The Contribution Intelligently and Creatively of Heritage

Emanuel Synagogue

The new sanctuary for 700 worshipers adds an exciting contemporary layer to the Emanuel Synagogue, identified as a local heritage item. The site includes the beautiful original Synagogue building designed by Samuel Lipson in 1941 and the Neuweg Sanctuary designed by Aaron Bolot in 1962. The new sanctuary is a bold and vibrant addition which has been thoughtfully inserted into the site, responding to and complementing the existing architectural language in an exciting contemporary way.

Project Information

Architect: Lippmann Partnership  

Photography: Brett Boardman

Wellington Street

This award recognises the worthy adaption of a contributory item in a heritage conservation area by minimal interventions and a very well- judged addition. Normally we add vertically to buildings using set back facades, but here the architects have accepted the higher challenge to build on the line of the façade at the prominent north end, in a controlled aesthetic based on direct treatment with sheet steel. The internal interventions have interpreted heritage significance and its own contribution intelligently and creatively.

Project Information

Architect: SJB

Photography: Brett Boardman