What is the ‘big (IDEA)’ behind this project?
The former 1888 Carriage Workshops building at Eveleigh has been transformed into an innovative new centre committed to the conception, development and presentation of a wide spectrum of performance. Tonkin Zulaikha Greer’s adaptive reuse has embraced the building’s past whilst providing it with a bold new future. Theatre spaces, rehearsal rooms, administrative offices, workshop space and amenities are housed in discrete concrete boxes. Glass doors divide the front of house from the back. Bay 17 required the removal of a portion of the original wrought iron framed roof; however, the original trusses have been reused as a sculptural entry structure.

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What is the ‘big (IDEA)’ behind this project?
To transform and revitalise an outdated, drab and congested library in the sub-basement of Selbourne Chambers Building in Phillip Street, Sydney. Engagement, connection and simplicity are key words in the design intent. Removal of solid walls around the lift lobby opened up the space and the new circular library entrance created a distinct focal point. The proud heritage of the Bar Association is reflected by the use of traditional materials in a modern way.

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What is the ‘big (IDEA)’ behind this project?
A community mausoleum in Melbourne’s western suburbs provides a series of interiors as a hierarchy of spaces, creating a haven within an urban environment. The use of colour, symbol and detail afford a degree of humanism to spaces characterised by concrete and stone. Five different colours of granite enhance the potential for choice. The black and white marble banding of the chapel’s memorial walls, inspired by the polychrome stone of Sienna Cathedral in Italy, is a defining detail.

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What is the ‘big (IDEA)’ behind this project?
The former 1888 Carriage Workshops building at Eveleigh has been transformed into an innovative new centre committed to the conception, development and presentation of a wide spectrum of performance. Tonkin Zulaikha Greer’s adaptive reuse has embraced the building’s past whilst providing it with a bold new future. Theatre spaces, rehearsal rooms, administrative offices, workshop space and amenities are housed in discrete concrete boxes. Glass doors divide the front of house from the back. Bay 17 required the removal of a portion of the original wrought iron framed roof; however, the original trusses have been reused as a sculptural entry structure.

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