Brewery Yard, Stage 2 | Tzannes

Brewery Yard, Stage 2 | Tzannes | Photographer: The Guthrie Project

2025 National Architecture Awards Program

Brewery Yard, Stage 2 | Tzannes

Traditional Land Owners

The Gadigal People of the Eora Nation

Year
2025
Chapter

NSW

Category
Commercial Architecture
Builder
Icon SI (Aust) Pty Ltd
Photographer
The Guthrie Project
Media summary

The Brewery Yard at Central Park has transformed a disused industrial site into a vibrant commercial and retail destination, seamlessly integrating heritage conservation with contemporary adaptive re-use and urban renewal. As the most intact collection of retained heritage buildings from the former Carlton and United Brewery, the project respects and revitalises Sydney’s industrial past while ensuring its continued relevance in the city’s evolving urban fabric.

Through careful restoration and sensitive interventions, the adaptive reuse of the Brewery has successfully translated a historic building into a versatile space for modern office, retail, and hospitality uses. The design resolves the challenge of preserving the building’s heritage while creating functional, flexible spaces that cater to contemporary needs.

The Brewery Yard sets a benchmark in adaptive reuse, demonstrating how historic places can be reimagined as commercially viable and culturally significant spaces that enhance connectivity, public amenity, and sustainability in Sydney’s urban landscape.

2025
NSW Architecture Awards Accolades
Shortlist – Commercial Architecture
Project Practice Team

Alec Tzannes, Director
Ben Green, Director
James Marrinan, Project Lead
Yi-han Cao, Team Member
Kevin Mak, Team Member
Matilda Gollan, Team Member
Vicky Feng, Team Member
Arddy Berylian, Team Member
George Korban, Team Member
John Suh, Team Member
Juliana Conceicao, Team Member
Nicole Larkin, Team Member
Daniel Gullan, Team Member
Connor Denyer, Team Member
Amanda Cooper, Team Member
Katharine Turner, Team Member
Nico Locane, Team Member

Project Consultant and Construction Team

IP Generation, Owner
Johnstaff, Project Manager
Urbis, Heritage
Ethos Urban, Planner
Stantec, Structural
Turf, Landscape
Wood & Grieve Engineers, Electrical/Hydraulic/Mechanical/Fire
BCA Logic, BCA
Apex, Façade- Engineering and Conservation
E-Lab Consulting, Fire Engineering
The Studio Collaborative, Internal Fit-Out

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