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As 2019 draws to a close we wish our friends and colleagues a safe and relaxing festive season.

2019 has been a landmark year for Swanbury Penglase. On February 6th we officially celebrated 30 years of practice.

At the beginning of May we relocated to our new home at 214 Gilbert Street, the third we have custom designed for ourselves.  We held a Traditional Cleansing Ceremony and small launch of the space in early September with clients, colleagues and friends. https://youtu.be/FvxfMIEm9Wo

Following success at the AIA State Chapter Awards in June we achieved national recognition in November with the Cancer Research Institute receiving an Award and Commendation at the National AIA Awards held in Brisbane.

This is a first for the practice and a special and significant moment for the team.  The project was further recognised at this year’s DIA SA/NT Awards, also in November, receiving a Silver Award and the Premier’s Award. Thanks, and congratulations again to design partners BVN and client UniSA with whom this is shared.

Away from the accolades we have been busy on all types of projects this year, large and small, across the country and in regional areas as well. An end of year break has been well and truly earned.

Thanks to our hard working team for your efforts this year, please relax and refresh over the festive season.

To everyone we’ve worked with and alongside this past year, thank you also, we would not be here without you and we look forward to catching up in 2020.

Finally, in lieu of our traditional Christmas Card, we’ve decided to put our money to work this year and support the Salvation Army, Catherine House and Assistance Dogs Australia who all do fantastic things in the face of increasing need. Please click on the links for more information or donations.

Take care, Swanbury Penglase

Swanbury Penglase will be closed from COB Friday December 20^th, 2019 and open again Monday January 6^th, 2020.

In this issue of Sitenotes, we look at our Discovery Parks Melbourne project.

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In this issue of Sitenotes, we highlight our educational buildings reaching completion.

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2019 is proving to be a big year for Swanbury Penglase.

In addition to celebrating our 30th birthday we are pleased to announce some significant additions to the practice leadership.

In July, Andrew Klenke was appointed to the position of Director, joining Andrew, Steve, Wayne, Elizabeth and Simon.

Andrew leads the Conservation and Heritage team; their work and achievements have grown steadily since Andrew commenced with the practice in 2002.

“I think this is an acknowledgment of the importance Swanbury Penglase places on heritage as part of our multidisciplinary practice and is a great opportunity to reinforce and further develop our reputation as experts in this field” said Andrew.

The current team consists of five architectural and design staff, with a wide variety of projects undertaken such as:

• The recently completed Conservation Management Plan for the National Heritage listed Australian Cornish Mining Sites at Burra.
• Conservation advice for the former Gasworks site at Bowden.
• Documentation of seismic bracing and re-hanging of the peal of bells in the Albert Tower of the Adelaide Town Hall.
• Reconstruction of the storm damaged heritage listed cast iron conservatory at Beechwood.
• Adaptive re-use of heritage listed buildings such as the recently completed works around the Cloister of Union House at the University of Adelaide.

Andrew is also currently the Cathedral Architect for St Peters Cathedral and was involved with the re-installation of the organ last year on its return from refurbishment in the UK.

Swanbury Penglase is excited by what this will mean for ongoing growth of the Conservation area of the practice and welcomes Andrew to the management table.

July also saw the elevation of some other Swanbury Penglase staff; architect Paul Rawinski has been appointed as our newest Associate and Jasmine Brooksby and Sarah Oliver elevated to the position of Senior Interior Designers.

We also offer congratulations to landscape architect Rhea Barnett who is now a Registered Landscape Architect.

Finally, we want to acknowledge a significant service milestone of twenty years to Senior Associate Felicity Hope. Felicity is a foundation member of the Interiors Team and continues to co-lead the group with Director Elizabeth Swanbury.

Congratulations Felicity on this achievement and thank you for your efforts. You are an appreciated member of Swanbury Penglase and we hope for many more years to come.

In this issue of Sitenotes, we highlight our recent work on our new offices at 214 Gilbert Street, Adelaide.

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The Australian Institute of Architects 2019 SA Awards presentation evening was held last Saturday: we were very pleased that our partnership of Swanbury Penglase and BVN received three accolades for the UniSA Cancer Research Institute: Awards for Sustainable Architecture and Interior Architecture and to cap it off at the very end of the night, the Jack McConnell Award for Public Architecture.

Special thanks to UniSA Senior Project Manager Christina Coleiro who worked tirelessly with us over the last five years to support exemplary outcomes and to help deliver a project that we are all enormously proud of.

Thanks again to the talented, hard-working and committed team members that make up our Swanbury Penglase + BVN partnership, the broader consultant team, and Managing Contractor Hansen Yuncken: the development is evidence of a truly collaborative and “best for project” approach.

To quote the Awards jury:

“This is a sophisticated response to a deceptively complex, fluid brief demanding program requirements and a difficult site. The architects have answered the demanding brief requirements by ingeniously designing three vertically integrated zones that facilitate cross-disciplinary interaction and realise the University of South Australia’s vision for a building that would boost the links between research, teaching, industry and practice… Overall the building is an exemplar of collaboration which has cleverly woven structural solutions, ESD principles and fine detailing; using softwood, hardwood and brass to provide outcomes that Vice Chancellor David Lloyd proudly observed: “When you give your best minds the best facilities you can expect they will deliver the best research outcomes.” 

The Cancer Research Institute will now be included in all three awards categories for the National Architecture Awards program later in 2019.

Our new office at 214 Gilbert Street is ready and we are moving!

On Friday 3rd of May, Swanbury Penglase will be in-between locations and offline.

Staff will be contactable on mobile if needed but our reception will be unavailable.

We will be open and in our new premises, 214 Gilbert Street, Monday 6th of May 2019.

We look forward to welcoming you into our new space soon!

In this issue of Sitenotes, we highlight our recent work on the Union House Building for the University of Adelaide.

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It was 30 years ago today (6th February, 1989) that Eric Swanbury and Stephen Penglase officially merged their respective architectural practices and commenced on the journey that is Swanbury Penglase.

Back then the vision was simple. To provide clients with architectural services that would be appreciated and valued. It was envisaged a partnership would facilitate this and create opportunities to take on larger scale projects.

Looking back that goal has been accomplished (and more) but that original commitment to our clients and the desire to do good work remains the same.

2019 is shaping up to be a big year for Swanbury Penglase. In the next 6 months we’ll be moving into our third purpose-built office. We’ll also be launching a new identity to deliver the Swanbury Penglase of today into the Swanbury Penglase of tomorrow, representing our people and skills across architecture, interior design, urban design, landscape architecture and heritage architecture.

Thank you for being a part of our journey so far, we value these relationships above all else and look forward to sharing with you this next exciting phase.

Stay tuned!