Design Philosophy
Our methodology has been very much defined by the work in practice and not developed in advance. Which is not to say that we don’t tenaciously concentrate on the theoretical basis for each project at hand. This was particularly necessary with the Hyde Park Barracks project, where the client was the inspiration for some very concentrated discussion on the relationship of theory and practice, the role of the fabric, which survived from various stages of past construction and occupation of the building, and the theoretical justification of the smallest architectural detail. This level of thought has informed our heritage approach in such subsequent projects as the Casula Powerhouse and the Rocks Square.
To achieve a high level of meaning in public monumental projects such as The National Memorial to the Australian Vietnam Forces and The Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier, we established a collaborative methodology with leading artists to develop design and formal principles. Both projects adopt a position common to much of our work, concentrating on expressive forms and the straightforward use of a limited palette of materials to produce meaning, rather than on representational iconography and elaborated detail. We conduct a collaborative office with a relatively low level of ‘pyramiding’, and we are interested in design in practice. Whilst projects often cross over, our work/theory has developed in five major themes:
Urbanity
Making the City - knitting new elements into the urban fabric in a positive and inventive way. The aim of this work is to achieve a consistent urban fabric, relevant to the needs of current society but respecting the past, while creating good spaces for people.
Respecting the Past
New work, with its own character and philosophy, is harmoniously united with valuable elements from the past; both gain by the union. In all cases, strict adherence to principles of The Burra Charter allows positive interplay between old and new. Creative ‘layering’ of old and new - the palimpsest - adds value to the complete whole.
Meaningful Architecture
Often created through collaboration with artists, the work as a whole takes the position of Modern design’s abstract symbolism vs. Post Modern’s representational character. The firm appreciates the value of collaborative design reaching from earliest ideas to completed works.
Environmental Management
Environmentally Sustainable Development Management may take many forms, including running cost effects, inbuilt energy cost, sustainability of materials, construction and manufacturing techniques and maintenance and repair.
Innovation
All of our work demonstrates a very high level of innovation achieved, not for its own sake, but for the overall betterment of the project. Our impressive list of design awards confirms this success.
2005 First Prize and Commission, Joy Yeo Performing Arts Complex, Roseville NSW
2005 First Prize and Commission, Canberra International Arboretum and Gardens Competition
2002 First Prize and Commission, Australian War Memorial, Hyde Park Corner London, UK
2002 First Prize and Commission, 161 Clarence Street Residential Apartment Building Design Excellence Competition
2000 First Prize and Commission, Scots Church Residential Redevelopment Design Excellence Competition
1999 Property Council of NSW Development of the Year – Sydney Customs House
2000 First Prize and Commission, National Gallery of Australia Redevelopment Design Competition
1999 Commendation, Alexandria Canal Urban Design Competition
1993 Winner, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Competition, Canberra
1991 Commended, Balmain Ideas Competition
1990 Winner, Vietnam Memorial Competition, Canberra
2006 ASI Steel Awards – NSW & ACT, High Commendation in the
Structural Engineering Steel Design Award for Scots Church Redevelopment
2006 Marrickville Council Medal for conservation for the Newtown Silos apartments
2006 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Conservation – Energy Management Award for the Newtown Silos apartments
2006 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Adaptive Reuse Award for the Newtown Silos apartments
2006 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Award for Excellence in Design, with Taylor Cullity Lethlean and Robert Owen for the Craigieburn Bypass Sound Walls, Melbourne
2006 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Award for Excellence in Landscape Architecture, with Taylor Cullity Lethlean and Robert Owen for the Craigieburn Bypass Sound Walls, Melbourne
2005 Public Domain Award, Cement and Concrete Association for the Craigieburn Bypass Sound Walls, Melbourne
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2005 Energy Australia National Trust Heritage Award - Commendation for Adaptive Re-use Corporate/Government for Tenterfield Cinema/Theatre
2003 Royal Australian Institute of Architects merit award commendation for House at Lilyfield
2002 Green Square - South Sydney Development Corporation Design Award - "Arc" at Victoria Park
2002 National Trust NSW Heritage Award - Built Work category - Sir Henry Parkes Memorial School of Arts, Tenterfield
2001 South Sydney Development Corporation Design and Innovation Award for “Centric” Victoria Park
2001 RAIA Merit Award for House at Killcare NSW.
2000 Australian Institute of Lanpe Architects President’s Award for the Public Domain, Homebush Bay
2000 Awarded an International RICS Award for Conservation, for the Public Domain at Homebush Bay Olympic Park
2000 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Environment Award Olympic Lighting, Towers Homebush Bay
2000 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Merit Award, urban design – Olympic, Lighting Towers Homebush Bay
2000 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Merit Award commendation for conservation, Sydney Customs House
1999 Property Council of NSW Development of the Year – Sydney Customs House
1999 Dulux Colour Award for the Norton Street Cinema Complex, Paddington
1998 Boral Timber Award for excellence in timber, for the Whale Beach House
1997 Metal Building Award, for the Verona Cinema Centre
1996 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Access Citation for the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
1996 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National President’s Award for Recycled Buildings, for the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
1996 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Merit Award for the Casula Powerhouse, Arts Centre
1996 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Merit Award, for the Affordable Housing Complex in Ultimo
1994 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design for the Rocks Centre, Playfair Street
1994 Royal Australian Institute of Architects NSW Merit Award for the Rocks Centre, Playfair Street
1993 Boral Timber Award for Excellence in Timber, for the Rocks Centre, Playfair Street, Sydney
1993 Metal Building Award, for the Royal Blind Society Library
1993 Master Builders Association Merit Award, for the Vietnam Memorial
1993 Concrete Institute of Australia Merit Award, for the Vietnam Memorial
1993 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Merit Award, for the Vietnam Memorial
1992 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Lachlan Macquarie Award, Conservation Category for the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Sydney
1992 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Greenway Award for Conservation, for the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Sydney
1991 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Merit Award, Category 1, for the Library Services Building for the Royal Blind Society, Enfield
1988 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Lloyd Rees Urban Design Award, for Circular Quay with NSW Dept of Public Works
1988 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Merit Award, Category 1, and The Lloyd Rees Urban Design Award, for the Overseas Passenger Terminal with NSW Dept of Public Works and Lawrence Nield and Partners
2002-2008 Hastings Arts Conference and Entertainment Centre, Port Macquarie
1992-2007 Powerhouse Regional Arts Centre, Casula
2003-2006 Carriageworks@Eveleigh, Contemporary Performing Arts Centre, Redfern, Sydney
2000-2005 ‘Portico’ Scots Church Redevelopment, Sydney
2002-2003 The Australian War Memorial, Hyde Park Corner, London
2000-2004 Craigieburn Bypass, with Taylor Cullity Lethlean and Robert Owen, Hume Highway, Melbourne
2000-2001 Lilyfield House, with Ellen Woolley, Lilyfield
2000 Australian Pavilion World Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany
1999-2005 Newtown Silos Apartment Conversion, Newtown
1996-1999 Olympic Plaza Lighting Towers, Homebush Bay
1995-1999 Sydney Customs House, Circular Quay
1992-1993 Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier, with Janet Laurence, Canberra
1990-1992 National Memorial to the Australian Vietnam Forces, with Ken Unsworth, Canberra
1989-1991 Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Sydney
“Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects” Bingham Hall, Patrick ed., Pesaro Publishing, Sydney, 2005
The following books contain research material by Peter Tonkin, acknowledged by the author:
Matthews, Michael R. Pyrmont and Ultimo - A History, 1982
Johnson, Chris. Ed: The City in Conflict. Sydney, 1985
Johnson, Chris. Shaping Sydney: Public Architecture and Civic Decorum, 1999
Hughes, Joy, John Horbury Hunt, 2002
The following contain major reviews or examples of the work of Tonkin Zulaikha Greer:
Luscombe, Desley and Peden, Anne: Picturing Architecture Sydney, 1992
Lochhead Helen, ed: Sydney Spaces, Sydney, 1995
Sedlacek, Frantisek, ed: International Yearbook of Award-Winning Architecture, Munich, 1996
Sedlacek, Frantisek Ed: International Yearbook of Award Winning Architecture, Munich, 1996
Quarry, Neville: Award Winning Australian Architecture, Sydney, 1997
Jackson, Davina and Johnson, Chris: Australian Architecture Now, 2000
Johnson, Chris: 200 Legacies - the Sydney Olympics, 2000
Gaod, Phillip: New Directions in Australian Architecture, ed Patrick Bingham Hall, Sydney, 2001
Asensio, Paco, ed: Sydney Houses, 2003
“Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects” Bingham Hall, Patrick ed., 2005
The following have significant authorship by Peter Tonkin
“Theory defined by work in practice”, Metcalf, Andrew Thinking Architecture, 1995
"City of Dionysus" essay in Emmett , Peter: Sydney, Metropolis Suburb Harbour, 1999
"The State Office Block" chapter in Taylor, Jennifer: Tall Buildings 1945-1970, 2001
“Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects” Bingham Hall, Patrick ed., 2005
Major articles authored by Mr Tonkin include:
"Brisbane Sketches" Architecture Bulletin, 1984
"Anzac House - When Does the Past Start" Architecture Bulletin, 1984
"The Necessary Edifice" Architecture Bulletin, 1986
"Making Construction Speak" Architectural Design Conference Kurobe, 1987
"A Piazetta for Sydney" Architecture Bulletin, 1987
"Tusculum - a Review" Architecture Bulletin, 1987
"Continuity and Construction - the Overseas Passenger Terminal" Architecture Bulletin, 1987
"The Southern Sydney Competition Reviewed" Architecture Bulletin, 1988
"Greater Density = Greater Benefits" Sydney Morning Herald, 20 Feb 1989
"Towers of Mammon - Sydney Skyscrapers" Bulletin/Newsweek, 1989
"Interesting and Boring at the Awards" Architecture Bulletin, 1989
"Darling Harbour Review” Architecture Bulletin, 1989
"Young Sydney Architects" Architecture Bulletin, 1990
"The Temple in the Wilderness - an examination of Hyde Park Barracks"
Historic Houses Trust, 1991
"The Urban Project" Architecture Bulletin, 1991
"Three Restaurants" Architecture Bulletin 1991
"Remaking Sydney" Sydney Morning Herald, 8 Oct 1994
"Builders" and "October Long Weekend" The Sydney Review, Nov 1994
"Abstract Meanings" Architecture Bulletin, 1994
"Competitions on the Rocks" Architecture Bulletin, 1994
"The Dog at Government House" and " Old People's Gardens" The Sydney Review, Jan 1995
"The Light of Reason" Architecture Australia, 1995
Monthly Column on Design Specnews Magazine, 1995-6
"Culture and Commodity - the Coca Cola Museum" Architecture Australia, 1996
"Annandale House" Architecture Australia, 1996
"Stradbroke Island House" Architecture Australia, 1998
"C House" Architecture Australia, 1999
"Drew Heath House" AR, 2003
“Stradbroke House Drew Heath” AR, 2005
The work of TZG has been extensively reviewed by others, in the following publications:
Journals:
Architecture Australia
NSW Architecture Bulletin
Sydney Morning Herald
The Age
The Daily Telegraph
The Australian
Architectural Review – Australia
Architectural Review – UK
L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui – France
Architecture – USA
Baan le Suan – Thailand
International Yearbook of Award Winning Architecture
Topos – Netherlands
Architecture California
Art in Australia
Baumeister – Germany
Vogue Living
Australian Coastal Style
Monument
Domus Italy
The following books contain research material by Peter Tonkin, acknowledged by the author:
Matthews, Michael R. Pyrmont and Ultimo - A History. 1982
Johnson, Chris. Ed: The City in Conflict. Sydney. 1985
Johnson, Chris. Shaping Sydney: Public Architecture and Civic Decorum. 1999
Hughes, Joy, John Horbury Hunt, 2002
The following contain major reviews or examples of the work of Peter Tonkin:
Luscombe, Desley and Peden, Anne: Picturing Architecture Sydney, 1992
Lochhead Helen, ed: Sydney Spaces, Sydney, 1995
Sedlacek, Frantisek, ed: International Yearbook of Award-Winning Architecture, Munich, 1996
Sedlacek, Frantisek Ed: International Yearbook of Award Winning Architecture, Munich, 1996
Quarry, Neville: Award Winning Australian Architecture, Sydney, 1997
Jackson, Davina and Johnson, Chris: Australian Architecture Now, 2000
Johnson, Chris: 200 Legacies - the Sydney Olympics, 2000
Gaod, Phillip: New Directions in Australian Architecture, ed Patrick Bingham Hall, Sydney, 2001
Asensio, Paco, ed: Sydney Houses, 2003
“Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects” Bingham Hall, Patrick ed., 2005
The following have significant authorship by Peter Tonkin
“Theory defined by work in practice”, Metcalf, Andrew Thinking Architecture, 1995
"City of Dionysus" essay in Emmett , Peter: Sydney, Metropolis Suburb Harbour, 1999
"The State Office Block" chapter in Taylor, Jennifer: Tall Buildings 1945-1970, 2001
“Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects” Bingham Hall, Patrick ed., 2005
TZG’s work is the basis of a chapter in “New Directions in Australian Architecture”, Pesaro Publishing, 2001
The Joy Yeo Performing Arts Centre, 350 seat auditorium for Roseville Girls’ College, Roseville
Hastings Arts Conference and Entertainment Centre, 600 seat
Performing Arts Theatre and 600m2 Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie
CarriageWorks@Eveleigh, Contemporary Performing Arts Centre, Redfern
Walter Read Reserve and Paddington Reservoir, adaptive re-use of historic reservoir into rooftop park and sunken garden, Paddington
The Buttery, a rehabilitation centre for 60 residents in Bangalow, Byron Bay
Redfern Black Theatre Site, an indigenous radio station with commercial and retail tenancies, Redfern
Lake Hayes, residence, New Zealand
Hastings Parade, residence, Bondi
Separate Prison conservation and interpretation project, Port Arthur, Tasmania
Spring Cove, 6 individual luxury residences, Manly
Powerhouse Regional Arts Centre, Casula, Lorne Ave, 65 luxury residential apartments, Killara
Masterplan and Schematic Design for Blacktown Showgrounds Cultural Precinct, including new Art Gallery, Museum, Theatre and Event Space
To achieve a high level of meaning in public monumental projects such as The National Memorial to the Australian Vietnam Forces and The Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier, we established a collaborative methodology with leading artists to develop design and formal principles. Both projects adopt a position common to much of our work, concentrating on expressive forms and the straightforward use of a limited palette of materials to produce meaning, rather than on representational iconography and elaborated detail. We conduct a collaborative office with a relatively low level of ‘pyramiding’, and we are interested in design in practice. Whilst projects often cross over, our work/theory has developed in five major themes:
Urbanity
Making the City - knitting new elements into the urban fabric in a positive and inventive way. The aim of this work is to achieve a consistent urban fabric, relevant to the needs of current society but respecting the past, while creating good spaces for people.
Respecting the Past
New work, with its own character and philosophy, is harmoniously united with valuable elements from the past; both gain by the union. In all cases, strict adherence to principles of The Burra Charter allows positive interplay between old and new. Creative ‘layering’ of old and new - the palimpsest - adds value to the complete whole.
Meaningful Architecture
Often created through collaboration with artists, the work as a whole takes the position of Modern design’s abstract symbolism vs. Post Modern’s representational character. The firm appreciates the value of collaborative design reaching from earliest ideas to completed works.
Environmental Management
Environmentally Sustainable Development Management may take many forms, including running cost effects, inbuilt energy cost, sustainability of materials, construction and manufacturing techniques and maintenance and repair.
Innovation
All of our work demonstrates a very high level of innovation achieved, not for its own sake, but for the overall betterment of the project. Our impressive list of design awards confirms this success.
Competitions
2005 First Prize and Commission, Joy Yeo Performing Arts Complex, Roseville NSW
2005 First Prize and Commission, Canberra International Arboretum and Gardens Competition
2002 First Prize and Commission, Australian War Memorial, Hyde Park Corner London, UK
2002 First Prize and Commission, 161 Clarence Street Residential Apartment Building Design Excellence Competition
2000 First Prize and Commission, Scots Church Residential Redevelopment Design Excellence Competition
1999 Property Council of NSW Development of the Year – Sydney Customs House
2000 First Prize and Commission, National Gallery of Australia Redevelopment Design Competition
1999 Commendation, Alexandria Canal Urban Design Competition
1993 Winner, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Competition, Canberra
1991 Commended, Balmain Ideas Competition
1990 Winner, Vietnam Memorial Competition, Canberra
Awards
2006 ASI Steel Awards – NSW & ACT, High Commendation in the
Structural Engineering Steel Design Award for Scots Church Redevelopment
2006 Marrickville Council Medal for conservation for the Newtown Silos apartments
2006 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Conservation – Energy Management Award for the Newtown Silos apartments
2006 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Adaptive Reuse Award for the Newtown Silos apartments
2006 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Award for Excellence in Design, with Taylor Cullity Lethlean and Robert Owen for the Craigieburn Bypass Sound Walls, Melbourne
2006 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Award for Excellence in Landscape Architecture, with Taylor Cullity Lethlean and Robert Owen for the Craigieburn Bypass Sound Walls, Melbourne
2005 Public Domain Award, Cement and Concrete Association for the Craigieburn Bypass Sound Walls, Melbourne
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2005 Energy Australia National Trust Heritage Award - Commendation for Adaptive Re-use Corporate/Government for Tenterfield Cinema/Theatre
2003 Royal Australian Institute of Architects merit award commendation for House at Lilyfield
2002 Green Square - South Sydney Development Corporation Design Award - "Arc" at Victoria Park
2002 National Trust NSW Heritage Award - Built Work category - Sir Henry Parkes Memorial School of Arts, Tenterfield
2001 South Sydney Development Corporation Design and Innovation Award for “Centric” Victoria Park
2001 RAIA Merit Award for House at Killcare NSW.
2000 Australian Institute of Lanpe Architects President’s Award for the Public Domain, Homebush Bay
2000 Awarded an International RICS Award for Conservation, for the Public Domain at Homebush Bay Olympic Park
2000 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Environment Award Olympic Lighting, Towers Homebush Bay
2000 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Merit Award, urban design – Olympic, Lighting Towers Homebush Bay
2000 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Merit Award commendation for conservation, Sydney Customs House
1999 Property Council of NSW Development of the Year – Sydney Customs House
1999 Dulux Colour Award for the Norton Street Cinema Complex, Paddington
1998 Boral Timber Award for excellence in timber, for the Whale Beach House
1997 Metal Building Award, for the Verona Cinema Centre
1996 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Access Citation for the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
1996 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National President’s Award for Recycled Buildings, for the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
1996 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Merit Award for the Casula Powerhouse, Arts Centre
1996 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Merit Award, for the Affordable Housing Complex in Ultimo
1994 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design for the Rocks Centre, Playfair Street
1994 Royal Australian Institute of Architects NSW Merit Award for the Rocks Centre, Playfair Street
1993 Boral Timber Award for Excellence in Timber, for the Rocks Centre, Playfair Street, Sydney
1993 Metal Building Award, for the Royal Blind Society Library
1993 Master Builders Association Merit Award, for the Vietnam Memorial
1993 Concrete Institute of Australia Merit Award, for the Vietnam Memorial
1993 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Merit Award, for the Vietnam Memorial
1992 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Lachlan Macquarie Award, Conservation Category for the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Sydney
1992 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Greenway Award for Conservation, for the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Sydney
1991 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Merit Award, Category 1, for the Library Services Building for the Royal Blind Society, Enfield
1988 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Lloyd Rees Urban Design Award, for Circular Quay with NSW Dept of Public Works
1988 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Merit Award, Category 1, and The Lloyd Rees Urban Design Award, for the Overseas Passenger Terminal with NSW Dept of Public Works and Lawrence Nield and Partners
Important Projects
2002-2008 Hastings Arts Conference and Entertainment Centre, Port Macquarie
1992-2007 Powerhouse Regional Arts Centre, Casula
2003-2006 Carriageworks@Eveleigh, Contemporary Performing Arts Centre, Redfern, Sydney
2000-2005 ‘Portico’ Scots Church Redevelopment, Sydney
2002-2003 The Australian War Memorial, Hyde Park Corner, London
2000-2004 Craigieburn Bypass, with Taylor Cullity Lethlean and Robert Owen, Hume Highway, Melbourne
2000-2001 Lilyfield House, with Ellen Woolley, Lilyfield
2000 Australian Pavilion World Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany
1999-2005 Newtown Silos Apartment Conversion, Newtown
1996-1999 Olympic Plaza Lighting Towers, Homebush Bay
1995-1999 Sydney Customs House, Circular Quay
1992-1993 Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier, with Janet Laurence, Canberra
1990-1992 National Memorial to the Australian Vietnam Forces, with Ken Unsworth, Canberra
1989-1991 Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Sydney
Publications
“Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects” Bingham Hall, Patrick ed., Pesaro Publishing, Sydney, 2005
The following books contain research material by Peter Tonkin, acknowledged by the author:
Matthews, Michael R. Pyrmont and Ultimo - A History, 1982
Johnson, Chris. Ed: The City in Conflict. Sydney, 1985
Johnson, Chris. Shaping Sydney: Public Architecture and Civic Decorum, 1999
Hughes, Joy, John Horbury Hunt, 2002
The following contain major reviews or examples of the work of Tonkin Zulaikha Greer:
Luscombe, Desley and Peden, Anne: Picturing Architecture Sydney, 1992
Lochhead Helen, ed: Sydney Spaces, Sydney, 1995
Sedlacek, Frantisek, ed: International Yearbook of Award-Winning Architecture, Munich, 1996
Sedlacek, Frantisek Ed: International Yearbook of Award Winning Architecture, Munich, 1996
Quarry, Neville: Award Winning Australian Architecture, Sydney, 1997
Jackson, Davina and Johnson, Chris: Australian Architecture Now, 2000
Johnson, Chris: 200 Legacies - the Sydney Olympics, 2000
Gaod, Phillip: New Directions in Australian Architecture, ed Patrick Bingham Hall, Sydney, 2001
Asensio, Paco, ed: Sydney Houses, 2003
“Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects” Bingham Hall, Patrick ed., 2005
The following have significant authorship by Peter Tonkin
“Theory defined by work in practice”, Metcalf, Andrew Thinking Architecture, 1995
"City of Dionysus" essay in Emmett , Peter: Sydney, Metropolis Suburb Harbour, 1999
"The State Office Block" chapter in Taylor, Jennifer: Tall Buildings 1945-1970, 2001
“Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects” Bingham Hall, Patrick ed., 2005
Major articles authored by Mr Tonkin include:
"Brisbane Sketches" Architecture Bulletin, 1984
"Anzac House - When Does the Past Start" Architecture Bulletin, 1984
"The Necessary Edifice" Architecture Bulletin, 1986
"Making Construction Speak" Architectural Design Conference Kurobe, 1987
"A Piazetta for Sydney" Architecture Bulletin, 1987
"Tusculum - a Review" Architecture Bulletin, 1987
"Continuity and Construction - the Overseas Passenger Terminal" Architecture Bulletin, 1987
"The Southern Sydney Competition Reviewed" Architecture Bulletin, 1988
"Greater Density = Greater Benefits" Sydney Morning Herald, 20 Feb 1989
"Towers of Mammon - Sydney Skyscrapers" Bulletin/Newsweek, 1989
"Interesting and Boring at the Awards" Architecture Bulletin, 1989
"Darling Harbour Review” Architecture Bulletin, 1989
"Young Sydney Architects" Architecture Bulletin, 1990
"The Temple in the Wilderness - an examination of Hyde Park Barracks"
Historic Houses Trust, 1991
"The Urban Project" Architecture Bulletin, 1991
"Three Restaurants" Architecture Bulletin 1991
"Remaking Sydney" Sydney Morning Herald, 8 Oct 1994
"Builders" and "October Long Weekend" The Sydney Review, Nov 1994
"Abstract Meanings" Architecture Bulletin, 1994
"Competitions on the Rocks" Architecture Bulletin, 1994
"The Dog at Government House" and " Old People's Gardens" The Sydney Review, Jan 1995
"The Light of Reason" Architecture Australia, 1995
Monthly Column on Design Specnews Magazine, 1995-6
"Culture and Commodity - the Coca Cola Museum" Architecture Australia, 1996
"Annandale House" Architecture Australia, 1996
"Stradbroke Island House" Architecture Australia, 1998
"C House" Architecture Australia, 1999
"Drew Heath House" AR, 2003
“Stradbroke House Drew Heath” AR, 2005
The work of TZG has been extensively reviewed by others, in the following publications:
Journals:
Architecture Australia
NSW Architecture Bulletin
Sydney Morning Herald
The Age
The Daily Telegraph
The Australian
Architectural Review – Australia
Architectural Review – UK
L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui – France
Architecture – USA
Baan le Suan – Thailand
International Yearbook of Award Winning Architecture
Topos – Netherlands
Architecture California
Art in Australia
Baumeister – Germany
Vogue Living
Australian Coastal Style
Monument
Domus Italy
The following books contain research material by Peter Tonkin, acknowledged by the author:
Matthews, Michael R. Pyrmont and Ultimo - A History. 1982
Johnson, Chris. Ed: The City in Conflict. Sydney. 1985
Johnson, Chris. Shaping Sydney: Public Architecture and Civic Decorum. 1999
Hughes, Joy, John Horbury Hunt, 2002
The following contain major reviews or examples of the work of Peter Tonkin:
Luscombe, Desley and Peden, Anne: Picturing Architecture Sydney, 1992
Lochhead Helen, ed: Sydney Spaces, Sydney, 1995
Sedlacek, Frantisek, ed: International Yearbook of Award-Winning Architecture, Munich, 1996
Sedlacek, Frantisek Ed: International Yearbook of Award Winning Architecture, Munich, 1996
Quarry, Neville: Award Winning Australian Architecture, Sydney, 1997
Jackson, Davina and Johnson, Chris: Australian Architecture Now, 2000
Johnson, Chris: 200 Legacies - the Sydney Olympics, 2000
Gaod, Phillip: New Directions in Australian Architecture, ed Patrick Bingham Hall, Sydney, 2001
Asensio, Paco, ed: Sydney Houses, 2003
“Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects” Bingham Hall, Patrick ed., 2005
The following have significant authorship by Peter Tonkin
“Theory defined by work in practice”, Metcalf, Andrew Thinking Architecture, 1995
"City of Dionysus" essay in Emmett , Peter: Sydney, Metropolis Suburb Harbour, 1999
"The State Office Block" chapter in Taylor, Jennifer: Tall Buildings 1945-1970, 2001
“Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects” Bingham Hall, Patrick ed., 2005
TZG’s work is the basis of a chapter in “New Directions in Australian Architecture”, Pesaro Publishing, 2001
Current Projects
The Joy Yeo Performing Arts Centre, 350 seat auditorium for Roseville Girls’ College, Roseville
Hastings Arts Conference and Entertainment Centre, 600 seat
Performing Arts Theatre and 600m2 Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie
CarriageWorks@Eveleigh, Contemporary Performing Arts Centre, Redfern
Walter Read Reserve and Paddington Reservoir, adaptive re-use of historic reservoir into rooftop park and sunken garden, Paddington
The Buttery, a rehabilitation centre for 60 residents in Bangalow, Byron Bay
Redfern Black Theatre Site, an indigenous radio station with commercial and retail tenancies, Redfern
Lake Hayes, residence, New Zealand
Hastings Parade, residence, Bondi
Separate Prison conservation and interpretation project, Port Arthur, Tasmania
Spring Cove, 6 individual luxury residences, Manly
Powerhouse Regional Arts Centre, Casula, Lorne Ave, 65 luxury residential apartments, Killara
Masterplan and Schematic Design for Blacktown Showgrounds Cultural Precinct, including new Art Gallery, Museum, Theatre and Event Space
Tonkin Zulaikha Greer
117 Reservoir Street
2010 Surry Hills - Sydney
Phone +61 2 9215 4900
Fax +61 2 9215 4901
117 Reservoir Street
2010 Surry Hills - Sydney
Phone +61 2 9215 4900
Fax +61 2 9215 4901
Partner
Peter Tonkin
Brian Zulaikha
Tim Greer
Roger O’Sullivan
Team
John Chesterman
Ben Daly
Trina Day
Tamara Frangelli
Senad Gibovic
Jeremy Hughes
Ruth Leiminer
Julie Mackenzie
Regina Meyer
Elizabeth Muir
Alison Osborne
Wolfgang Ripberger
Paul Rolfe
Bettina Siegmund
Vanessa Vorster
Contact
Tim Greer
Employees
19
Established
1987
Areas of Specialty
Cultural Buildings
Adaptive Re-use
ESD
Residential
Urban Design
Heritage