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From early 2020, the former Civic Station building will become the new home for the City of Newcastle’s official Visitor Information Centre, with an exciting internal fit-out designed by EJE Architecture. The centre is anticipated to attract an average of 6,500 visitors per month, and will provide new smart technologies to aid the visitor experience, in addition to expert staff, tourist information and retail offerings. The new facility’s location is ideally situated in proximity to the city’s…

EJE was proud to be part of the 2019 Lake Macquarie Business Excellence Awards, sponsoring the Excellence in Sustainability Award, being presented on the night by Associate Dominic Warland. Congratulations to the winners EDI Downer, and to the finalists Remondis, Anglican Care and Club Charlestown. EJE Architecture has a long track record of delivering environmentally sensitive building solutions, as it is understood that sustainability in design is a matter of course, and not a luxury extra.

Encouraging young women to consider careers in the construction industry, EJE Director Kathy Gresham talked through her career path in Architecture at local High School Workshops this week, noting how gender diversity in the traditionally male dominated industry helps everyone. The two day Girls in Property Program, run by the Australian Property Council, sees female Year 10 students work through design exercises and tour inspiring local property developments.

EJE was proud to be the recipient of not one but two “Awards for Heritage” at the 2019 Australian Institute of Architect’s Newcastle Architecture Awards. The Jury selected the conservation and adaptive re-use projects at Newcastle Station and the Newcastle Signal Box each as independent award winners in this category. The transformation of the former Newcastle Railway Station site as a key element of the revitalisation of the Newcastle City Centre has been sensitively delivered to maximise…

Currently on site at the The University of Newcastle’s Callaghan Campus, Patterson Building Group is bringing to life a state-of-the-art new glasshouse facility for the Newcastle Institute of Energy and Resources, designed by EJE Architecture in collaboration with Labspace Architects. The new buildings will house technical scientific research spaces such laboratory areas, glasshouse growing areas and plant growth cabinets, as well as a dedicated on-site autoclave unit. The project also consists of modifications and renovations to…

Informed by the pressures of decay on local surrounding farm structures where sheds lean and roofs fall to the wayside, Glandore Estate’s Cellar door addition joins this eclectic community by attaching itself as a lean-to structure on the existing cellar door, and defiantly orientating itself towards Brokenback Mountain, framing it as the winery’s original namesake. The charcoal threshold tethers old and new structures together with an encompassing emulation of burnt, carbonised wine barrels, symbolic of…

EJE’s Nathan Dawes was recognized on Friday Night at the 2019 Australian Institute of Architects NSW Student Architecture Awards, receiving the “NSW Graduate Medal – Commendation” prize. Nathan’s final year Masters of Architecture project for which he received the award was titled The Brickworks, an adaptive reuse project of the Former Bedford Brickworks (1893-1970), St Peters, Sydney. A visually arresting project which clearly impressed the jury with its resolution of detail and theoretical design intent….

The Hunter Property Council recently presented its “Maximum Opportunity 2.0” scheme for the future of  Newcastle, put together by a special task force including EJE Director Glen Spicer. The study presents a vision for the greater Newcastle metropolitan area, corresponding to predicted population increase in the coming decades. Improved transport networks along growth corridors were a key theme of the presentation, with a new Kotara train station, expanded ferry and bus routes and an extended light…

After 3.5 years of planning, documentation and construction; Ballina Coast High School (BCHS) is ready for occupation, with its first students walking through the doors at the end of the month. In 2015, EJE were engaged to design a building for 1000 students that would prepare them for the opportunities and challenges of tomorrow as part of a new direction of education for High School students within NSW. Located in Ballina at the corner of…

Core Project Group approached EJE to design a sensitive office fitout within the 1910 former AIF Drill Hall in Newcastle West. The building is Newcastle’s oldest remaining Army Depot and as such holds significant local heritage value. The entire open plan office space had to act as an ‘insertion’ within the space, not damaging or interrupting any of the original heritage structure or fabric of the building. The challenge was to create a modern office…

DA has been lodged for our latest mixed use project! Located on Darby St in Cooks Hill, the development includes bar/restaurant, boutique deli & gallery space on ground floor with two separate buildings above being Serviced Apartments & Residential Apartments. The ground floor tenancies open onto a large covered public plaza facing Darby St. if you look closely you’ll see some of the Cooks Hill street pattern incorporated into the podium screen design. This references…

EJE Architecture has recently completed Stage 2 of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the John Hunter Children’s Hospital. Following on from the award-winning Stage 1 which was completed in 2016, Stage 2 has provided new Intensive Care rooms, Isolation Room, Staff Facilities and a Family Room. This stage continues the family centered care we developed within stage 1, which has been widely appreciated by patients’ families and staff alike. The design focused heavily on…