self is opening its first Sydney location this September. Taking over a former industrial warehouse in Surry Hills, the sprawling new venue will span an enormous 1,200 square metres across two levels, making it Sydney’s largest indoor bathhouse. Click to Read More
Iconic New Hyde Park Tower by DEICORP
Soaring into the city’s skies, this iconic tower by celebrated Candalepas Associates lights up the southern edge of Hyde Park. For Deicorp, this is a legacy project. Tall, slender and incredibly beautiful, Hyde Metropolitan is our towering architectural tribute to the green heart of the CBD. Click to Read More
Pilu Restaurant Approved
When Pilu’s owners Giovanni Pilu and Marilyn Annecchini submitted a routine Development Application (DA) to formalise their operations as a restaurant and function space, the last thing they expected to be doing was sitting in a hearing, debating the future of its bookings and operating hours. Planning Lab assisted in resolving the matter. Click to Read More
Proposed Sydney tower with a sense of ‘repose’
Candalepas and Associates has won a design excellence competition for a “slim and elegant” hotel and apartment tower in central Sydney.
To be located at 525 George Street, the tower will comprise 292 hotel rooms, a gymnasium, outdoor pool and 115 residential apartments. It will replace the historic cinema which as occupied the site since 1903. Click to Read More
Town Planning is not all Big Towers and Masterplans
We are often seen here talking up the big projects (big towers, masterplanned sites, SSDs) but there is something we also really enjoy about delivering the small projects (small bars, restaurants, various other night time economy venues). They bring life to the streets day and night, and they support Sydney’s role as a significant global dining destination. Click to Read More
NewLife Darling Harbour
This elegant apartment complex located at 495 Harris Street Ultimo is highly responsive to its site and the rich character of its neighbourhood. The multi-layered building steps down from nine-storeys along Harris Street to six levels facing Bulwara Lane, providing 200 apartments including penthouse, a broad range of single storey apartments and several two-level terrace apartments at street level. Ground floor retail and commercial space activates Harris Street and upper level roof terraces fully exploit stunning views to the CBD, major bridges and the harbour. Click to Read More
Hugos Opens New Deck for Summer
Hugos Manly has unveiled its brand-new expanded deck and extended trading hours, just in time for summer and the season of celebrations. Seating up to 80 guests and offering a sweeping outlook over Manly Cove, the new space gives diners that magical feeling of floating on the water. Click to Read More
Landmark City Hotel, A by Adina
Every square metre of the small 597 sqm island-like site has been optimised to create a compact yet distinctive and comfortable city hotel which is focussed in every respect – from urban form to the finest interior details – as a singular architecture that prioritises the experience of the guest, the visitor, the street, the city and the environment. Click to Read More
Reviving the 4am party culture in the CBD with the Caterpillar Club
It’s the second opening this year from the team at Swillhouse, the hospitality group setting trends since it opened Darlinghurst’s Shady Pines Saloon in 2011, and later Restaurant Hubert, Alberto’s Lounge, The Baxter Inn and Le Foote. Caterpillar Club feels like all those places rolled into one – a bit glamorous, a bit grungy, and very much anything-can-happen. Click to Read More
Joji - Sydney’s hot new rooftop bar is worth dressing up for – if you can get a table
I swear I haven’t been turned away from a bar this often since late-night missions to Newtown’s Town Hall Hotel during uni days: 10pm on Friday – “Sorry, we’re at capacity”; 4pm on Saturday – “Maybe come back in three hours”; surely, 8pm on Wednesday? “If you don’t have a reservation, we’re probably full until midnight.” Click to Read More
State Theatre Precinct
The positive contribution to an extant setting is considered vital to any significant project’s success. There is a need to balance the insertion of new within an historical context, and for neither the new or the old to be compromised. This requires a significant amount of consideration and ground-truthing and exemplified in the proposal for an extension of the QT Hotel in Sydney submitted to the City of Sydney. The building occupies a site in a precinct rich in heritage, in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. Click to Read More