Whilst the use of steel cladding is common, the use of weathering steel for cladding a civic building is rare. This bold and uncompromising approach has created a striking identity for the NSW Government Service Centre at Queanbeyan.

Bates Smart embraces the elegant and bizarre world of the sub atomic in a building which will present the public face of Australia’s peak research instrument using electromagnetic radiation; the Australian Synchrotron.

The Bates Smart Flowing Light Pavilion is designed by University of Sydney architecture students. It was a ‘Quay’ feature of the Sydney Architecture Festival.

Increasingly developers and architects are engaging with artists as a part of the design process.  Bates Smart has a long history of integrating artworks into our projects. 

We often work with art consultant Virginia Wilson. This month we asked Virginia about choosing art for architecture.

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