You have probably heard of the Internet of Things, cryptically described as ‘dumb things‘ connected by the internet. Smart buildings are one application. At one end of the spectrum we’re talking about buildings with a variety of activity sensors managing climate control or light monitors directing self-actuating blinds to follow the movement of the sun. […]
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Adhocism is a 1960’s movement born as a response to Modernism, which meant a radical break with the past and a continuing search for new forms of expression. It comes from the Latin phrase Ad hoc, that means “for this particular purpose” and is also an adjective describing temporary, provisional or improvised methods to deal […]
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How Edmiston Jones looks today, compared to our beginnings on the NSW South Coast in 1980, is very different. The official opening of our re-located Batemans Bay office marked a significant milestone in our transformation from a traditional regional architectural firm to an ever-evolving multi-disciplinary design practice. This new studio is a demonstration of how […]
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The nexus between art and architecture has many layers. For many of us at Edmiston Jones it was a love of art that led us to pursue a career in architecture. A motivation that is easily lost as we deal with the very complex processes involved in taking a project from that germ of an […]
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At our recent Human Centred Design event we heard from Louise O’Donnell of Seed Production and Peter McGovern, Principal at Edmund Rice College. Louise shared her recent experience working directly with teachers, students and their families to transform learning outcomes in schools. Peter discussed how carefully designed spaces are changing the way teachers teach and students […]
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When we build, let us think that we build for ever.
John Ruskin |
It’s all about people...always has been.
Mark Jones |
We know the business. We know the region.
Mark Jones |
Architecture is frozen music.
Roger Bartlett |
…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)
Our clients are our greatest reward.
Mark Jones |
Great ideas. Great team spirit. Great people.
Mark Jones |
Any work of architecture that does not express serenity is a mistake.
Luis Barragán |
Architecture begins where engineering ends.
Walter Gropius |
Architecture is one part science, one part craft and two parts art.
David Rutten |
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)
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
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 |
All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates..
Philip Johnson |
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
The absolute essence of architectural service is communication.
Mark Jones |
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)
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)
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)
