Adaptive reuse plus refurbishment

September 2010

FACULTY OF ARTS GRADUATE SCHOOL MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY

The newly refurbished Graduate School in the Old Arts Building enables better cross-faculty and inter-faculty collaboration.

February 2011

THE GANTRY CAMPERDOWN, NSW


Gantry is a new residential neighbourhood located within the inner city suburb of Camperdown.

April 2011

RESEARCH FOCUS HISTORY OF THE CURTAIN WALL

Bates Smart architect Torsten Fiedler recently conducted an in-house learning seminar on the history of the curtain wall. 

COLLINS SQUARE MELBOURNE DOCKLANDS

Bates Smart has designed the first commercial tower to be constructed on the Collins Square development in Melbourne's docklands.

May 2011

MILESTONES `79 MARKET STREET, MELBOURNE

Bates Smart has responded to the semi industrial context of this new residential building with a palette of raw and robust materials.

BATES SMART TIMELINE `ICI HOUSE

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.

MILESTONES `70 CASTLEREAGH STREET, SYDNEY

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.

July 2011

MILESTONES `CARNEGIE RESIDENCE

Bates Smart are currently in design development for an exciting adaptive re-use of the former First Church of Christ Scientist building, Darlinghurst, Sydney. 

Our brief is to create a single dwelling within the auditorium by inserting a new structure which can be removed at a later date.

June 2011

MILESTONES `171 COLLINS STREET MELBOURNE

Project Leader Tim Leslie reports on site progress at 171 Collins Street, Melbourne’s first Premium Grade office building in over 20 years, developed in joint venture by Charter Hall Office REIT and Cbus Property. The design is a refined exploration of architectural form in glass and light and we believe it will be one of Australia’s most elegant office towers.