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Form has a Function Conversation with Stephen Todd

At the heart of every project we do there lies an idea, a process or a story which drives and completes the design. We love sharing these in our conversation series which provides an insight into our Studio’s creative process. In our latest conversation, William Smart and Glenn O’Loughlin discuss with Stephen Todd whether form and function are still relevant to the making of architecture. Read the full article on our Conversations page here.

Sussex 286 Success

Smart Design Studio have won the Design Excellence Competition for 286 Sussex Street Sydney with a design which focuses on the interplay between Sydney’s historic foundations and the urban reactivation of the site. The winning design for Sussex 286 appropriates the surrounding fabric of the city to create a new brick building with handsome proportions, minimal detailing and distinctive style. The podium contains 147 boutique inner city hotel rooms, as well as ground floor restaurant, retail and shared facilities with the inclusion of 99 luxury apartments in the tower. The proposed form reads as a series of boxes assembled from the finer scales of the surrounding buildings. The building’s concept is Urban Life, and celebrates the intensely urban qualities of this site. The combination of high quality amenity for the hotel and apartment dwellers will make Sussex 286 an exceptional place to live, work and experience. More on Sussex 286 here.

Orama wins the AIA Hugh and Eva Buhrich Award

The award winning transformation of ‘Orama’ , a gracious Victorian villa in Sydney’s Woollahra, involved the enhancement and extension of an historic house to create a comfortable family home, and a setting for the client’s art collection. Luxurious in space and detail, the success of design has been met with multiple award wins. More on Orama here.

  •   The AIA Hugh and Eva Buhrich Award, Residential Architecture – Houses                          (Alterations & Additions)
  •   Australian Interior Design Awards, Residential Design – National
  •   Australian Interior Design Awards, Residential Design – Best of State
  •   Belle Coco Replublic Interior Design Awards, Best Bathroom Design

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