The Warehouses | J.AR OFFICE

The Warehouses | J.AR OFFICE | Photographer: David Chatfield

2024 National Architecture Awards Program

The Warehouses | J.AR OFFICE

Traditional Land Owners

Yugambeh People

Year
2024
Chapter

Queensland

Region

Gold Coast and Northern Rivers

Category
COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture
Commercial Architecture
Builder
HNKN Construction Company
Photographer
David Chatfield
Media summary

The Warehouses reformulates the light industrial building, guided by civic ambitions and an aspiration to persist for generations. The precinct materialises from a selective edit and unification of five existing structures, defined by a new human-centric internal street.

The resulting building was driven by the client’s desire to produce a socially conscious precinct that ultimately asked, ‘How can a commercial building adapt to evolving community needs?’

The project addresses a typology often on the periphery of architectural consideration; demonstrating the importance of providing space for public life to occur, even in the most unlikely of places – a shed.

National Awards Received
National Award for Commercial Architecture
2024
Queensland Architecture Awards Accolades
COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture
The Beatrice Hutton Award for Commercial Architecture (Qld)
Queensland Jury Citation

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture

The Beatrice Hutton Award for Commercial Architecture

The Warehouses project repurposes five existing structures with skilful edits, fabric retention/removal, and sensitive use of colour and materials. Noticeable in the street for its clear yet restrained architecture, the building avoids the need for loud advertising. Large shop windows and an inviting entry open into an internal two-storey street filled with natural daylight, air, and landscape. Excellent environmental credentials are complemented by the social aspirations of hosting community-focused events. The Warehouses project is a remarkable achievement that creates inspiring spaces for work and play.

We are a 3rd & 4th generation Currumbin family living and working locally, who are enthusiastic to conduct business in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.

We recognise the impact building has on the environment and the community.

The sensitive design of The Warehouses helps us to deliver our own goals in leaving a legacy of buildings that connect community and respect the environment.

The guidance offered by J.AR OFFICE and our other building trades in delivering a retrofit as opposed to a rebuild has been integral in us meeting both our environmental and financial goals.

Project Practice Team

Jared Webb, Design Architect

Oliver Mabbutt, Graduate of Architecture

Esther Pearce, Graduate of Architecture

Project Consultant and Construction Team

Mark Traucnieks Consulting Engineers, Hydraulic Consultant

Mark Traucnieks Consulting Engineers, Structural Engineer

Prandium Studio, Landscape Consultant

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