Turrbal people
Queensland
Brisbane
Little Lane is a mixed-use development that demonstrates how modest projects can deliver meaningful public value. Guided by permeability, adaptability, and urban generosity, the scheme uses laneways to structure movement, social exchange, and fine-grain activation. Replacing a large-format building with limited legibility, it introduces two new pedestrian laneways that act as commercial-facing civic spaces, supporting small tenancies and everyday communal life.
The built form responds thoughtfully to its context of commercial character and brick apartment buildings through scale, massing, and articulation. A palette of brick and concrete, complemented by integrated landscaping, grounds the project in its subtropical setting.Â
Ground-level spaces activate the laneways, while a rooftop restaurant establishes a destination above the street. Relocating part of the lettable area underground unlocks public space at ground level, enhancing permeability and creating a more connected, socially active urban environment.
Little Lane in New Farm is a vibrant addition to the heart of its community. Clever development of the site section allows for meaningful setbacks, resulting in increased active edges beyond the street frontage. These setbacks allow for all day activation, shaded spaces, and pedestrian permeability of the site to great success. With well-considered material selections of brick, concrete and weatherboard, the project sits comfortably within its local context. Thoughtful use of scale, proportion and integrated landscaping create well utilized, comfortable outdoor rooms.Â
Award for Commercial Architecture
Little Lane in New Farm is a vibrant addition to the heart of its community, setting a new tone for development to come. The site section cleverly allows for meaningful setback from its neighbours, resulting in increased active edges through the site and triple height voids, drawing light into a useable basement level below. The building is elegantly scaled to bridge the suburban neighbourhood character to the vibrant street corner, creating shaded lanes spaces, micro tenancies and pedestrian permeability of the site to great success. Material selections of brick and concrete, reference mid-century apartments and heritage wool stores of the area. The use of landscape at the ground and upper levels, softens the masonry language and settles the building within its location of the sub-tropics. Thoughtful use of scale, proportion and integrated landscaping create well utilised, comfortable outdoor rooms. A new active corner and keystone building for New Farm.
Commendation for Commercial Architecture
Little Lane in New Farm is a vibrant addition to the heart of its community. Clever development of the site section allows for meaningful setbacks, resulting in increased active edges beyond the street frontage. These setbacks allow for all day activation, shaded spaces, and pedestrian permeability of the site to great success. With well-considered material selections of brick, concrete and weatherboard, the project sits comfortably within its local context. Thoughtful use of scale, proportion and integrated landscaping create well utilized, comfortable outdoor rooms.Â
Award for Commercial Architecture
Little Lane in New Farm is a vibrant addition to the heart of its community, setting a new tone for development to come. The site section cleverly allows for meaningful setback from its neighbours, resulting in increased active edges through the site and triple height voids, drawing light into a useable basement level below. The building is elegantly scaled to bridge the suburban neighbourhood character to the vibrant street corner, creating shaded lanes spaces, micro tenancies and pedestrian permeability of the site to great success. Material selections of brick and concrete, reference mid-century apartments and heritage wool stores of the area. The use of landscape at the ground and upper levels, softens the masonry language and settles the building within its location of the sub-tropics. Thoughtful use of scale, proportion and integrated landscaping create well utilised, comfortable outdoor rooms. A new active corner and keystone building for New Farm.
David Twohill, Design Architect
Emma James, Design Architect
Hannah Byrne, Project Architect
Cleo Ganis, Interior Designer
Matthew Hawke, Graduate of Architecture
Building Certification Consultants Pty. Ltd., Building Surveyor
Cozens Regan Group, Civil Consultant
Interior Engineering, Electrical Consultant
Interior Engineering, Services Consultant
Platinum Hydraulic Design, Hydraulic Consultant
Spectra, Fire Engineer
Property Projects Australia, Town Planner
Edge Consulting Engineers, Structural Engineer
Landscape Workshop, Landscape Consultant
Griffith Group, Developer
Spiro Property Group, Developer