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Durbach Block Jaggers Architects

Profile of Durbach Block Jaggers Architects, headquartered in Australia. Five projects submitted by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects have been published on Architecture News Plus (ANP).

: [L-R] Neil Durbach and Camilla Block – © Durbach Block Jaggers Architects

Principals

Neil Durbach
Camilla Block
David Jaggers

Brief description

Who are we:

The three directors are Neil Durbach, Camilla Block and David Jaggers. We are a permanent team of eight who have worked together for over ten years. We are a practice committed to search for the possibilities of architecture itself – its power and poetry; its pleasure and necessity.

What do we do:

Our team is involved in every aspect of every project from inception to completion. Our team recognise and respect each others’ talents and abilities. Our team works seamlessly across design, from conceptual framing to the forging of meaning, form and materiality. We are inspired by collaborating with others, working within a larger team to find creative solutions to complex problems.

We are recognised:

Our work is recognised as both iconic and innovative through international publications and awards. Most recently DBJ won the AIA Harry Seidler Award for Commercial Architecture and the AIA Sir Arthur G Stephenson Award for Commercial Architecture (NSW) for Roslyn Street Bar/Restaurant in 2010, the AIA Sir Osborn McCutcheon Award for Commercial Architecture (VIC) for Sussan Sportsgirl Headquarters in 2009 and the RAIA Lloyd Rees Civic Design Award (NSW) and RAIA National Special Jury Award for the Brickpit Ring in 2006. DBJ have won a series of named State and National awards for housing, public buildings and urban design.

But we are always searching for the new:

We mix current loves with old obsessions, taking cues from contexts, absorbing and transforming, aiming for clarity of intent and joyfulness of form.

Environmentally Sustainable Design principles permeate the logic of durable design in siting, landscaping, management of services and detail design.

Our aim is built longevity. Our intention is to create places that are memorable, purposeful and well loved.

Published projects

: Roslyn Street Bar/Restaurant by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects 5-9 Roslyn Street Potts Point is a triangular shaped site, less than 200m2 in size. The rounded end looks directly onto a small public space. The shape of the...

: Holman House by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects Sited on the edge of a 70-metre high cliff, the plan of Holman House refers to Picasso’s painting - The Bather. It contains a complex series of fluid living...

: Garden House by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects On a wider than normal site, Garden House is built in an almost Tuscan part of Sydney. Established gardens surround gracious houses with generous verandahs,...

: Commonwealth Place by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects Commonwealth Place is a public gathering space, restaurant and cafe as well as offices and an exhibition space. Located in the centre of Griffins heritage...

: The Brick Pit Ring by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects The brick pit is the last tangible evidence of a vast working industry at Homebush Bay. It is archetypal and primitive, raw, stripped and modified. The brick...