Architecture – Heritage – Master Planning

About

HAA is open for business. We are taking precautions to keep our clients and staff safe, and following Health Department guidelines. We shall keep calm and carry on as we monitor the response to COVID-19. We are architects with expertise in design, master planning and sustainability framed by a deep understanding of heritage. HAA is open for business. We are taking precautions to keep our clients and staff safe, and following Health Department...

The Nagle Library at St John's College

Working in collaboration on a new masterplan for St John’s College with Cox Architecture, HAA was able to use our understanding of old buildings and our college experience to find...

Our Approach

There is always delight in discussing intentions, discovering how the building or landscape has come to be, and then how its future might best be imagined. We believe the most successful outcomes are achieved for people, buildings, spaces and the environment by listening to our clients and understanding their places. Our approach is undergirded by our belief that all work should be seen in the long term, to ensure sustainability and a lighter touch on the environment. There is always delight in discussing intentions, discovering how the building or landscape has come to be, and then how...

Victoria Cottage

Derelict and abandoned for over 30 years, Victoria Cottage is now a beautiful and inviting home. The original cottage has been thoughtfully restored, with a decorative slate roof, new joinery...

Our Projects

We work with, in and around old buildings of all architectural styles. Our projects encompass structures of many sizes and purposes – small garden pavilions and apartments, inner city terrace houses, country homesteads, suburban villas, university colleges, churches and city office blocks.

We advise about high level strategy on a broad range of issues including the heritage significance of important places, master planning of cultural landscapes and long term maintenance plans. We work with, in and around old buildings of all architectural styles. Our projects encompass structures of many sizes and...

Colleges at The University of Sydney

HAA collaborated with Cox Architecture to develop separate master plans for St John’s and St Paul’s Colleges at The University of Sydney. Both colleges had very important decisions to make...

Murrumbidgee Homestead

A derelict homestead dating from the 1840s has been conserved, restored and extended to become a family home and the centre of a large pastoral enterprise. Located in a breathtaking...

The Garrison Church

HAA has developed a site master plan for a state heritage listed inner city church as it grows its ministry. New lighting and sound systems have been installed and the...

The Sir John Monash Centre at the Australian National Memorial, France

The Sir John Monash Centre at the Australian National Memorial (ANM) in France was commissioned by the Australian Government to commemorate the role of Australian forces in the Great War....

Our News

Posted on July 12, 2021

Awards for the Sir John Monash Centre

The Sir John Monash Centre (SJMC), at the Australian National Memorial in France, received two awards in the AIA’s International Chapter Architecture Awards this year.

A collaboration between Cox Architecture with Hector Abrahams Architects, Tim Williams Architects and Lampros Architects, SJMC received the Award for Heritage and the Award for Public Architecture.

Set unobtrusively behind the War Cemetery and Australian National Memorial, SMJC presents the role and contribution of Australian soldiers on the western front during World War 1. Research by HAA discovered plans of unbuilt paths for the Memorial which were part of the building works.

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