peckvonhartel at the forefront of infrastructure design

As part of the Victorian Government's Water Plan, "Our Water Our Future: The Next Stage", the Victorian Government is developing Australia's largest desalination plant to produce drinking water from seawater. The successful consortium, AquaSure will deliver one of the largest reverse-osmosis desalination plants in the world, capable of supplying up to 150 billion litres of water a year. AquaSure has contracted the Thiess Degrémont Joint Venture to construct the Victorian Desalination Project. Beca and Parsons Brinckerhoff have formed a Joint Venture to deliver engineering design services for this project. As part of this arrangement, peckvonhartel will provide architectural services for the 25 buildings that constitute the Victorian Desalination Plant. Work on the design phase has already commenced and water is scheduled for delivery by the end of 2011. The design of the Plant focuses on developing the total integration of architecture and landscape on the site at Wonthaggi Victoria. more...

award winning ESD initiatives for DLA phillips fox

Recently completed, the interior fitout of DLA Phillips Fox Canberra incorporates numerous award winning environmentally sustainable initiatives. Developed in conjunction with Northrop Engineers, the fitout incorporates a fully integrated 'taskmaster' lighting system that controls the general office areas lighting conditions and automates close-downs after hours. The system has helped DLA Philips Fox reduce their energy consumption throughout their new offices. more...

building refurbishment - bligh street forecourt

Kingsmede, a private property investment company, commissioned peckvonhartel to re-design the forecourt to 25 Bligh Street, a prominent commercial building in the CBD of Sydney. The brief sought a suitable quality of address, better integration with the surrounding streetscape, and provision for an outdoor dining terrace for a new restaurant operator and a permanent structure that could be utilised by the current coffee-cart operator. The design solution is understated, practical and sensitive to the built context and in the selection of materials. more...

centre for books, writing and ideas

Coinciding with the naming of Melbourne as the second City of Literature by the Director-General of UNESCO in August 2008, peckvonhartel was selected to design the Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas at the State Library of Victoria. The Centre will house office accommodation and support infrastructure for key literary organisations such as the Melbourne Writer's Festival, Australian Poetry Centre, Victorian Writer's Centre, Emerging Writer's Festival, SPUNC, Melbourne PEN and Express Media, and it will provide ancillary spaces for performance and events for the broader literary community. more...

peckvonhartel takes off in the aviation sector 

peckvonhartel recently completed the refurbishment of the terminal facilities at Canberra Airport. Commissioned by QANTAS, the scope of work included the design and documentation of new administration offices, check-in counters, security screening facilities, baggage handling improvements, public amenities and a new arrival gate and aerobridge structure. 

peckvonhartel is currently undertaking the design and documentation of a new commercial office building at the Melbourne Centre of Airservices Australia. The design follows an extensive masterplan and site study.

building the education revolution

peckvonhartel has been engaged by Construction Managers Bovis Lend Lease and Project Coordination Australia, to design and document new buildings and refurbishments at 8 schools in the ACT. These projects are part of the Nation Building Stimulus, Building the Education Revolution Program. Projects range in value from $1.6M to $3.0M and include a variety of new buildings, such as new Multi Purpose Halls, Library, Music Rooms, Art Rooms, Gymnasium, Environmental Centre, New Classrooms and Major Refurbishments. pvh have achieved design approval for all schools from the ACT Department of Education and Training and School principals. more...

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peckvonhartel would like to congratulate the following staff;

• ACT Emerging Architect Prize winner Dominic Pelle, 

• Rachel Peck who has been awarded an MBA by the Melbourne Business School, 

• Monique Solar who has been selected to represent Australia in the Under 19 Australian Schoolgirls Soccer team to tour China and the UK, 

• Marcelo Solar who has been awarded a scholarship by the ACT Scholarships Program to complete the Australian Applied Management Colloquium, and

• Natalia Prpic, for her promotion to Senior Interior Designer.

We also welcome to the Practice; Design Architect Lindsay Holland, Senior Architect David McCrae, Senior Interior Designers Samantha Morton, Jude Watson, Tamara Hansen, CAD Manager Neil Boughey and Marketing Leader Courtney Marriner.

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