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The commencement of the new financial year in 2018 witnessed some exciting organisational developments at Swanbury Penglase.

In 2016 Simon Best joined the team as Project Director and now we are pleased to announce his appointment to Directorship as of July 1st 2018.

We’re looking forward to broadening Simon’s role as he joins the Director group consisting of Stephen Penglase, Andrew Phillips, Wayne Grivell and Elizabeth Swanbury.

Since 2016 we’ve also had a number of Associate appointments, starting with Zoe Avon, Nick Grbin and Stephen Schrapel in 2017. This year we are also pleased to announce the appointment of Kate Beerworth to the position.

Zoe has been with us since 2004 and has played a key collaborative role in many of our educational and commercial projects, including an instrumental part in two well regarded and award-winning developments: the Christian Brothers College Junior School Building and the Margaret Ames Centre at Immanuel College.

Nick who started with Swanbury Penglase in 2010, is another valued senior team member and has delivered successful outcomes across a broad range of projects, including the Aeris Apartments at Bowden and the Beerenberg Farm Stage 2 Development at Hahndorf.

Stephen has been with us since 2015 and brings five years of experience with Heritage SA, ten years of private consultancy practice and an Architectural Doctorate along the way. His experience and skills have been invaluable in helping to both support and grow our Heritage team as well as providing valuable technical input to the broader office.

Kate joined us in 2016 and brings to the team over sixteen years experience in Interior Design. Most recently she led the design on the new Yurrebilla Centre at Seymour College which received a Regional A4LE (Association for Learning Environment) Award in the ‘Renovation under $2M’ category.

These appointments are evidence of the stability, experience and capabilities of our team; by far our greatest asset.

As always, please get in touch with any of our management group to discuss how we can help realise your next project.

Swanbury Penglase wins Regional Award – Renovation/Modernisation Under $2M

The A4LE 2018 Conference was held this week in Sydney focussing on the 3R’s in the Exponential Age. a4le.org.au

The yearly regional conference covers Australia, New Zealand and Singapore and is always a lively and varied gathering of educators and those associated in the delivery of educational facilities.

A Regional Awards dinner and presentation is held on the evening before the final day and this year Swanbury Penglase was the winner of a Regional Award for the Yurrebilla Centre at Seymour College (check out the project here) in the Renovation/Modernisation under $2M category.

Warm congratulations to the College and to our project team. We are very appreciative for this opportunity and have enjoyed working with Seymour College on this transforming project.

Further, we acknowledge the effort of our contractor Partek, Project Manager ARK and the consultant team: BCA (Building Services), CPR (Structural), Rider Levett Bucknall (Quantity Surveyors) and Katnich Dodd (Building Certifiers). Special thanks also to Studio Piñata for their design of the integrated signage and a display which celebrates Seymour College’s history and the dreaming story of the great giant Yurrebilla, after which the centre is named.

The South Australian Architecture Awards were held at the Entertainment Centre on Friday night. It was a very successful night for Swanbury Penglase picking up four awards and a commendation.

Old Parliament House and the Margaret Ames Centre at Immanuel College were the big winners on the night. Old Parliament House took home an award for Heritage Architecture as well as an award for Public Architecture. The project to rejuvenate South Australia’s only nationally listed heritage building impressed the jury with its restoration of the original building fabric complemented by contemporary additions that will allow the building the provide for all the needs of our parliamentarians into the future.

In the inaugural award for the Education category the Margaret Ames Centre was rewarded for its innovative approach to pedagogy. Earlier in the night it received the award for Interior Architecture. The new senior school has provided Immanuel College with a building that is at the cutting edge of educational spaces. Combing the latest technology with spaces that encourage students to explore independent learning and prepare them for tertiary education or the workforce.

The Glenside Health Facilities also received a commendation in the Interior Architecture category for our work in association with Medical Architecture.

A big thanks to everyone who we collaborated with on these projects, especially our clients, who were able to strive for excellence.

A full list of all the award winners can be found here.

We were delighted to receive two awards at this year’s SA Landscape Architecture Awards, held at the Art Gallery early this month.

M2 and the Plasso for UniSA achieved an award in the ‘Design’ category and we shared an ‘Award for Excellence’ in the ‘Planning’ category for the Tonsley Urban Design Protocol for Renewal SA with practices Oxigen, Woods Bagot, Jensen Planning + Design, Tridente Architects. Congratulations to all the award winners!

Swanbury Penglase have entered M2 and the Plasso and Glenside Precinct 1 (New Health Facilities) in the Landscape Architecture Awards this year. Both projects are in the running for the People’s Choice Award in The Adelaide Review for AILA SA in the categories of Landscape Architecture.

Voting is open till the 30th of August (this Friday); ‘Town and Park’ and ‘Urban Furniture Specialists’ are sponsoring the People’s Choice Award and have provided two City Profile Benches (RRP $990 ea) to offer as a prize for voters!

Click here to be directed to the Adelaide Review website to vote!