Portfolio Categories: Sports & Leisure

BLACKBUTT RECREATION AREA Location: New Lambton, NSW Newcastle City Council’s Blackbutt Reserve has been providing nature based outdoor activities and facilities to the community for over 70 years. The new outdoor wildlife learning area and amenities buildings enhance the quality and diversity of facilities and experiences available at the Nature Reserve. The outdoor learning area provides a space for environmental education programs, wildlife shows and interactive activities. Taking advantage of the site, a natural amphitheatre, tiered seating curves...

HUNTER STADIUM WESTERN GRANDSTAND Location: Broadmeadow, NSW The Redevelopment of Newcastle’s Hunter Stadium’s Western Grandstand comprised a three-stage $60 million upgrade. The new grandstand replaces the old western stand and increases the stadium’s overall seating capacity to approximately 33,000. Home to the Newcastle Knights & Newcastle Jets, the new grandstand incorporates world class facilities for both players and spectators alike.  The function and corporate areas allow various function types to be held at the stadium,...

FLETCHER COMMUNITY CENTRE Location: Fletcher, NSW The Fletcher Community Centre together with the adjacent playing fields, was constructed by Urban Growth NSW for the Newcastle City Council as part of a Planning Agreement to deliver much needed recreation facilities for the community in the Minmi corridor. Quality materials, vibrant colours & strong design elements make the community centre an iconic building within the Sanctuary development. The facility overlooks the Sanctuary Sporting Complex which consists of two...

NEWCASTLE MEMORIAL WALK Location: Bar Beach, NSW The 450m walkway and bridge structure, with 360 degree views of the city and coastline, reinstates the former cliff top walk between Strzelecki lookout and the Water Board reservoir at Bar Beach.  The walkway commemorates the centenary of both the WWI landing of Allied forces at ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli, and the establishment of BHP Billiton’s Steelworks at Newcastle. Open to the public from ANZAC day 2015, the walk...

BIRUBI POINT SLSC Location: Birubi Point, NSW Birubi Point has been used as a meeting place and lookout for millennia. With expansive views over Stockton bight towards Newcastle the site is one of the harshest coastal locations. EJE Architecture worked closely with clients Port Stephens Council and Birubi Point SLSC to create the new $4.5M surf life saving club: an assured  low scale development which sits quietly in the landscape. The program is organised around...