Architecture Australia Magazine’s article titled Modular School Design: When 1+1 equals more than 2, highlights the importance of Australia moving toward school infrastructure with high quality prefabricated, relocatable learning environments. As illustrated by AA, Australia’s suitability for understanding and implementing modular infrastructure is unquestionable. The modules are useful for changing demographics, remote communities and disasters, […]

In one day, Canberra’s Duffy Primary School expanded by 7 new learning spaces. On Saturday 23 November 2013 the local community came together along with the ACT Minister for Education, Joy Burch to witness the lifting and assembling of 10 modules to create a new learning wing to the existing school. Design Director Andrew Duffin, […]

Veronica Ho from NBRSARCHITECTURE attended the University of Melbourne’s annual Festival of Ideas’ Environment Day. This day consisted of numerous inspiring talks about current and potential environmental issues. Many of the themes addressed were well aligned with our research publication 2050 Beyond the Third Workplace, rethinking the future of workplaces and cities. The first talk, Imagine […]

This one day event aims to equip you with the latest trends redefining Australian communities with a focus on how to build, shape, and engage your community in all their diversity. This year’s theme, ‘From Generation to Generation’ will empower you to engage with all generations from the oldest to the youngest, maintaining relevance from era to […]

The NSW Department of Education and Communities (DEC) has nominated NBRSARCHITECTURE as the primary consultants in a project which involves the conversion of the current School Facilities Standards (SFS) into a set of Educational Facilities Standards & Guidelines (EFSG). NBRS is at the forefront in creating a world-first School Facilities Guidelines presented in a web-based system. As […]

Some of NBRSARCHITECTURE’s brightest young minds spent a day exchanging design & research ideas with architecture students from Arizona State University. The students are part of a studio group of multidisciplinary students from ASU who are currently on a two week intensive research case study in Australia. On returning to Arizona, they will embark on […]

NBRSARCHITECTURE Heritage Team were recently involved in Channel 9’s hit TV show “The Block All Stars” as Heritage Advisers. Our involvement with the development included advice on the local heritage significance of the four circa 1913, semi-detached houses in Bondi that were renovated on the show. The television series recorded the  contestant couples in a renovation […]

A cutting edge primary school has just opened in the outer Auckland growth suburbs of Hobsonville  Point. NBRSARCHITECTURE has partnered with the New Zealand Ministry of Education to deliver the first stage of a PPP education precinct. Along with ASC, the design architects for the project, the team has collaborated to produce a pedagogy responsive plan shaped […]

Changes in our working environment can have a profound impact on the level of efficiency and output of workers, along with their health and wellbeing. The city is growing, technology is moving forward, and people are constantly changing. The way we work is shifting and slowly, the places we work are adapting to match this. […]

A group of ten young professionals from backgrounds of architecture, design and education collaborate together in preparation for a year-long research program investigating educational design. This is the Mayfield Project. Daina Cunningham of NBRSARCHITECTURE is a member of the Mayfield Project 2014 team that will work together to explore themes relevant to the design of educational […]

McCrindle Research, a leading Sydney-based social researcher, organise an annual Education Future Forum. At this year’s Forum James Ward and Andrew Duffin of NBRS+PARTNERS presented a study intoFuture Place Learning Environments. Ever-developing technology and new insights into how we learn are part of the fast changing world and have increased the demand for responsive educational […]

Easter 2013 will be a timely opening for the new Hillsong City Campus in Doody St, Alexandria. A creative partnership with the Hillsong team, Reitsma Construction and NBRSARCHITECTURE is working around the clock to achieve the Easter opening of a new worship centre. The warehouse refurbishment is in the rejuvenated inner Sydney suburb of Alexandria. The […]

Hospitals are not usually people’s favourite places. This is, for the most part, due to the activities that take place there, however their design is often a contributing factor. Hospitals should be designed to be welcoming, easy to navigate and to set minds at ease. Colour is a key factor in each of these areas, […]

The MODUPOD has been featured in an article titled “How will schools look in 10 years?” on news.com.au An excerpt from the article: Moveable and modifiable schools The futuristic, adventurous and flexible MODUPOD school features different modular pods or hubs that can be added on or taken off like blocks of Lego depending on the […]

NBRSARCHITECTURE is at the forefront of designing modular learning spaces for ACT primary schools. Andrew Duffin is leading a team of architects to rethink the way we provide sustainable, future-proofed learning spaces. The pressure of growth for Duffy Primary School has led to the demand for the equivalent of 7 new learning spaces for the infants sector […]