Architecture – Heritage – Master Planning

About

We are architects with expertise in design, master planning and sustainability framed by a deep understanding of heritage. We listen to and work closely with a diverse range of clients and their special places. The heart of our work is to make spaces enjoyed by the people using buildings as homes, work places, worship spaces, or shared environments. We are architects with expertise in design, master planning and sustainability framed by a deep understanding of heritage. We listen...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Our News

Posted on December 13, 2019

It’s the Christmas repair season

The scaffolding is up at St Andrew’s College at the University of Sydney, heralding the annual summer season of restoration and maintenance work.

Developed by Hector Abrahams in 2003, the program provides a framework for repairs to the Main Building dating from 1876 and its various additions. Undertaken in manageable chunks, both in time and cost, it allows the college to plan for the upkeep of its original buildings. Since 2012, much of this work has been overseen by Brianna Jessup.

This summer’s work includes the replacement of two sections of slates, conservation works to a façade and...

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