SJB Wins Interior of the Year at 2023 Waf / Inside Festival
Two SJB projects have been recognised at the prestigious 2023 World Architecture Festival / INSIDE World Festival of Interiors. 19 Waterloo Street has received the highest accolade from the festival, Interior of the Year and was also awarded in the Residential Single category while Eucalyptusdom was awarded the Temporary/ Meanwhile Uses category.
“I’m always in awe of the calibre of projects presented at WAF and INSIDE, so to have received not just one, but three awards feels pretty surreal. I’m so proud of the work we do at SJB, and I’m incredibly honoured to lead a team that’s producing such exciting, forward-thinking projects that are not only beautiful but actively working to solve real-world issues,” says SJB Director, Adam Haddow.
19 Waterloo Street was an exercise in how one can take a postage stamp site of 29 sqm and do more with less while achieving all the amenity of a ‘big house’. The jury described 19 Waterloo Street as “like a wardrobe for the architect himself to live in… not only a building or an interior but a pocket-sized tour de force.” The project also offers an example of inner-city density done well. The idea is to take the learnings from the project and employ them more broadly, to deliver more housing where it’s needed most.
Presented at the Powerhouse Museum site in Ultimo, Eucalyptusdom is a multi-disciplinary exhibition exploring the unique and ever-changing cultural history of the gum tree. It brings together a diverse array of objects from the museum’s collection with a selection of newly commissioned works in an atmospheric exhibition space designed by SJB in collaboration with AIA Gold Medal recipient Richard Leplastrier AO and delivered with the exhibition expertise of Vania Contreras, 3D spatial designer.
“Eucalyptusdom was an incredibly rewarding experience. A project deeply embedded with Country-sensitive values, the yarns we had with our collaborators resulted in an incredibly rich, sensory experience that showcased the power, experience, and influence Country can have on the work we do as designers,” says SJB Associate and Fist Nations Lead, Jack Gillmer.
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