Following on from the announcement of our new Leadership Team last year, Swanbury Penglase is pleased to welcome architect Simon Best to our practice to take up the role of Project Director. By way of introduction and on leaving a previous leadership role, Simon has provided the following comments:
‘I have enjoyed and benefited greatly from my previous associations but I believe in continual growth and improvement and that this change was needed to give myself the best chance to do so.

Having gained significant experience in the design and delivery of important civic, sporting and education projects, I felt it was time to align myself with a company that I could increase the opportunities for; likewise one that shares my personal, career and business philosophies and goals.

Swanbury Penglase represents to me a strong and successful company with a solid ethos and a great culture; an organization that is committed to high quality design and built outcomes. Their profile in our market is testament to this. I also have a high degree of respect for the Swanbury Penglase people I have come to know through the course of my career and some are already very good friends of mine.

I feel confident that by matching my skills and experience with Swanbury Penglase’s strong delivery model and approach, we’ll achieve great things.’
We look forward to growing our expertise in Simon’s key areas of experience in civic and sporting projects and for the fresh perspective he will bring to our education clients and their projects.
The end of this year also marks a significant milestone in moving forward with our new office at 214 Gilbert Street, home for many years to the studio of Adelaide fashion design institutions George Gross and Harry Who. We are looking forward to launching the residential component of the development Urban Terrace on Gilbert in the next few weeks, with the office and work onsite to commence before the end of 2016. Watch this space.