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ABA is a Sydney based architecture practice. Underlying the work of ABA is a belief in architecture as a creative form of geography making.

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Bismarck House Wins Hugh & Eva Buhrich Award for Residential Architecture (Alterations and Additions) at NSW AIA Architecture Awards 2021

We are thrilled to receive the Hugh and Eva Buhrich Award for Residential Architecture (Alterations and Additions) for our Bismarck House! The project has been a beautiful collaboration with our clients Will & Julia Dangar, Interior design consultants Karen McCartney & David Harrison, and with Robert Plumb Build. The Bismarck House also won a Commendation for Interior Architecture. Congratulations to all the award winners and shortlisted projects. 

Gunyama Park Aquatic and Recreation Centre Published in Green Magazine Architecture & Design

Green Magazine Architecture and Design

ABA have new email addresses! 

We have new email addresses! ABA have recently updated our email domain to ‘___@aba.sydney’, matching the domain of our new website launched late last year.

Any email to our old domain ‘___@aba-architects.com.au’ will be automatically forwarded to our new addresses.

Please update your address book if you have not already.

East Sydney Early Learning Centre Wins Commendation Commercial Exterior at Intergrain Timber Vision Awards 

ABA’s East Sydney Early Learning Centre was awarded this year’s Travel Bursary Award in the Intergrain Timber Vision Awards. The project also received a commendation in the Commercial Exterior Award category. A full list of award winners can be found here. The jury’s citation can also be read here. 

ABA’s Brick House Featured in Book Design Lives Here 

Design Lives Here

ABA’s Brick House is featured in the book Design Lives Here, edited by Penny Craswell, published by Thames and Hudson.

ABA Wins Gunyama Park and Green Square Aquatic Centre Competition

ABA, in association with Grimshaw Architects and Taylor Cullity Lethlean Landscape Architects, has been selected as the winner of the Gunyama Park Aquatic and recreation Centre. See the Sydney Morning Herald's article on the competition announcement here and Channel 9's coverage here

Bismarck House in Sydney’s Bondi by Andrew Burges Architects Featured on Yellowtrace

Yellowtrace

Bismarck House Wins Commendation Interior Architecture at NSW AIA Architecture Awards 2021

Bismarck House Wins House Alteration and Addition under 200m2 Award at Houses Awards

Bismarck House Featured on Archdaily

ArchDaily

Andrew on the Judging Panel for 2018 World Architecture Festival (WAF)

Having won the 2017 WAF Best Completed Education Project, (for the East Sydney Learning Centre) Andrew was invited to judge this year’s Education category at the 2018 WAF in Amsterdam. As well as judging at the festival, Andrew took the opportunity to revisit many OMA projects in the Netherlands he first visited in the mid 1990’s, as well as seminal housing projects including Borneo Sporenburg by West 8 and Hans Kollhoff’s 1994 Piraeus Housing Block.

GPARC Construction Update

Recent photography of Gunyama Park Aquatic Recreation Centre captured by Brett Boardman.

Construction is complete and the facility will open in February 2021.

Parramatta Aquatic Centre Published in the March Issue of The Monthly

The Monthly

Andrew Burges Gives Opening Lecture of 2015 UQ Architectural Lecture Series

Andrew kicked off the University of Queensland Architecture lecture series with a talk on ‘Geography Making’ featuring recent public, competition and residential projects at the . Andrew’s interview with the State Library prior to the lecture is in the link here 

A video link of the lecture can be found here https://vimeo.com/121851732 

George St Tower Shortlisted for the AA Prize for Unbuilt Work 2022

Gully House shortlisted in the 2024 HOUSES Awards

Gully House has been shortlisted in the 2024 HOUSES Awards, in the “New House Over 200m2” category.

ABA’s Small Big House Published in Houses Magazine

Houses Magazine

ABA’s alterations and additions to a weekender at Palm Beach has been published in Houses Issue 60.

Andrew Burges Giving a Talk About Recent Projects at Cosentino with MM+J ARCHITECTS  

Andrew presenting selected projects from past works, and projects currently in process at Cosentino City Centre Sydney.
Curated by David McCrae of mm+j architects

Is this radical adaptation the new ideal for Australian homes?

Australian Financial Review

ABA’s Bismarck House is featured in the Australian Financial Review, edited by Stephen Todd.

Aquatic Leisure Centre Parramatta Construction Update

Parramatta Aquatic Centre wins Urban Design Award at the 2024 NSW AIA Architecture Awards

We were very excited that Parramatta Aquatic Centre was awarded an Urban Design Award 2024 NSW AIA Architecture Awards!. A huge thank you to everyone involved at ABA, Grimshaw, and McGregor Coxall. 

The Parramatta Aquatic Centre (PAC) transcends the typical, transforming itself into an oasis both within and outside the centre.

It fosters a sense of discovery where pool users and passersby can connect and interact. Criss-crossing public pathways through, above, and into the centre expand the facility’s purpose from its core function to make the building itself an expansive public space.

The key challenge - accommodating 15,000sqm within a public park - is resolved through a singular insight: burying the building beneath gardens that together form a perfect circle. This innovative design prioritises camouflaging the building's physical footprint, embedding connections between the building and parkland.

The PAC breaks away from the sterile steel boxes often associated with aquatic centres, drawing inspiration from the surrounding landscape. Recycled construction waste form the retaining gabion walls, with concrete and native planting creating a sense of inevitability to the outcome. The park's flora is extended into the heart of the centre, reinforcing its connection to nature.

Adding another layer of significance, the PAC incorporates a tapestry of First Nations interpretive elements. This project is an exemplar for local governments seeking the greatest value for their projects, prioritising community, sustainability, and cultural connection.

Andrew on the Judging Panel for 2018 Tapestry Design Prize For Architects

Andrew was invited to judge this year’s Tapestry Design Prize for Architects, an international tapestry competition for architects. This year’s brief was centred around Boullée’s Cenotaph for Newton and hypothetically sited in the Pharoah Wing of MONA, in Tasmania. Read more about the competition here 

ABA's Stone House Published in Houses Kitchens + Bathrooms

Houses Kitchens + Bathrooms

ABA’s Stone House in Bondi has been featured in Kitchens + Bathrooms

Gunyama Park Aquatic and Recreation Centre Wins NSW AIA Award for Public Architecture 

Bismarck House Receives Best Kitchen Award on Dwell Awards 2020

We are thrilled to have received the Best Kitchen Award on Dwell Award 2020.

The project has been a beautiful collaboration with our clients Will & Julia Dangar, Interior design consultants Karen McCartney & David Harrison, and with Robert Plumb Build.


ABA’s GPARC Aquatic Centre Featured as One of Ten Futuristic Projects Changing the Face of Sydney 

ABA and Grimshaw’s GPARC Aquatic Centre has been included in Concrete Playgrounds review of the 10 futuristic design projects changing the face of Sydney. 

Bismarck House Opening Night - Reinventing the Semi - Denham Street Bondi

A rare project collaboration initiated by Will Dangar (Dangar Barin Smith Landscape) and Bill Clifton (Robert Plumb Build), saw a pair of semi-detached houses reinvented as a playful, cohesive pair. ABA was engaged to design the northern laneway lot for Will Dangar, while Potter Wilson Architects had already completed the design for Bill Clifton’s semi to the south. To celebrate the completion of both projects, a double house open night was coordinated by Karen McCartney and David Harrison, who acted as interior design consultants for Will Dangar’s project. It was a beautiful night shared with colleagues in construction, architecture, and design.

ABA’s Bismarck House Featured in Elle Decoration UK

Elle Decoration UK

ABA’s Bismarck House is featured in the June 2020 edition of Elle Decoration UK Magazine. A preview of the article can be found HERE 

ABA’s GPARC Aquatic Centre Featured in Venice Biennale Pool Exhibition

Venice Biennale

ABA’s Gunyama Park Aquatic and Recreation Centre is featured in Australia’s Exhibition at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale. Curated by Michelle Tabet with Aileen Sage directors Isabelle Toland and Amelia Holliday, The Pool is a fantastic exploration of the role of the swimming pool in the collective experience and construction of Australian cultural identity. See the New York Times review of the exhibition here 

The interviews with prominent Australians discussing the different themes or ‘lanes’ of cultural identity can be heard here (http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/pocketdocs/features/the-pool/).

The link to The Pool exhibition book can be found here (http://www.manic.com.au/Pool-The-Architecture-Culture-and-Identity-in-Australia.html).

Parramatta Aquatic Centre wins 2024 Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design

We are delighted to learn that Parramatta Aquatic Centre has won the Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design at the AIA National Awards.

With an overt public agenda – creating a local-council-operated aquatic and recreation centre for Parramatta – the urban generosity of this project transforms the reach of a public building. The design effortlessly integrates a large program of pools, a gym, a cafe, change rooms and multipurpose rooms hidden in plain sight with sensitive layering of built and landscaped form.

The seamless integration of landscape provides a protected sanctuary for pool users, while the partial burying of the centre gives a restored ecosystem back to the surrounding neighbourhood. Historic sightlines are maintained towards Parramatta River, instilling a renewed sense of place in a previously forgotten site and maintaining the importance of the river to the city.

Protection is key to the success of this building. The pools are carved into the edges of the interior, ensuring climatically appropriate spaces for play and learning. The building’s oculus, open to the sky and housing the main outdoor pool, becomes a central gathering point for the community, shielded from the surrounding urbanity of roads and railway tracks. The integration of a rain garden fosters its own microclimate to dampen the heat of Western Sydney.

Parramatta Aquatic Centre raises the agenda of a local government facility, exemplifying the transformative qualities of public spaces for not only their immediate users but the wider community and the urban form. The resulting landscape becomes a beacon for the adjacent city towers while framing these same contextual sightlines for swimmers sheltered within the building below. The simplicity of the form is multifaceted, seemingly solving planning and program constraints with climatic and culturally sensitive responses in a single move. The materiality rejects the established norms for a public pool, creating a robustness and longevity that celebrate Country and provide a distinctive contribution to the urban fabric.

Carport Tree-House Published in Houses Magazine 

Skylight House Wins Alterations and Additions Over 200m2 at Houses Award 

ABA’s Skylight House wins the best alterations and additions over 200 sq.m award at the 2014 Houses awards. See the jury’s comments here 

Andrew Burges Presents Accidental Institutions: Doing Just Enough at The Cutaway, Barangaroo

Construction Begins for GPARC With Ground-Breaking and Smoking Ceremony

Construction is now underway for Gunyama Park Aquatic and Recreation Centre (GPARC). The ABA, Grimshaw and TCL team were joined by Lord Mayor Clover Moore and CPB Contractors to officially break ground at the site. A traditional Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony marked the start of the main works. The centre is due for completion in 2020.

Parramatta Aquatic Centre Published in Architecture Australia Magazine

Architecture Australia Magazine

Brick House Wins 2011 Think Brick Open Face Award 

Brick House Wins Residential Architecture Award at NSW AIA Awards 

We were thrilled to receive a residential architecture award for our Brick House at the Australian Institute of Architecture Awards on July 1st. Thanks to our client and builder Shane Green Building for their collaboration on the project. Congratulations to all the award winners. A list of awarded projects can be found here.

Brick House is Shortlisted for World House of the Year at World Architecture Festival 

ABA’s Brick House has been shortlisted for the 2017 IDEA Awards in the Residential Single category. Winners will be announced at the annual IDEA Gala Party in November this year. A full list of shortlisted entries can be found here. 

Harbourside Villas and Boathouse Wins Heritage Award from Woollahra Council

ABA has won the 2011 Woollahra Council Heritage Award for our renovation of an interwar functionalist residence at Darling Point. The renovation of the two storey existing building, including a new third level rooftop ‘pavilion’, worked closely with the original intent of the original Nesbitt design while creating an contemporary adaption of the projects guiding modernist principles.

ABA Return to Surry Hills + The Architects Bookshop

After three months working remotely, ABA returned to the Surry hills office this week. To give us a reason to come back, and to give the spirit of the architects bookshop a new home, Andrew took the chance to repurpose the bookshelf here, just around the corner in Marlborough Street.

Skylight House Published in House & Garden Magazine

House & Garden - February Issue 

Andrew Burges Talking as Part of Antecedence Series at the Institute of Architects

Andrew Burges will be talking on formative years in his architectural education, reflecting on the influence of the teaching of Swetik Korzeniewski as part of the Antecedence Series at the Institute of Architects on 10.11 in Sydney and the 17.11 in Melbourne. See the link for the talk here 

GPARC Under Construction

Construction continues on our Gunyama Park Aquatic Recreation Centre. In a recent drone photography by Brett Boardman. The centre is due for completion in 2020.

East Sydney Early Learning Centre Wins Daryl Jackson Award for Educational Architecture at National AIA Awards 

Andrew attended the National AIA Awards in Canberra and ABA’s East Sydney Early Learning Centre was awarded the Daryl Jackson Award for Educational Architecture! It was a joy to work on a project where the ‘delight of the child’ was at the forefront. Thank you to the City of Sydney and all that contributed to the project. Thank you also to the AIA, it is a thrill to be recognised amongst such an esteemed list of entries. Congrats to all! A full list of award winners can be found here.

Andrew Burges Presents AIA Affiliations Series with Grimshaw's Andrew Cortese

As we move beyond Covid there is a pressing task of re-establishing relationships across practice, making the profession tangible. This series of talks will focus on affiliations. Each event will be hosted at a large practice, generously inviting the profession in. A pair of talks will be presented; the large practice and an invited small / medium practice. Through this multiplicity of voices the talk series will explore issues critical to our discipline, identifying affiliations across scales and modes of practice.

Heritage Rooftop Pavilion Wins Heritage Award at Houses Award 

ABA won the 2012 Heritage award for its renovation and rooftop pavilion addition to a 1930’s modernist dwelling in Darling Point. A link to all the 2012 winners can be found here 

The project can also be found in Issue 87 of Houses Magazine.

Bismarck House Wins Houses Alteration and Addition Under 200m2 Award

Back to Front House Published in Houses Magazine 

Houses Magazine 

Harbourside Villas Published in Houses Magazine 

ABA’s Harbourside Villas and boathouse are featured in this month’s addition of Houses Magazine. 

Andrew Burges Speaks at The Architecture Symposium: A Broader Landscape

Coastview Apartment Published in	Houses Magazine 

Andrew Burges Review of Harry Seidler's Gissing House Published in Houses Magazine

Andrew’s review of the stunning 1972 Gissing House by Harry Seidler is published in Houses Magazine 91. The link to the article can be found here. (Photo Credit - Chris Colls)

Andrew Burges Talking as Part of The Surry Hills ‘About The House’ Talk

Andrew Burges spoke as part of the Surry Hills ‘About the House’ series curated by Ian Moore. A series typically dedicated to inner city housing solutions, Andrew’s talk instead focused on the social, community and recreational infrastructure required in support of high density housing, illustrated through ABA’s recently completed East Sydney Early Learning Centre and the upcoming GPARC Aquatic and Recreation Centre, which will form the recreational heart for the Green Square Town Centre.

Parramatta Aquatic Centre Published in ArchitectureAU

ArchitectureAU

Darlinghurst Family and Childcare Progressing Onsite 

Our family and childcare centre at 277 Bourke St Darlinghurst for the City of Sydney is progressing on site. Due for completion during 2016, the works are being undertaken by Belmadar Constructions. 

Brick House Wins Residential Single Category Award at IDEA Awards 

Gunyama Park Aquatic and Recreation Centre Wins NSW AIA Award Lord Mayor's Prize 

Bismarck House Wins Best Kitchen Award at Dwell Design Awards 2021

Green Thinking allows this Sydney home to exist in perfect equilibrium with the outdoors

Gunyama Park Aquatic and Recreation Centre Wins AIA National Award for Public Architecture 

Andrew presents at AustraliaNow

Andrew presents at the AustraliaNow talks - a joint presentation organised by Brickworks, AIANY and CultureNOW. It is a great opportunity to see a cross section of Australian Architecture as part of the celebration of the Opera House’s 50th birthday.

ABA Selected as One of Five Finalists in Gunyama Park and Green Square Aquatic Centre Competition

ABA have been selected from 144 local and international entrants as finalists for Stage 2 of the Gunyama Park and Green Square Aquatic Centre Competition. The concept for the project focused on expanding the community appeal of the Aquatic centre by grafting the hedonistic qualities of Sydney’s beach pools into a new urban leisure and wetland landscape. View more of the ABA Gunyama Park entry here.

Bismarck Published on Dezeen, Andrew Burges Architects Designs Bismarck House to be "Continuous Garden"

Dezeen

Johanna and Pete visit Bismarck House in Bondi

Better Homes and Gardens

East Sydney Early Learning Centre Wins World Architecture Festival School Completed Building Award 

The East Sydney Early Learning Centre was shortlisted to present at the World Architecture Festival from 15-17th November 2017 in Berlin. Andrew presented the project on Day One of the festival and we are very excited to announce that the ESELC took out the category award for School – Completed Buildings. Congratulations to all entries and thank you to the City of Sydney for supporting such an ambitious project! A full list of award winners can be found here.

ABA Shortlisted for Australian House Competition

ABA has been shortlisted for its Australia House competition entry. The competition, for a new artist in residence studio in the rural Japanese Niigata Prefecture as part of Echigo – Tsumari Art Triennale, had 154 entries from around the world. The jury of Tadao Ando, Tom Henigan and Fram Kitagawa awarded first prize to Andrew Burns Architects. See the press release here. 

Bismarck House Broadcasted on Better Homes and Gardens on 7+ Channel

ABA’s Bismarck House is on Better Homes and Garden at 7+ channel.

Pittwater House Wins Excellence in Timber Design Award at Australian Timber Design Award 

ABA has won an excellence in timber award at the 2013 Australian Timber Design Awards for its custom cladding design for the Pittwater House. Congratulations to all the design winners, who can be seen here 

Bismarck House Wins House Interior of the Year Award at Dezeen Awards

We were very excited to win 2020 House Interior of the Year at the recent Dezeen Awards. A big thank you to our collaborators on the interior, David Harrison and Karen McCartney and builder Bill Clifton from Robert Plumb Build and clients Will and Julia Dangar. Photography by Peter Bennetts.

ABA Practice Profile in Houses Magazine 

A detailed practice profile of ABA has been featured in Houses magazine 86. The article by Natalie Ward explores early influences and the evolution of the design approach of the practice. A link to the article can be found here. 

ABA’s Bismarck House Featured in The Local Project

The Local Project

ABA’s Bismarck House has been featured on The Local Project.

Andrew joins Elizabeth Farrelly on 'The Sydneyist'

Andrew joined Elizabeth Farrelly on ‘The Sydneyist’ radio show to talk about Parramatta Aquatic Centre and the civic, social and landscape opportunities of the project and the project winning the Sulman Medal.

If you missed TheSydneyist lastnight on Eastside Radio 89.7FM you can stream the episode by clicking on the ‘Read More+’ link below.

ABA Wins NSW Housing Pattern Book Design Competition

We are excited to announce that our proposal (on a site in Edmondson Park) has been selected as one of the winners of the NSW Housing Pattern Book Design Competition 

Our pattern book proposal is centred on three main ideas:
1. Developing housing types that create a tight urban grain and active street life as the fundamental basis for high density housing.
2. Thinking through the social structure of the circulation - how we orchestrate the social experience from street to apartment, creating a natural social network of five or six apartments connected at each level of circulation.
3. An interest in the flexibility within the apartment, trying to come up with apartment typologies that really enable maximum range of different types of uses, creating housing to be as inclusive and as flexible as we could imagine.

It was fantastic to work with Jane and Stephen from Jane Irwin Landscape Archtects to develop a lively and community centred approach to landscape and communal spaces. Paul from Atelier Ten provided valuable input to our approach to building performance and environmental sustainability.

We look forward to working with GANSW and stakeholders to further develop the project and hope to share more of our proposal soon!

Andrew Burges Talking at Pre-Conference Workshop at the COTA 2016 Universal Design Conference

Andrew Burges will be reflecting on his consultation with the City of Sydney Inclusions (Disability) Panel through the design of the GPARC Aquatic Centre as part of a Preconference Workshop for the 2016 Universal Design Conference. The workshop, entitled ‘Best Practice in Public Facility Design’, will review the success of the COS Inclusions Panel in developing a more human centred approach to Universal Design. See the conference link to the workshop here 

Coastview Apartment Published in The Local Project

A Landscape Designer’s Serene Bondi Oasis

The Design Files

Heritage Rooftop Pavilion Published in Houses Magazine

GPARC wins Lord Mayor's Prize and Public Architecture Award at the NSW AIA Awards

We are thrilled to have received the City of Sydney Lord Mayor’s Prize and a Public Architecture Award at the NSW AIA Awards last Friday for our Gunyama Park Aquatic Recreation Centre (GPARC) 🎉🎉.

From the outset, we wanted to make a project that really expanded the recreational opportunities for the local community – not just a place for people to train and keep fit but a place where everybody could enjoy the pleasures of swimming – a generous and inclusive recreational heart for this emerging high-density neighbour-hood. Achieving this vision has been a collective effort. We would like to thank Clover Moore and City of Sydney for their leadership in connecting high quality sustainable design with community needs.

Andrew speaks at John Andrews International roundtable discussion

Over the weekend, Andrew presented and participated in a round-table discussion on the work of John Andrews. The event was associated with the exhibition 'John Andrews: Architect of Uncommon Sense' at the Tin Sheds Gallery (University of Sydney). The discussion involved former members of the John Andrews International Office and was moderated by co-curators Paul Walker and Kevin Liu.

Andrew Burges Talking in Hobart as a part of Brickworks Double Talk Series

Andrew Burges joined with Will Fung from CO-AP in Hobart to talk on recent work as part of the Brickworks ‘Double Talk’ Series. Andrew focussed on the recently completed Brick House and East Sydney Early Learning Centre, and the upcoming GPARC Park and Aquatic centre.
A link to the talk can be found here. 

Gunyama Park Aquatic and Recreation Centre Published in ArchitectureAU

Parramatta Aquatic Centre wins World Architecture Festival Award

We are excited that Parramatta Aquatic Centre won the Completed Buildings: Sport at this Year’s World Architecture Festival in Singapore this year!

Congratulations also to our collaborators at Grimshaw and McGregor Coxall

Pittwater House is Shortlisted for Residential Architecture at World Architecture Festival 

ABA's Pittwater House has been shortlisted in the World Architecture Festival's residential architecture awards for the best new houses globally in 2014. See the link to the 10 shortlisted houses here 

Parramatta Aquatic Centre wins AIA National Awards for Public Architecture

We are excited to share that Parramatta Aquatic Centre has won an Award for Public Architecture at the AIA National Awards.

Parramatta Aquatic Centre is situated on Mays Hill, directly across the rail line from the UNESCO World Heritage site of Parramatta Park and Old Government House. The site has a 60,000-year history of occupation by the Burramattagal people, a clan of the Dharug.

The project is a consummate example of a public facility that moves beyond the brief to transform space at the edge of a transit corridor into a newly realised, publicly accessible locale. Acknowledging both Burramatagal heritage and the colonial history of the area, the project strategy assimilated Mays Hill as a traditional outlook point. The deft insertion of the facility within the landform is an act of respect and preservation and exhibits considerable expertise in accommodating a 15,000-square-metre footprint.

Conceived as a community landscape, the pool sits as a sunken court, allowing the public to meander around Mays Hill and view the Parramatta vista. The circle becomes both focal ring and core around which subsidiary facilities are incised, allowing a clear and logical program, with natural light filtering through generous roof lights. The drawing-in of park flora is a counterpoint to what might be traditionally experienced within a public pool setting; water-sensitive design is a strong consideration, including the re-establishment of endemic tree species over the parkland. The inclusion of aligned facilities and a cafe promotes a social community atmosphere within the whole.


Parramatta Aquatic Centre is a masterful outcome for public design that ensures the conservation of a key landscape asset for the city of Parramatta.

Brick House Wins Commendation for New House Over 200m2 at Houses Awards 

ABA’s Brick House has received a commendation in the popular ‘New House over 200sq.m category’ at the 2017 Houses awards at the National Gallery of Victoria on Friday night. A link to the commended projects can be found here. A link to the winning projects can be found here 

Parramatta Aquatic Centre Shortlisted in 2024 Dezeen Awards

We are excited to share that Parramatta Aquatic Centre has been shortlisted for the 2024 Dezeen Awards in the Health and Wellbeing category. The winners of each project category will be announced in London on Tuesday 26th November. Project category winners go on to compete for the architecture project of the year title. 

ABA’s East Sydney Early Learning Centre Featured on Australia by Design

Australia by Design

ABA’s East Sydney Early Learning Centre was featured on Channel Ten’s ‘Australia by Design: Architecture’ program. The program hosted by Tim Horton (Registrar for the NSW Architects Registration Board) showcases the human story behind some of the most innovative and creative designers & builders in Australia. It highlights their award winning ideas, achievements and projects. To find out more about the program and to watch the episode, click here 

Andrew Burges Wins Travel Bursary Award at Intergrain Awards 

Andrew is in Europe on an architectural study trip, visiting and learning from inventive timber buildings and structures. The trip forms part of the Intergrain Timber Vision Travel Bursary Award, which ABA won last year for our East Sydney Early Learning Centre project.

Gully House shortlisted in 2024 NSW AIA Architecture Awards

We are excited that Gully House made the shortlist for this year’s AIA NSW Chapter Awards in the Residential Architecture - Houses (New) category. Looking forward to the awards announcements on Friday 28 June 2024 at the 2024 NSW Architecture Awards & Celebration Evening!

Belle Magazine - November Issue 'Geography Class' article by Karen McCartney

GPARC Aquatic Centre Sets Ambitious Sustainability Target

Australasian Leisure news reviews the ambitious sustainability targets of ABA and Grimshaw’s GPARC Aquatic Centre. Targeted as the first Aquatic Centre to achieve a 5 star as Built Green Star rating, an outline of the project and its sustainability principles can be viewed here 

Harbourside Villas Published in Belle Magazine 

Belle Magazine

Embracing the Unexpected – Bismarck House by Andrew Burges Architects

Skylight House is a Finalist for the Think Brick Horbury Hunt Award

ABA’s Skylight House has been selected as a finalist for the Think Brick Horbury Hunt award, celebrating innovation and craftsmanship in the use of brickwork. View the Skylight House and other selected entries here 

Bismarck House Receives Commendation Interior Architecture at NSW AIA Awards 

East Sydney Early Learning Centre Wins Education Architecture Award 

We were very happy to receive an AIA award for Educational Architecture, and a commendation for Interior Architecture, for our East Sydney Early Learning Centre. Thanks to City of Sydney for their leadership in engaging us to provide a best practice childcare design, and congratulations to the contractor Belmadar for their efforts on such a challenging site. A list of awarded projects can be found here.

Plywood House I

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