The Cowper Street Social Housing project in Glebe is nearing completion, set to deliver 75 new homes that thoughtfully integrate heritage preservation with contemporary design. The development includes two eight-storey towers and a three-storey terrace building, offering a mix of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom residences.

Sustainability is central to this project, which is targeting a 6 Star Green Star rating and high NatHERS ratings. Innovative features include the use of cross-laminated timber (CLT) for the primary structure, green roofs, solar power, water retention systems, and extensive landscaping. These elements not only reduce the environmental footprint but also promote resident wellbeing and strengthen community connection.

With our client, Homes NSW, and with the support of The King’s Trust Australia, this project exemplifies how sustainable design can enhance social housing outcomes. Delivered by Kane Constructions Pty Ltd and their team, including Group GSA and TTW.

Congratulations to the Walker Team on WELL Gold at 6 & 8 Parramatta Square!

We are thrilled to celebrate Walker’s remarkable achievement in elevating 6 & 8 Parramatta Square from Bronze to WELL Gold Certification—a transformation completed in just 12 months.

This is now the largest building in Australia to reach WELL Gold status. This milestone reflects not only Walker’s vision but the commitment and drive of their exceptional sustainability and operations teams.

Shaped by purpose, people and place – 1 Elizabeth has been named the Jury Winner in the Office – High Rise category at the 2025 Architizer A+ Awards.

Congratulations to Macquarie Group, Sydney Metro and the entire project team. We are proud to see the project recognised on the global stage.

Winners gallery: https://winners.architizerawards.com/

1 Elizabeth, designed for Macquarie Group, has been recognised with a 2025 Award of Excellence in the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Awards, in the category of Best Tall Building by Region – Oceania.

This ambitious project will now compete for the overall category award at the CTBUH 2025 Conference later this year, exemplifying the conference theme “From the Ground Up” through its integration of metro infrastructure, public space, and workplace in a singular civic gesture.

We also celebrate the project’s additional 2025 CTBUH Awards of Excellence:
Systems Award – submitted by Arup and FARRA Engineering Ltd.
Structure Award – submitted by Arup.

Interdisciplinary collaboration is at the core of meaningful design.

Last week’s catch-up between JPW and Arup offered a valuable opportunity to exchange ideas and reflect across projects, scales, disciplines and ways of working.

Thank you to Janine Pickering and the Arup team for your generosity and curiosity in sharing perspectives and design approaches. We look forward to continuing the conversation!

JPW, in collaboration with Walker Corporation, is pleased to share that the Development Application for Tower 2 at Festival Plaza in Adelaide has been lodged.

Designed by JPW, this 38-storey tower will complete Festival Plaza, shaping a vibrant, contextual, and contemporary destination.

The project will enhance public life, introducing a diverse range of public spaces activated by sustainable retail, reinforcing Festival Plaza as a key destination for both locals and visitors. A publicly accessible civic facility and high-quality commercial space will further contribute to the precinct’s activation.

The tower’s geometry responds to the transition from the city grid to the river, drawing from the dynamic, angular forms of the Festival Centre and Festival Plaza while subtly referencing the state flower, Sturt’s Desert Pea.

At 160m, Tower 2 will be Adelaide’s first skyscraper when completed in 2027, marking a significant milestone in the city’s evolving skyline. Congratulations to Walker Corporation on the continued revitalisation of this important precinct.

We congratulate Vy Pham and Benjamin Rowbotham on achieving registration as Architects! This significant accomplishment demonstrates their hard work, expertise, and commitment to advancing in the architectural profession.

Their success underscores the strength of our team at JPW as we continue to deliver innovative, sustainable, and award-winning designs across Australia and beyond.

We look forward to supporting Vy and Benjamin in their future growth and seeing their contributions shape meaningful spaces for communities and future generations.

We are thrilled to announce that 6 & 8 Parramatta Square, developed by Walker, has received prestigious recognition at the CTBUH 2024 Awards. The project was honoured with the Award for Excellence as the Best Tall Building by Region for Oceania, the Award for Best Tall Building by Height (200-299 metres), and the Global Community Award for Best Tall Building by Height (200-299 metres). Congratulations to the entire team involved in bringing this outstanding project to life!

JPW Director Matthew Morel and Principal Matteo Salval led a tour of 1 Elizabeth – the newly completed Macquarie Group headquarters. 1 Elizabeth is integrated with both the Sydney Metro Martin Place Station below and the heritage 50 Martin Place building, creating an expansive campus.

Attendees had a unique opportunity to see a future-focussed workplace close-up and enjoy great views over the city and the harbour beyond. The presentation explored the project’s journey from inception to delivery including the reinstatement of heritage artworks and new public art commissions.

We thank Macquarie for welcoming the group and the Australian Institute of Architects, as well as the attendees for their engaging interaction throughout the event. A special thanks to our Martin Place Metro North Tower team members Jade Tran, Jacopo Scattolin, Vy Pham, Ben Rowbotham and Wayne Dickerson for helping on the night, and to Oliver Ju for capturing the event images.

6&8 Parramatta Square has won the People’s Choice Award at the 2024 Property Council of Australia Innovation and Excellence Awards.

The iconic 55-storey commercial tower identifies the Parramatta CBD as the preeminent urban centre within Greater Sydney, establishing new benchmarks in contemporary workplace, sustainability and placemaking for a range of private sector and government institutions, and defining Parramatta Square as a vibrant civic meeting place for the community.

Congratulations to Walker Corporation on the continued success and recognition of this project.

Festival Tower, by Walker Corporation, has won the 2024 UDIA SA Award of Excellence for Innovation in Development.

In 2020, Walker Corporation invited JPW to develop detailed design proposals for Adelaide Festival Plaza, with a focus on the precinct’s signature commercial Festival Tower.

Now complete, Festival Tower, a key component of South Australia’s significant urban transformation, features an all-electric design, a 6-star Green Star rating, a 5.5-star NABERS energy rating, extensive solar panels, high performance facades and a comprehensive rainwater harvesting system, all of which work together to minimise the building’s environmental footprint. At ground level, the building is seamlessly integrated to the upgraded public realm with the main foyer entry from Station Road and a through-site link connection to King William Road.

Walker Corporation quotes “Festival Tower is our signature statement in Adelaide, combining decades of learnings to set a new benchmark in office design and wellbeing.”

Congratulations to Walker Corporation and the broader project team on receiving this award, recognising Festival Tower and the new benchmark it sets for innovation, urban renewal, placemaking, and sustainability.

Parramatta Square, by Walker Corporation and the City of Parramatta, has won the 2024 UDIA NSW & Urban Property Group Award of Excellence in Urban Renewal.

In 2012, JPW began work with the City of Parramatta to develop the urban design principles for the Parramatta Square precinct, prior to winning an open international design competition for the first of stage of development.

Over the next 10 years, JPW would work with Walker Corporation to develop and implement the precinct masterplan, including the design of three distinct buildings, and collaborate with the City of Parramatta and other design practices to integrate the design of public spaces and buildings into the development. The precinct has emerged as the civic heart of Parramatta and Greater Sydney.

Congratulations to Walker Corporation, the City of Parramatta Council and the broader project team on receiving this award, and the continued recognition of Parramatta Square in establishing new benchmarks for urban renewal, placemaking, and sustainability.

JPW is collaborating with Capital Property Group on a vibrant new destination within the heart of Canberra City.

Located at the corner of London Circuit and Northbourne Avenue, this significant project will deliver a dynamic mixed-use precinct that will enrich the city’s urban fabric and quality of civic life.

Central to the proposal is a new urban plaza that extends the public realm through the site, integrating green spaces with future Light Rail infrastructure along London Circuit, and providing important pedestrian connections to surrounding civic functions and the broader city centre.

The project will feature several distinctive buildings that respond to the unique scale and character of their context, accommodating a diversity of uses that will set new benchmarks for design excellence, sustainability and placemaking.

6&8 Parramatta Square (6&8PS), designed by JPW for Walker Corportation, has won multiple accolades in the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) 2024 Awards of Excellence. The project received awards in the categories of Best Tall Building by Height: 200-299 metres and Best Tall Building by Region – Oceania.

6&8PS is the final stage of an integrated mixed-use precinct that has become the civic heart of Parramatta and Greater Sydney, serving as a vital meeting place for communities within the region.

At ground level, the project defines Parramatta’s principal urban public space, and provides vital links between existing public transport infrastructure and the expanding core of the city’s CBD to the north. A series of civic-scaled external and internal spaces across four podium levels accommodate diverse uses that activate the precinct throughout the day and evening, contributing towards a world-class experience for the public and the building’s occupants.

The striking tower form of 6&8PS is the tallest in Parramatta, identifying the precinct and surrounding CBD as the pre-eminent urban centre in Greater Metropolitan Sydney. The tower is also the largest commercial building in Australia, presenting high-performance workplaces that have transformed the benchmark for commercial building quality in the region to attract major government and private sector tenants and become the catalyst for continued investment and vitality in the city.

Congratulations to Walker Corporation on this significant achievement and the continued recognition of Parramatta Square in setting new global benchmarks across all aspects of property development and placemaking.

A by Adina, Sydney has received a CTBUH Award of Excellence for Best Tall Building Oceania.
The distinctively Sydney hotel is shaped by its George Street and Australia Square context with a unique skylobby at the culmination of a memorable arrival experience.
The project demonstrates our passion for environmentally responsible and sustainable design that doesn’t compromise on amenity or creating inspiring places.
JPW Director Matthew Morel will present A by Adina, Sydney at the CTBUH International Conference 2023 Humanizing High Density in Singapore for the Best Tall Building Oceania 2023.

https://ctbuhconference.com/program/award-of-excellence-winners/

JPW are pleased to be appointed by the Sydney Opera House following a competitive procurement process to update the 2001 Strategic Building Plan.
The Sydney Opera House, inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List, is a masterpiece that embodies beauty, creativity and the power of art and ideas.
As the nation’s premier tourism destination, the Sydney Opera House is a world-class performing arts centre and a celebrated community meeting place, welcoming almost 11 million visitors and hosting around 1,800 performances every year.
The 2001 Strategic Building Plan was developed by JPW in collaboration with Jørn Utzon, the original architect. The document has successfully guided significant projects and improvements at the Sydney Opera House for the last 20 years.
Informed by the current context, knowledge and thinking, the renewed Strategic Building Plan will provide strategic direction for the Sydney Opera House as it responds to the changing environmental, social and artistic needs of today and the future
Image: Hamilton Lund

JPW has been selected by Museums of History NSW to develop a Concept Masterplan for a new museum experience at the Female Factory and Institutions Precinct, North Parramatta.
The Precinct elicits deep emotion through the personal experiences of care, control and connection that have shaped this place over time.
The new museum will embrace the intangible histories inhabiting the buildings and spaces, the unseen shadows of past occupants and the underlying but ever-present layers of Country. There will be a focus on wellbeing, drawing on how our physical and mental health are interconnected as well as the wellbeing of the physical and cultural environment, of the individuals and the communities.

Construction has commenced at JPW’s Glebe Mid-Rise project. The new eight-storey social housing renewal project at Cowper Street is inspired by historic woolstore buildings and Glebe’s iconic Victorian terraces. The development will create 75 new inner-city dwellings – three studios, 40 one-bedroom and 27 two-bedroom apartments, along with five three-bedroom terrace homes for larger families.
The development will be called The Prince’s Quarter, to reflect the development partnership of the Prince’s Trust Australia with NSW Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC).
Prince’s Trust Australia Chair, the Hon Julie Bishop, noted “This development will use many sustainable building practices such as recycled bricks, solar panels to power the homes and structural timber framing.”

Construction has commenced at JPW’s renewal of Sydney’s first skyscraper – 33 Alfred Street.

Opened in 1962, the ‘AMP Building’ was twice as tall as any building in Sydney at the time and was the first building to break Sydney’s historic height limit.

The revitalisation of 33 Alfred is also a first – the first comprehensive renewal of one of Sydney’s and Australia’s Modernist heritage skyscrapers.

JPW began design work in 2014 with AMP Capital to restore 33 Alfred to its original status as one of Sydney’s premium commercial addresses.

The City of Sydney granted approval in 2017 for a holistic and considered renewal of the building. Works include: all office floors re-calibrated for the workplace of the future while maintaining an authentic connection to the building’s original era; a re-activated public lobby and retail levels engaging with Scout Place and Goldsbrough Lane; new state-of-the-art end-of-trip facilities; a reinvented sky terrace; and the complete renewal of the original facades with contemporary technology and materials that enhance views and comfort and minimise energy use while preserving the iconic character of the landmark.

In 2022, the 60th anniversary of 33 Alfred’s opening, JPW are working alongside contractor Built and look forward to the progress of this important project towards completion.

3 Parramatta Square has won the Master Builder’s Association Commercial Building of the Year Award for $50M-$300M projects in the 2021 Master Builders Association of NSW Excellence in Construction Awards, announced in February 2022. JPW congratulate BUILT on their achievement to deliver this complex building.
Together with 3 Parramatta Square, JPW have also worked with BUILT & Walker Corporation on 4 Parramatta Square and 6 Parramatta Square – three significant projects forming the transformational Parramatta Square Precinct.

JPW is proud to support the National Portrait Gallery present this major exhibition of over 80 treasures from the world’s oldest gallery dedicated to portraiture.
The exhibition runs from 12 March – 17 July 2022.

Construction has commenced on site for the 27-storey Adelaide Festival Plaza Tower.

JPW are delighted that the Chau Chak Wing Museum has been shortlisted for World Architecture Festival (WAF) – Culture: Completed Buildings category

The new Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney is now open to the public.
The building designed by JPW consolidates the Macleay and Nicholson Museums, the Power Collection and the University Art Gallery and associated cultural and scientific collections in one Museum.
The Museum is open 7 days and is free with timed-entry tickets – book your visit in advance.

The Anzac Memorial Centenary Project has been shortlisted in two categories – Public Architecture and Urban Design – for the 2020 NSW Architecture Awards, which will be announced on 3 July 2020.

JPW congratulates Kengo Kuma & K2LD Architects for being selected as winner of the Singapore Founders Memorial open design competition.

JPW were honoured to be among the five shortlisted finalists, and it has been an inspiring journey over this last year. Thankyou to our team led by RDC Singapore for their efforts and passionate pursuit of design excellence. We wish the NHB and the winning project every success.

Swan Lake Park (Suzhou, China) was selected as the winner of the International Category in the AILA 2019 National Landscape Architecture Awards.

“Swan Lake Park in Wuzhong exemplifies the potential for landscape architecture to provide recreational, ecological and social benefits in places of rapid urbanization.

Across twenty four hectares, the park combines experiential spaces nested within circulation connections and large-scale sustainability initiatives.

The collaboration of the design team is evident in the high quality of the design and its execution. The project carefully crafts a huge variety of precincts and connections as well as green infrastructure that is critical to the growing city.”
Jury Citation

The transformation of Parramatta Square reached a major milestone with the “topping out” of one of the four towers now under construction in the precinct. Property NSW is the anchor tenant in the JPW designed building which will provide more than 65,000 square metres of A Grade office space over 40 storeys.

Completion is scheduled for late 2019, with progressive occupation by various government departments.

The Anzac Memorial Centenary Project was awarded the Award for Excellence in the NSW Concrete Institute of Australia Awards, Commercial Buildings Category.

JPW Architects are honoured to be selected as one of 5 shortlisted entries for the Singapore Founders’ Memorial Design Competition.

The anonymous, international design competition included a field of 193 entries in Stage 1. JPW will now proceed to Stage 2 of the competition.

More information on the Founders’ Memorial is available at https://www.foundersmemorial.sg/en/milestones/design-competition-receives-strong-response.aspx

JPW is proud to announce the significant strengthening of the studio’s leadership team, with three appointments to the position of Principal, two to the position of Senior Associate and four new Associates:

These appointments recognise the outstanding individual and collective contributions made to the studio’s project portfolio, culture and research program.

JPW’s expanded leadership team strengthens the studio’s capabilities and commitment to excellence.

Victoria Park is one of inner Sydney’s most important and historic parks.

The primary objective of the City of Sydney’s Victoria Park Improvement Project was to upgrade the amenity of the park by identifying a range of improvements that respond to contemporary community needs yet complement the existing and historic character of the place.

Reopened in early 2018, the improvements include upgrades to the path network, new activity nodes with netball and Ping-Pong areas, a new connection to the University of Sydney, new BBQ and seating areas and modifications to the lake to improve water quality and expand urban habitats.

New bio-retention and reed bed systems within Lake Northam, developed in conjunction with Alluvium and Warren Smith & Partners, treat stormwater entering the lake from the surrounding catchment, to greatly improve water quality.

Drawn from the Rijksmuseum, the renowned national collection of the Netherlands, this major exhibition designed by Richard Johnson and JPW, includes a rare painting by Johannes Vermeer and a room dedicated to one of the greatest minds in the history of art, Rembrandt van Rijn.

The American Architecture Prize honours designs in the disciplines of architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture with the goal of advancing the appreciation of architecture worldwide.

Barangaroo Reserve was selected as the 2017 Winner in the landscape architecture category, from a field of more than a thousand entries from 68 countries across the three disciplines.

Jury Citation:

Named for an influential Aboriginal woman of colonial Sydney, Barangaroo is a globally-significant, 22-hectare waterfront renewal project that redefines Sydney Harbour and its Central Business District.

Barangaroo Reserve was the first phase in the 3-district precinct to open. The project re-creates “Millers Point” headland in its original location by transforming a concrete container port into a naturalistic park with over 75,000 plantings native to the Sydney region.

Guided by historical maps and paintings, the design of the headland includes a foreshore of 10,000 sandstone blocks excavated directly from the site. Walking and bicycle pathways separated by the “1836 Wall” symbolically mark the original precolonial shoreline.

Barangaroo Reserve is carbon-neutral, water-positive, and committed to creating zero waste. Selected as a Clinton Global Initiative, One Planet Living, and C40 Climate Positive development, the project recycled all existing materials onsite to form the headland. Hidden beneath the artificial headland, the “Cutaway” is a massive void formed through the sandstone excavation operations to host art exhibits, performances, and a future Aboriginal Cultural Center.

Barangaroo Reserve transforms a huge expanse of empty concrete into humane, usable space, marking the transformation of an industrialized site into a modern reinvention of its more sustainable past.

5 Martin Place, by JPW and TKD Architects in collaboration, has won the 2017 RLB NSW Development of the Year Award.

“The considered restoration and transformation of 5 Martin Place has delivered one of the most inspired and innovative commercial workspaces in Australia. The building’s 5 Star Green Star rating demonstrates how older buildings may be upgraded to meet new sustainability standards.”

Matthew Harris
Managing Director of RLB in NSW

5 Martin Place received multiple awards at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2016 National Architecture Awards ceremony held in Sydney last night. The project by  JPW and TKD Architects in collaboration, was awarded a National Award for Commercial Architecture and a National Award for Heritage.

Work has started on site for the Anzac Memorial Centenary Project.  The appointed contractor Built has now established the site and is looking to commence site clearing and excavation soon. For more information on the design follow the link to the project page here.

Barangaroo Reserve has won the Award for Parks and Open Space at the 2016 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Awards Night.

5 Martin Place has been awarded a Commercial Architecture Award at the 2016 NSW Architecture Awards.

The Overseas Passenger Terminal Upgrade has been awarded a Commendation for Public Architecture at the 2016 NSW AIA Architecture Awards.

50 Martin Place was awarded Development of the Year Award, SAS International Award for Best Office and JLL Award for Best Sustainable Development – Existing Buildings at the Property Council of Australia / Rider Levett Bucknall 2016 Innovation & Excellence Awards.
“50 Martin Place is a landmark example of how retrofitting can transform tired old offices into highly-connected, high-performance workplaces without compromising character, charm or contemporary standards of sustainability,”
Ken Morrison, Property Council of Australia Chief Executive

JPW have been shortlisted as one of four practices in the international design competition for 5 Parramatta Square. They will be competing for the design of a civic space including council chambers and a community library, which will be the centrepiece of a $2 billion renewal project of Parramatta Square.

50 Martin Place has been awarded the Harry Seidler Award for Commercial Architecture at the 2015 National Architecture Awards held in Brisbane.

The Tribute to War Correspondents Memorial dedicated to war correspondents has been opened by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

Barangaroo Reserve has won the 2015 President’s Award at the 2015 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects NSW Awards.

50 Martin Place has won the Sir Arthur G Stephenson Award for Commercial Architecture at the 2015 NSW Architecture Awards.
50 Martin Place has also won the COLORBOND Award for Steel Architecture and a Commendation for Sustainable Architecture.
Brendan Murray has won the Emerging Architect Price