Terroir (company)
Terroir is an Australian architecture firm, founded in 1998 by Richard Blythe, a Professor in Architecture and Head of School of Architecture and Design at RMIT,[1] Gerard Reinmuth, and Scott Balmforth. The firm's Hobart office was founded by Blythe and Balmforth, and the Sydney office by Blythe and Reinmuth.[2] TERROIR has offices in Sydney, Hobart, and Copenhagen.
Works[edit]
TERROIR's works include:
- Peppermint Bay, Tasmania (2002), a tourism venture on the D'Entrecasteaux Channel.
- A redevelopment of 86-88 George St, The Rocks, Sydney, the first State heritage building to be awarded a 5-star Green Star rating.
- Commonwealth Place kiosks, which was featured on the cover of the Architectural Review Australia no. 105.[3][4]
- Burnie Makers' Workshop in Burnie, Tasmania, which was featured on the cover of Architectural Review Australia no.114,[5] and in the online journal Australian Design Review.[6]
- Castle Cove House,[7][8] received a 2019 NSW Architecture Awards Residential commendation for Architecture – Houses (New),[9] won the Interior Architecture Architecture Award (in collaboration with Pascale Gomes-McNabb Design),[9][10] won the 2019 Australian Timber Design Awards Excellence in Timber Products - Timber Panels Award,[11] shortlisted for the 2019 The Interior Design Excellence Award (IDEA) in the residential single category,[12] and won a 2019 NSW Excellence In Concrete Residential Buildings Award.[13]
- Koondrook Wharf project,[14] won 2018 Victorian Architecture Awards in Regional Prize Architecture,[15] Urban Design Architecture,[15] and Small Projects Architecture,[15] was shortlisted for the 2018 World Architecture Festival Award in Landscape - Rural Projects,[16] and received a 2019 International Architecture Award in Urban Planning/Landscape Architecture.[17]
Media[edit]
In August 2007 DAB Documents, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) published Terroir: Cosmopolitan Ground, edited by Balmforth and Reinmuth.[18]
TERROIR was included in the 2008 and 2012 Venice Biennale,[19] and was selected to be creative directors of the Australian Institute of Architects 2009 annual conference, entitled Parallax, held in Melbourne.[20][needs update]
Terroir's practice is featured in two books published in 2019 by Uro Publications. Terroir: Instruments[21] explores how architecture can connect people with place both physically (through choreography) and psycho-spatially (through wonder). Terroir: Third Spaces[22] focuses on the tension between public and private space.
References[edit]
- ↑ www.rmit.edu.au RMIT news website
- ↑ Bevan, R, 2009, ‘Designs on the future’, The Australian Financial Review, Dec 21-27, 2001
- ↑ www.gbca.org.au/media-cretre Green Building Council of Australia
- ↑ van Schaik, Leon, 2008, 'Commonwealth Place Kiosks', Architectural Review Australia, AR105, cover and pp. 98–101.
- ↑ Trimble, Marcus, 'Craft Work', Architectural Review Australia, AR114, cover and pp. 78-87.
- ↑ http://www.australiandesignreview.com/projects/17676-Burnie-Makers-Workshop-Terroir
- ↑ Sebastian Jordana (18 June 2010). "Castle Cove House/Terrior". archdaily.com. ArchDaily. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ↑ "Castle Cove House Sydney Australia Terroir". C+A Magazine. No. 31. Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia. May 2019. pp. 2–9. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "2019 NSW Architecture Awards". wp.architecture.com.au. Australian Institute Of Architects. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ↑ "Australian Projects Nab Awards At World Architecture Festival". architectureau.com. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
“What initially seems to be a simple integration of house into landscape is so much more,” said the judges. “With the diversity and complexity of space there is a visual shattering of boundaries between inside and out.
- ↑ "20th Australian Timber Design Awards Winner Announced!". timberdesignawards.com.au. Timber Development Association. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ↑ "IDEA 2019 Shortlist: Castle Cove House". australiandesignreview.com. Niche Media. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Awards for Excellence in Concrete". concreteinstitute.com.au. Concrete Institute of Australia. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ↑ Danielle Jewson (August 2017). "Ebb and Flow: Koondrook Wharf". Landscape Architecture Australia. Architecture Media. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Koondrook Wharf wins three Victorian Architecture Awards". gannawarra.vic.gov.au. Gannawarra Shire Council. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ↑ "Koondrook Wharf Shortlisted For World Architecture Award". gannawarra.vic.gov.au. Gannawarra Shire Council. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ↑ "Australian Projects Recognised At Chicago Athenaeum's International Architecture Awards". landscapeaustralia.com. Architecture Media. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ↑ www.dab.uts.edu.au/research/publications UTS Design Architecture and Building website
- ↑ www.labiennale.org/en/architecture Venice Biennale website
- ↑ www.architecture.com.au/parallax Australian Institute of Architects Conference website
- ↑ www.uropublications.com/products/terroir-instruments Terroir: Instruments
- ↑ www.uropublications.com/products/terroir-third-spaces Terroir: Third Spaces
External links[edit]
- Terroir Website
- Interview with Gerard Reinmuth | Archi-Ninja
- 86-88 George Street heritage listing
- Vogue Living (Australia) Castle Cove House article
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