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Level 2
9 Roslyn Street,
Potts Point
NSW 2011

(02) 8297 3500

mail@durbachblock.com

Nominated Architects
Neil Durbach NSW Reg. No 5850
David Jaggers NSW Reg. No 9999

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Polished plaster arch framing view of garden at family house in Dover Heights Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
White painted entry door with frameless glass framing view of ocean in cliff house in Dover Heights Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Close up view of Omnia Apartment building behind tree in Potts Point Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects Sydney
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Curved white plastered lightwell in office building in Melbourne Victoria designed by designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Hand drawn watercolour concept sketch of university campus for UTS in Ultimo Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Central courtyard garden with Birch trees in an office building in Melbourne Victoria designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Viewing platform a surf lifesaving club looking out over the beach at North Bondi designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Close up view of coloured framed windows at night at university campus at UTS Ultimo Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
View of infinity pool overlooking ocean and horizon at cliff house in Dover Heights Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Handmade painted balsawood models of beachfront family house in Tamarama Bondi Beach Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Cityline shot of penthouse apartment on top of an old industrial building in Surry Hills Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Curved white painted brick wall with steel framed window framing the view of the ocean in house in Dover Heights Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Concept hand drawn sketch of Commonwealth Place Canberra designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects Sydney
Hand drawn watercolour sketch of office building in Potts Point Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Sketch model of Le Corbusier exhibition proposed at the Powerhouse Museum Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Closed up view of curved white rendered walls and thin steel balustrade of a university building at UTS Ultimo Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
View of pool and handrail at beachfront house at Tamarama Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
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View of ocean and horizon at cliff house at Dover Heights Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects.
Close up view of wall with Timber clad wall with strips of  glass framed in charcoal painted steel at family house at Point Piper Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
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Curved plaster wall with exposed steel beams and columns in penthouse apartment above industrial warehouse in Surry Hills Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Steel and concrete spiral staircase at Beachfront house at Tamarama Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
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hand drawn concept sketches of commercial tower in Sydney Australia designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
View of frameless glass window from fern garden in Watsons Bay Sydney
Curved timber walled staircase with circular skylights in cliff house in Dover Heights Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
View of ocean and horizon through frameless glass at cliff front house at Dover Heights Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Dark grey steel and Carrara marble window looking out over cliff in house at Dover Heights Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
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View of infinity pool above a cliff looking out to the ocean at cliff house at Dover Heights Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
View of curved stone garden stairs with white rendered walls and fine stainless steel handrails at a family house at Bellevue Hill Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Office building with curved tiled walls and dark grey steel windows in Roslyn Street Potts Point Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
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View of infinity pool above a cliff looking out to the ocean at a cliff house at Dover Heights Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
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Curved white plastered stairwell with fine steel handrail and windows from house in Bellevue Hill Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Watercolour concept sketch of office building in Potts Point Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Collage of sketches of surf life saving club at North Bondi Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
White dinner plate with sketch of North Bondi Surf Club Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Detail view of circular skylight at surf lifesaving club at North Bondi Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
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Phoenix Central Park

Commercial

2020

 Phoenix Central Park

Phoenix Central Park is a gallery and performance space located in Chippendale, in inner-city Sydney.

The vision of remarkable arts philanthropist Judith Neilson, the building is a partnership of architecture and artistic fields. The intention is to have the spaces working together, to have visual arts interwoven with the performing arts. Two architects bring the design together: John Wardle Architects designed the gallery in the east wing and Durbach Block Jaggers designed the performance space. The components are linked centrally by a courtyard and garden.

The performance space is a singular bell-shaped clearing, made by stepped and contoured timber ribs, embedded in a fabric of lobbies and circulation.  

Like an Elizabethan theatre, the action is in the round, seen from many vantage points. A projecting balcony loops into the volume, creating an alternate stage or viewing box. The circulation is direct or via a gracious set of stepped landings, scaled for arresting movement and inviting overview.

The over-scaled gold window allows glimpses and light from the street in an otherwise dark space. The theatre is lined with timber fabricated from digital templates in the factory and assembled on site.  

Above, a meeting space for artists and its companion garden courtyard are modelled in brightness and whiteness, capturing unexpected planting, local vignettes and sky views.

The outer brick surface is a binding element of the overall building, finding a singular expression to contain the diverse interior worlds within. DBJ’s wall cants, curves and steps for a street garden and multi-figured cloud window.

The bricks themselves are unusually long and flat, akin to a stacked stone and emphasising the mortar joints. A thin veil of mortar has been washed over the bricks to exaggerate the continuity of surface. This surface is then dimpled, twisted, cut and vaulted around openings where inside and outside worlds meet.

The co-authored project has been guided by open discussion by both architectural firms. The project is perhaps a more compelling proposition for the input and insight of the other. This idea seems to echo the primary intention of Phoenix Central Park: to be an artistic hub where visual and performing arts are in constant dialogue with one another. 

For live and past streams of performances, click here.

Photography by Nena Beretin, Anthony Browell, Julia Charles, Tom Ferguson, Trevor Mein, Martin Mischkulnig, Kien Van-Young and Jordan K Munns.

  • Awards
    11
  • 2021
    World Architecture Festival - Cultural Building of the Year
  • 2021
    The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design - International Architecture Award
  • 2020
    Architecture MasterPrize - Cultural Architecture
  • 2020
    Dezeen Cultural Building of the Year
  • 2020
    Dezeen Public Vote Cultural Building of the Year
  • 2020
    AIA Harry Seidler Award for Commercial Architecture (National)
  • 2020
    AIA Emil Sodersten Award for Interior Architecture (National)
  • 2020
    AIA NSW Architecture Medallion
  • 2020
    AIA NSW Sir Arthur G. Stephenson Award for Commercial Architecture
  • 2020
    AIA NSW John Verge Award for Interior Architecture
  • 2020
    Think Brick Horbury Hunt Commercial Award
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