Tzannes is an internationally acclaimed Sydney-based architectural and urban design studio. With a reputation for innovation, collaboration and ethical practice, it has shaped the way we live and work in the city. From founder Alec Tzannes' radical reworking of the traditional terrace house forty years ago to more recent street furniture and globally pioneering work in timber architecture, the practice's influence is evident in Australia and beyond.
Tzannes: Adaptive Urban Architecture and Design showcases over fifty housing, commercial, cultural and institutional projects, accompanied by research essays that critically interpret the work of one of Australia's leading design firms. Together, they form an insightful examination of a practice committed to urban architecture responsive to the built, natural and First Nations environments.
Acknowledging country as a Custodian of Design (Christian Hampson)
Foreword (Peter Poulet)
Introduction (Paola Favaro and Robert Freestone)
Techne and Tectonic (Paola Favaro)
Growing Up (Colin Bisset)
Studying Architecture 1970-75 (Peter Kohane and Mark Stiles)
Tzannes' Sydney (Robert Freestone)
Town Houses (Nicola Pullan)
Infill, Memory and the Henwood House (Sing D'Arcy)
Holiday Houses (Paola Favaro)
Major Houses (Paola Favaro)
Syntaxes and Codes in Harbour Houses (Paola Favaro)
Apartments (Paola Favaro)
Newcastle Masterplan and Housing (Alanya Drummond)
Timber Architecture (Nicola Pullan)
Poetics and Performance (Philip Oldfiedl)
Construction, Structure and Innovation (Luciano Cardelliccho)
Competition Projects (Nicola Pullan, Paola Favaro and Robert Freestone)
Street Furniture (Paola Favaro)
The Fluid Scale of Design Practice (Oya Demirbilek and Ainslie Murray)
Education and Culture (Paola Favaro)
Education, Memory and Community (Raffaele Pernice)
Parkland Settings (Nicola Pullan and Robert Freestone)
The Federation Pavilion (Andrew Andersons)
Precincts, Heritage and Urban Design (Nicola Pullan and Robert Freestone)
A New Kind of Cultural Building (Christina Garduno Freemen)
Afterword (Amy Dowse)
