As a firm, AJ+C places design excellence at the absolute core of our practice. We design for the long term, so that the buildings we create will hold their value and beauty over time.
We recently produced a survey book on our landmark project, Moore Park Gardens, a development that has fundamentally shaped and influenced Allen Jack+Cottier’s mixed used work. If you have not yet seen a copy, ask us – it is well worth a look.
We sought the views of residents, investors, journalists, property people and business people, even the Lord Mayor of Sydney, about what makes Moore Park Gardens work as a development, and a community. The results were both surprising and gratifying – architecture critics use it as reference point, property values have strongly outperformed others in the area, there is always a waiting list to buy apartments, and most residents say they would not live anywhere else.
Many of the elements we pioneered at that time – the mix of residential, business, shops and cafes, the sense of connectedness, the wide internal streets and range of apartment types – continue to evolve in our current work. At a time when the building industry remains under pressure, we have never been busier, with major projects in design and construction phases across a whole range of sectors – mixed use, multi-residential, student accommodation, and more.
A new generation of talented young architects has stepped up to continue the design-lead excellence for which Allen Jack+Cottier has long been recognised. Expect to see some of our new work, and new faces, in our upcoming newsletters.