Bates Smart architect Torsten Fiedler recently conducted an in-house learning seminar on the history of the curtain wall.
Practice Manager Misty Waters reports on the success of the Sydney studio mentoring program.
The elliptical geometry of these residential towers maximises views and increases access to sunlight.
Bates Smart has designed the first commercial tower to be constructed on the Collins Square development in Melbourne's docklands.
"Four Seasons' suite refurb reveals Sydney's sexiest bathtub" by Roderick Eime. Read more about this recent project.
Bates Smart has been awarded a new student housing project at the University of Sydney.
Bates Smart has brought new life to this 1930s double brick bungalow overlooking Bronte Beach.
Bates Smart has won the Award for Hospitality Design at the 2011 Australian Interior Design Awards for Crown Metropol, Melbourne.
Bates Smart Student Marinel Dator has won first prize in the Barcelona 2011 International Architecture competition. She beat 500 entries from both students and professionals.
Bates Smart has responded to the semi industrial context of this new residential building with a palette of raw and robust materials.
In the pursuit of design excellence at Bates Smart we always have the future in our sights and it is easy to forget the weight of history behind the firm: 158 years to be precise.
We are delighted to announce another triumph for Crown Metropol.
Bates Smart won the Best Hospitality Award at the inaugural Belle Coco Republic 2011 Interior Design Awards for Crown Metropol Hotel.
Associate Director Eugene Cheah talks about his work with the University of Melbourne, SKINS 2010 Design Studio within the Master of Architecture program.
Bates Smart has lodged a Development Application for the refurbishment of 70 Castlereagh Street Sydney located on the highly visible corner of King and Castlereagh Street in the heart of the city’s legal and luxury retail precinct.
The Capitol is a new high-rise residential tower in the heart of South Yarra's fashionable shopping district.
Designed by Bates Smart, this mixed-use development offers a luxurious and elegant sanctuary.
Bates Smart architect Amy Watkins is passionate about increasing the visibility of women in the construction industry.
Bates Smart are proud to announce that 181 William Street has achieved a 5 Star NABERS rating once again.
On the weekend of 30-31 July you’ll be able to explore 75 incredible buildings for free, including our very own Orica House.
In-house model maker Chris White takes us behind the scenes and presents some of his latest work.
These awards are given to a talented group of individuals who seek to inform, provoke and entertain the architecture profession and public alike on the expansive subject of architecture.
The Age newspaper features Melbourne’s most promising young architects including Eugene Cheah, Associate Director, Bates Smart.
Cheah's latest project for Bates Smart is the Dandenong Hospital Emergency Department and Mental Health facility. Both departments are due to open this month.
Traditional residential planning preserves a special space for guests and visitors at the “front of the house” but when this area has views of Sydney Harbour the space has to be for all.
Associate Director Julian Anderson reports on the revised design of Site 4b, Homebush.
A change of tenancy profile in this six storey commercial project at Sydney Olympic Park provided an opportunity to revisit the concept and materiality of the building.
The Directors of Bates Smart are delighted to announce the following promotions in our Melbourne and Sydney offices.
Associate Directors
Leanne Guy
Basil Richardson
Paul Purcell, Associate Director, joined Bates Smart in 1977 and soon became the principal project leader for commercial interior projects at Bates Smart.
During his 35 year Bates Smart career, Paul has managed the fitouts for a number of significant corporations and has built successful and enduring relationships with these organisations, consultants, project managers and contractors.
Associate Director Kendra Pinkus blended her hospitality and commercial fitout experience in order to create the perfect rug for the staff café lounge.
Six reasons to love the 'green effect' of 1 Bligh Street.
Bates Smart Director Philip Vivian, has just returned from the 2011 Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat world conference in Seoul on the topic of 'Why Tall? Green, Safety and Humanity'.
Enterprise 1 is an innovative 10,000 square-metre workplace that allows the University of Wollongong’s collaborative businesses to share a unique campus environment while enjoying direct access to students and graduates.
The new building is set on the Innovation Campus, a 33 hectare research and commercial precinct established by the University to drive partnerships and collaboration between the research and business communities.
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Bates Smart with Richard Crookes Constructions has won the tender for the redevelopment of the Kensington Colleges at the University of New South Wales. |
There is more to this spectacular sculpture than meets the eye.
The “Creature” by Melbourne artist Alexander Knox has been conceived as an integral part of the Royal Children's Hospital's main internal street with a presence somewhat akin to a great flowering tree in a courtyard.
Bates Smart recently won an invited design competition for Landcom’s new head office fitout. Landcom will occupy two interconnected floors (totalling 2,640m2 NLA) in the Eclipse Tower in Parramatta.
Bates Smart Director Kristen Whittle says “Light is a fundamental basis for architecture.”
It also forms the basis of the science produced at the Australian Synchrotron.
Embellished with tranquil water views, the fluid forms of the Convesso Concavo residential towers will stand graciously in the Docklands against a city skyline backdrop.
With one tower near completion, due November 2012 and the other currently being documented, Lend Lease saw a marketing opportunity to relaunch their Convesso Concavo brand.
Pictured: Prince Philip, Henry Bolte, Queen Elizabeth, and Dame Elisabeth Murdoch at the opening of the new Royal Children's Hospital, 25 February 1963
The New Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, was officially opened by Her Majesty, The Queen on Wednesday 26th October. As patron of the RCH The Queen also opened the existing hospital in 1963.
Bates Smart Directors, Kristen Whittle, Sheree Proposch and Jeff Copolov attended the opening along with other key team members and Chairman Roger Poole.
Club 23 is a luxurious “ultra lounge” located atop Crown’s new Mahogany Room extension on Level 3 of Crown Towers Hotel, Melbourne.
Led by Interior Design Director Jeff Copolov, the Bates Smart team has distilled the essence of the world's most alluring clubs to create Melbourne's chicest ultra lounge.
HM Queen Elizabeth II opened the $1.1b new Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH), Melbourne on October 26, 2011 five years after the release of the initial Public Private Partnership (PPP) bid. The 165,000sqm facility is likely to set a new design benchmark for hospitals worldwide.
Bates Smart Director Sheree Proposch describes the event:
"The Queen and Prince Philip toured the facility, including the Emergency Department which features a two level aquarium, the Ambulatory Care Clinics with meerkat enclosure, the Operating Theatres with inter-operative MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), and the 'starfish shaped' inpatient unit.
"The Queen was particularly taken by the meercats and their ability to distract and entertain children.
Bates Smart has a history of successful commissions of artwork to enliven the built environment. This has never been more apparent than in the new Royal Children’s Hospital.
The Bates Smart team worked closely with a dedicated team of healthcare professionals from the bid phase in 2006 through to completion in 2011.
Director Sheree Proposch explains "The RCH masterplan challenge was to assemble the component parts, using narrow floor plates, to closely connect to the external environment, and achieve the functional relationships with minimal travel distances.
Bates Smart Director Kristen Whittle discusses healthy workplaces and his work on 171 Collins Street, Melbourne.
"A building's performance and its ability to inspire its occupants are critical aspects of design, especially in our era of sustainability and urbanisation.
"For many of us the time spent in a workplace setting is greater than in any other space in our lives.
Following a design competition Bates Smart was recently appointed for a new legal fitout for Corrs Chambers Westgarth’s Sydney offices, with fitouts in Melbourne and Perth to follow.
Designed by Bates Smart in 1957, the MLC building turns 55 this year. We think this is an appropriate time to take stock of the longstanding relationship between Bates Smart (formerly Bates Smart McCutcheon) and MLC. The relationship spans a century of work and over 12 significant buildings across four states.
The great children’s hospitals of the world are no longer designed around a premise of catering just for the sick child, but rather providing facilities which are inviting and fun, yet provide a sense of control for parents and families, are supportive and promote healthy living.
420 George Street was completed by Bates Smart in 2010 and has achieved a 5 Star Green Star As Built (Office V2) rating. It is the first mixed-use development to achieve this rating in the State of New South Wales.