Stonecutter’s Ridge, NSW
16.04.2008| The 190 hectare masterplanned community is an integrated residential and golf course lifestyle estate development located in Sydney. Just 35 minutes from Sydney’s CBD, nestled amongst a stunning natural environment of green rolling hills, woodlands and water features.
At its centre will be a new Greg Norman-designed championship golf course with associated facilities that form the focal point of a vibrant community.Plus Architecture was appointed to do the concept design for the new golf clubhouse and associated facilities including a community hall and hotel. |
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Peninsula Golf & Country Club, Mornington Peninsula
13.11.2007| The country club renovation and extension were designed to give the original block building a face-lift, and hence an identity. The slate stone and timber facade were chosen to give the country club a sense of warmth, whilst blending in with the original brick building.
The framing of the facade with the timber cladding frames the outside of the building whilst framing the insider’s view to the expansive golf course and scenery outside. The use of alike materials on both the two ends of the extension, and the existing building works to seamlessly tie the country club together to form a harmonious relationship between the old and the new. |
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Hervey Bay, QLD
7.11.2007| The Waterfront, is a Hotel and apartment development on the Esplanade of Hervey Bay, featuring 104 Hotel suites and 36 apartments with conference facilities, restaurant and retail.
Standing at 8 storey’s high it will be the tallest building in Hervey Bay. The site allows for all apartments and Hotel suites to be orientated north with sweeping views across Hervey Bay. The fully equipped Hotel function centre will cater for function up to 300 people, with large framed views to the foreshore reserve and the water beyond. The simple architectural gestures of the building are provided though the weaving canopy delineating between the retail and the private functions above. The tower above is divided into two separate forms defining the Hotel levels from the upper apartments with the use of rich timber cladding to accentuate the existing forms. The development will bring a level of architecture and amenity not seen in Hervey Bay. |
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Mandalay Golf Club, Beveridge
30.08.2007| The design of the country club reflects both modern architecture and the country life spirit. Vernacular elements like the skillion roof, the much loved Australian veranda and natural unprocessed materials like stone and wood reflect the lifestyle and essence of living in rural Australia.The entrance of the Mandalay development is acknowledged through the iconic welcome gesture of the Country Club. It forms a strong sense of entry and a departure point for the golf course behind. The Country Club delivers not only a place for the golfers but addresses the surrounding community by providing a place, a Community Hub, for the neighbourhood to come together at the corner shop and share a cup of coffee.
The architecture of the building is inspired by the local environment and is sited in a “golf landscape” as an object or a sculpture. The building presents itself as a solid volume towards the street and opens up towards the golf course reinforcing its strong relationship with the surrounding landscape.Environmental sustainability is inherent in the design and with this in mind the building allows maximum sun through the split skillion roof. The roof floats lightly above the volume of the building strengthening it’s horizontality within the landscape. The internal planning of the building is a well thought out arrangement of spaces which maximizes interaction with outdoor activities. Varying types of rooms, open-closed, solid-light and transparent all act to bring people together which in turn enhances the feeling of being welcome. |
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Hawkstowe Lifestyle Centre, Hawkstowe
30.04.2007| The proposed development is a community clubhouse which includes facilities such as a tennis court, swimming pool, a function room and external terraces.The Hawkstowe Community Club is first seen as a strong, traditional built form on the hill at the end of the entry boulevard.The building is comprised of a series of timber containers resting on a low stone wall, creating a clever separation between communal and private.
The structure is covered by a simple hip roof and together these elements form an abstraction of the vernacular farm house building common to the region. The entry to the clubhouse is wide and welcoming providing both a gateway and a shelter for community events, while the floor plane is raised up to replicate the archetypal veranda space, overlooking the private terraces and gardens to the north. |
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