Last Friday saw the 25 of us at Edmiston Jones head off for our annual retreat. This year we went to Birrigai, an outdoor and environmental educational centre 40 minutes’ drive south of Canberra. As new team members have joined each of our three offices over the past 12 months we took the opportunity to […]
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Late last year Steven posted a blog letting you know that GOLD, a luxury apartment development in Batemans Bay designed by Edmiston Jones, had started construction. You will see from the images that the building work is well underway and is looking very much like our artistic impressions! All concrete floors have been poured and […]
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The selection of materials in buildings can affect the quality of life and health for the people that inhabit them. Amber’s recent blog post looked at the effects of materials on psychological wellbeing and sensory stimulation. By making informed decisions about materials and finishes we can have a positive impact on the built environment and the wellbeing […]
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Corrimal District Library and Community Centre celebrated 21 years of providing services to the local community in June this year. To mark the milestone, a morning of celebrations was held recently, attended by Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery. The complex was a first of its kind for Council and paved the way as a model for […]
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The Kooloobong Village management has taken a unique approach to creating a culture of wellbeing by becoming the world's first positive residence, planned and run entirely on the science of positive psychology and positive organisations.
| University of Wollongong (NSW Australia)
Architecture is frozen music.
Roger Bartlett |
Refreshing to deal with such an organization like yours and that of your client, which displays such sound principles and , at the same time, have a strong sense of community.
Council Development Manager |
…we now have within the heart of the university grounds a Library that represents the status and standing of our university on the international stage.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Gerard Sutton | University of Wollongong (NSW Australia)
Integrity is the deepest quality in a building.
F. L. Wright |
The absolute essence of architectural service is communication.
Mark Jones |
Our clients are our greatest reward.
Mark Jones |
It’s all about people...always has been.
Mark Jones |
For us all to prosper and be well, Australia, and the world, needs scientists. This exciting and innovative new science and teaching facility, on this beautiful campus, provides a venue for first-class university teaching and inspiration in the sciences for students.
Professor Alison Jones, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health | University of Wollongong (NSW Australia)
Architecture begins where engineering ends.
Walter Gropius |
We know the business. We know the region.
Mark Jones |
When we build, let us think that we build for ever.
John Ruskin |
Great ideas. Great team spirit. Great people.
Mark Jones |
Aesthetically pleasing spaces that inspire and support teaching, learning and research are design features both inside and outside Early Start’s main building.
Ian Brown & Pauline Lysaght, Associate Professors, Grand Designs for Learning | University of Wollongong (NSW Australia)
Any work of architecture that does not express serenity is a mistake.
Luis Barragán |
Thank you for all your professional advice and drawings over the several jobs that we have undertaken recently. It is a pleasure working with such an organisation as EJ and it's staff.
Darren Jackson | IRT Project Manager
Architecture is one part science, one part craft and two parts art.
David Rutten |
It’s great watching some of the junior boys, who can put these headphones on to listen to a story and they can walk around and still be active.
Ms Leanne Windsor, Director of Information Services | The Illawarra Grammar School
All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates..
Philip Johnson |
I can confirm our tremendous satisfaction with the building. It has been satisfying to see the realisation of plans for an open and light filled space conducive to creating a collaborative research and teaching environment. A space where students and staff can both attend to their studies, research and work either alone or in collaboration with others.
Tania Brown, Chief Operating Officer | University of Wollongong (NSW Australia)
