Echoed in the Materiality, Repetition and Proportion of Multiple Housing

Blackwattle Apartments

Blackwattle Apartments is a thoughtfully crafted, faithful response to the affordable housing masterplan. The thin building responds to the context of narrow streets and lanes, and broader urban/suburban duality of Glebe. Glebe’s industrial history is echoed in the materiality, repetition and proportion. Fine grain detail references local terrace typology giving individuality to architectural expression. Throughout the project thoughtful and inventive moments of delight in detail, colour, materiality, signage, and storytelling create a strong originality and identity for the architecture.

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Architect: Turner

Photography: Brett Boardman

The Burcham

The adaptive reuse of the original Wrigley Chewing Gum factory has been complemented by two new residential apartment buildings, creating an elegant, exemplary residential community. The new forms are distinguished, with clean, refined modularity of structure. The relationship between old and new has been executed with cleverness, allowing The Burcham living spaces throughout to be light filled, with industrial finishes and materiality. The evocative communal open space enhances this unique living experience, which provides a richness and opulence for residents.

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Architect: Allen Jack+Cottier 

Photography: Tom Ferguson