Sydney

+ 18

• Architects

  Eoghan Lewis Architects

• Location

  Sydney, Australia

• Site

  330.0 m2

• Area

  125.0 m2

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Eoghan Lewis, Roger D'Souza

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• Architects

  SAOTA

• Location

  Sydney, Australia

• Architects & Interior Architects

  SAOTA, Philip Olmesdahl, Erin Gibbs

• Architects in Association

  TKD, Architects John Rose, Renata Ratcliffe & David Percival

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Justin Alexander

The Sydney Opera House is celebrating a significant environmental milestone, having become carbon neutral five years ahead of schedule. For reducing its carbon dioxide emissions through efficiencies in waste and energy management, the Opera House was awarded certification from the Australian Government’s National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS).

The sails of the Sydney Opera House were illuminated green on the night of Monday 24th September to celebrate the carbon neutral certification.

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Plans for One Sydney Park, a $700 million mixed-use development, have been submitted to the City of Sydney for approval. Located on a 44-hectare site in Alexandria, the project is designed by MHN Design Union, Make Architects, Silvester Fuller and Sue Barnsley Design. Planned to be built with close to 400 apartments, the mixed-use complex would include commercial and cultural programs.

+ 7

+ 18

• Architects

  HASSELL

• Location

  Sydney NSW, Australia

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Brett Boardman, Simon Wood

+ 41

• Architects

  Bijl Architecture

• Location

  Sydney, Australia

• Area

  214.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Katherine Lu

A beautifully delicate design by ingenhoven architects, in cooperation with architectus, has bested series of internationally acclaimed architects to design Sydney’s tallest residential tower at 505-523 George Street. The 79-storey skyscraper will reach 270m, and include several uses, ranging from high-quality living and retail to hotel and leisure. The designers hope the tower will be “a profoundly visible landmark standing for an economical, environmental and socially sustainable, future-oriented development”.

+ 12

+ 26

• Architects

  Enter Projects

• Location

  Five Dock NSW 2046, Australia

• Project Director

  Patrick Keane

• Project Manager

  Rene Paul Van Leeuwen

• Designer

  Max Zhang

• Fabrication

  Eire Joinery

• Lighting

  Noble

• Area

  185.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Brett Boardman

+ 22

• Architects

  MASQ architecture

• Location

  Sydney, Australia

• Area

  90.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  The Guthrie Project

+ 22

• Architects

  SAOTA

• Location

  Sydney, Australia

• Lead Architects

  Philip Olmesdahl, Erin Gibbs, Duke Williams

• Area

  670.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Adam Letch

Bee Breeders has announced the winners of the recent Sydney Affordable Housing Challenge. The international architecture competition asked entrants to address the growing affordable housing crisis in Sydney. The challenge aimed at "garnering global attention to the important issue of housing in Sydney, Australia, where the economy is strong but the residential market is among the least affordable, according to surveys of major metropolitan markets."

John McAslan + Partners and Woods Bagot are the architectural partners delivering the Sydney Metro upgrade to Central Station, a key component of Australia’s largest public transport project. The multi-disciplinary, international design team have revealed a design that will preserve heritage qualities of the 112-year-old station while adding contemporary and innovative touches to create wider civic and commercial renewal within the space.

+ 5

+ 27

• Architects

  MCK Architects

• Location

  Sydney, Australia

• Lead Architects

  Mark Cashman, Rowena Marsh, Sam Gleeson

• Area

  800.0 m2

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Richard Glover

+ 28

• Architects

  THOSE Architects

• Location

  Sydney, Australia

• Project Team

  Simon Addinall, Ben Mitchell, Emiliano Miranda, Luke Hallaways

• Area

  250.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Luc Remond

+ 22

• Architects

  MHN Design Union

• Location

  Sydney, Australia

• Architect in Charge

  Juliane Roennau

• Area

  940.0 m2

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Justin Alexander

A city’s monuments are integral parts of its metropolitan identity. They stand proud and tall and are often the subject of a few of your vacation photos. It is their form and design which makes them instantly recognizable, but what if their design had turned out differently?

Paris’ iconic and stunning Arc de Triomphe could have been a giant elephant, large enough to hold banquets and balls, and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. could have featured an impressive pyramid.

GoCompare has compiled and illustrated a series of rejected designs for monuments and placed them in a modern context to commemorate what could have been. Here are a few of our favorites:

+ 21

• Architects

  Renzo Piano Building Workshop

• Location

  88 Phillip St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

• Partners in Charge

  M.Carroll, O.de Nooyer, S. Ishida

• Project Year

  2000

• Photographs

  Martin Van der Wal, John Gollings, Olaf de Nooye