Planning for the next instalment in Edmiston Jones’ 2019 series of architectural talks is well under way. Following on from last month’s thought-provoking discussion on Human Centred Design in an ageing world, the May event will focus on education. The common thread will be human centred design as we consider the impact innovation is having […]
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Awareness of building performance and energy efficiency has been growing for the last 30 years, however, previous research paid little attention to existing, smaller scale retail/commercial buildings in regional centres. Back in September 2016 Mark posted a blog noting that Wentworth Street, Port Kembla, was selected for a study called “Sustainable Port Kembla” (SPK1), funded […]
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Architects have long been challenged by the dominance of the garage as residential lot sizes diminish and the number of cars to be accommodated increase. Narrow blocks and townhouse developments have created a situation where street frontages are reduced to rows of garage roller doors with little room left for a welcoming entry to each […]
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In a world awash with product choice, it is not always easy to determine what is good design. Overt sophistication can obscure elegant simplicity and longevity is often the victim of in-built obsolescence. The problem is hardly new and back in the late 1970s, product designer, Dieter Rams, was becoming increasingly concerned by “an impenetrable […]
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Edmiston Jones’ Health and Wellbeing Team’s vision is to create vibrant places to enhance and sustain the well-being of our clients, their customers, and the broader community. Over our thirty plus year history, we have worked with 100’s of medical practitioners servicing the Illawarra, Shoalhaven and Eurobodalla while reaching into the ACT and the Southern […]
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It’s all about people...always has been.
Mark Jones |
We know the business. We know the region.
Mark Jones |
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
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 |
Any work of architecture that does not express serenity is a mistake.
Luis Barragán |
Architecture is frozen music.
Roger Bartlett |
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)
…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)
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
The absolute essence of architectural service is communication.
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)
All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates..
Philip Johnson |
Architecture begins where engineering ends.
Walter Gropius |
When we build, let us think that we build for ever.
John Ruskin |
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)
Our clients are our greatest reward.
Mark Jones |
Integrity is the deepest quality in a building.
F. L. Wright |
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)
Great ideas. Great team spirit. Great people.
Mark Jones |
