NBRSARCHITECTURE is all about creating life changing environments. No better example has been our partnership with Achieve Australia to assist with the redevelopment of Crowle Gardens Residential Estate which provides inclusive living for people with disabilities. The project was officially opened this week and is the first development in the world to integrate Specialised Disability […]

NBRSARCHITECTURE latest innovation tested the boundaries of modular design. Our entry for Super Sky Scrapers‘ Steel City: Container Skyscrapers competition, created an agile residential solution in the heart of Mumbai, utilising shipping containers as the main building components. The NBRS design, Lotus of Dharavi, purposefully utilises vertical space in order to free up urban space by […]

On Friday 20th June we launched BISI Affordable Habitats, the publication that was the culmination of our 2014 ENVISION Student Partnership. The launch was a great success, with representatives from care & housing providers, construction & development companies and universities in attendance. The launch event consisted of a breakfast, followed by a presentation from the […]

Metropolis Magazine have announced that NBRSARCHITECTURE are joint winners in the Living Cities Design Competition: an international competition to design a visionary 21st century 40 storey residential tower in New York City in response to the current day demographic and social challenges. Under the design leadership of principal Andrew Duffin, the NBRS team created VIVO on […]

Andrew Duffin delivered a buzz group session at the Australian Communities Forum in November 2012 oganised by leading social demographers McCrindle Research. The blurring of where we live, work, socialise, shop, and entertain in the cyber world is applying pressure on creative built solutions to be responsive to the emerging generations. New technology start up businesses […]

The first stage of the redevelopment of a substantial residential property incorporated significant works to the rear of a steeply sloping block, overlooking Sydney Harbour. New terracing created much needed level open space for the recreational benefit of the owners and their children.  An upper terrace incorporates a level lawn and lounge area beneath a […]

The new gardens created for this project compliment the substantial new home set on 1,100 sq metres of land. Early site works required the relocation of an existing 10 metre high Canary Island Date Palm that is now a feature within the front garden.  Measures were taken to preserve other substantial trees. A formal garden […]

Completed in 1923, The Astor, Macquarie Street, Sydney, designed by architects, Esplin & Mould, was the first company title residential apartment building in NSW and recognised for its prestigious Sydney address. Although remedial works to the exterior had been undertaken in the 1990s, they failed to arrest the ongoing deterioration of the windows. The project […]