News
SA AIA Awards 2010
This year’s awards were held on July 2nd with Swanbury Penglase receiving two prizes. In the Residential Architecture category our Glen Osmond Residence received the John S Chappel award, the jury comments in the citation ‘If architecture needs a champion for sensitive, compact and space efficient, environmentally responsible appropriate suburban residential design, this house has got its gloves on’. As winner of the named award, this project goes into the National AIA Awards program with winners to be announced in late October.
In addition, University College London received a Commendation in the hotly contested Interior Architecture category.
Congratulations to those involved and thanks for all your efforts.
Swanbury Penglase turns 21!
Swanbury Penglase officially celebrated their 21st year with a birthday bash held recently at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre’s new Theatre B. Guests were treated to great food and wine and special guest comedian Claire Hooper got everyone laughing before official cake cutting business. A great evening was had by all with an opportunity to reflect on the past achievements and the relationships built along the way.
Thanks to the party team and for our friends and colleagues for attending.
Sitenotes Update
The latest Sitenote has just been issued, with details of recently completed projects, achievements and more. Here are a few highlights…
Swanbury Penglase continues its involvement in the development of an international university precinct in Victoria Square, with the opening of the University College of London. The interior design team worked through the challenges and constraints of working within a heritage building, resulting in a bold and sophisticated interior for the prestigious London based university.
The Swanbury Penglase architecture and landscape teams joined together, in collaboration with Aecom and art consultant Groundplay, to create the recently completed Glenelg tram overpass, which recently received an Excellence Award from the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia.
Collaboration between Swanbury Penglase and Monsoon Architects in WA, saw the development and official opening of a new student hostel in Kununurra by (now) Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the 29th of May, 2010. The hostel provides students from smaller communities in the Kimberly region the opportunity to complete their high school education at Kununurra District High.
For a copy of the current issue of Sitenotes please contact Swanbury Penglase space@swanburypenglase.com or telephone 8 8212 2679.
website updates
We have recently announced a new Senior Associate team along with Matt Raven, Jason Timberlake, Kon Michael, Nathan Purdie and Brett Grimm being elevated to Associate status. More project pages have also been added into the educational, residential and interiors sections, along with the updated newsletter section with past and present issues as promised.
Launch of the new Swanbury Penglase website
Following a busy and successful year, Swanbury Penglase is pleased to launch their new website. The site features information on recent projects across our three core disciplines of Architecture, Interior Design and Landscape Architecture, details about the firm and information about the practice’s Principals and Associates. There is a link to recent issues of our newsletter, Sitenotes and a new News section for updates on recent happenings and events. So welcome, have a look around and please come back soon.
