Phillips Smith Conwell

Phillips Smith Conwell Architects Pty Ltd is a Queensland-based architectural firm with a portfolio in the design of Educational Architecture and Educational Masterplanning, in addition to Health, Government and Corrections Architecture. Phillips Smith Conwell was originally founded in 1905 by Thomas Ramsay Hall and since then has gone through several name changes and partnerships to be known today as Phillips Smith Conwell. The firm has a strong connection with the architectural history of Queensland with the founder Thomas Ramsay Hall known for the design of notable buildings such as Brisbane City Hall.

Areas of Design

Educational Architecture & Masterplanning

The Education design team at Phillips Smith Conwell have experience in designing for Primary, Secondary and Tertiary educational facilities. The firm has a strong history in the design of Brisbane educational architecture, with Thomas Ramsay Hall designing several buildings at St Joseph's College, to more recent buildings such as the Performing Arts Centre at St Peters Lutheran College, Indooroopilly in 2014.

Phillips Smith Conwell considers the design of educational facilities at a building scale and masterplanning level involving single to multiple campus planning for Primary and Secondary Education facilities. Designing at this larger scale offers an opportunity for the Educational Design Team to gain a broader perspective and to design spaces which facilitate learning and support the processes and systems which operate within each educational community. This assists in developing the vision of the Client in terms of infrastructure, community and future growth.

Heritage Architecture

The design of prominent examples of Art Deco in Brisbane is part of Phillip Smith Conwell's history including the Brunswick St facade of the McWhirters building in Fortitude Valley, Southport Town Hall, Queensland and Shell House, Brisbane.

Health Architecture

Phillips Smith Conwell have an established track record of projects across multiple industry sectors including health care. This experience includes projects throughout Australia for both the public and private sector from project inception to handover.

Health project examples include the Dental Facility for James Cook University in Townsville.

Government and Corrections Architecture

Phillips Smith Conwell have a history of providing planning and design services for Government projects in Queensland and for Correctional Facilities throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Awards

2014 James Cook University Dental School - Eddie Oribin Award for Building of the Year

2014 St Peter's Lutheran College Performing Arts Centre - Steel Excellence in steel clad structures

Name History

T.R. Hall

1905 - 1919

T.R. Hall & G.G. Prentice

1919 - 1930 "Advertising". The Brisbane Courier (19, 021). Queensland, Australia. 4 January 1919. p. 14. Retrieved 20 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

T.R. Hall & L.B. Phillips

1930 - 1948 "Advertising". The Telegraph (17, 893). Queensland, Australia. 10 April 1930. p. 1. Retrieved 20 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

T.R. Hall & Phillips & Wilson

1948 - 1972

Hall Phillips & Wilson Architects

1972 - 1978

Hall Phillips Smith Architects

1978 - 1984

Phillips Smith Conwell Architects

1984 - Today

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