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Founded | 1869 |
Location | Adelaide, Brisbane, Auckland, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, New York, Perth, San Francisco, Singapore, Sydney |
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woodsbagot.com |
Woods Bagot is a global architectural and consulting practice founded in Adelaide, South Australia. It specialises in the design and planning of buildings across a wide variety of sectors and disciplines. Former names of the practice include Woods & Bagot, Woods, Bagot & Jory; Woods, Bagot, Jory & Laybourne Smith; Woods, Bagot, Laybourne-Smith & Irwin; and Woods Bagot Architects Pty Ltd.
Founded in 1905, some of their most significant early work includes buildings at the University of Adelaide, including Bonython Hall and the Barr Smith Library. 21st-century projects include the Qatar Science & Technology Park, Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre and the SAHMRI building in Adelaide.
Woods Bagot is now established worldwide, with studios in five regions: Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. In 2015, the firm was named as the world's seventh largest architecture firm by employee count in Building Design magazine.
Woods Bagot's origins date back to 1869, when architect Edward John Woods was commissioned to improve and expand the design of St. Peter's Cathedral in Adelaide. [1] In 1905 he joined forces with another prominent local architect, Walter Bagot, and the pair created Woods & Bagot. [2]
Woods retired from the practice known as Woods, Bagot & Jory on 30 June 1915, and Louis Laybourne-Smith became a partner in the practice, causing the practice to be renamed Woods, Bagot, Jory & Laybourne Smith. [3] Woods died in January 1916. [4] Jory left to practise on his own and the practice was dissolved on 30 September 1930, with James Campbell Irwin (later Lord Mayor of Adelaide) joining the practice, now called Woods, Bagot, Laybourne-Smith & Irwin. [5] [6] [7] Irwin was a senior partner in the firm from 1965 until he retired in 1974. [8]
A summary of the practice's early names: [2]
From 19 June 1974, the firm was registered firstly as Woods Bagot Architects Pty Ltd (until at least 1996 [9] ), and subsequently as Woods Bagot Pty Ltd. [10]
In 2015, the firm was named as the world's seventh largest architecture firm by employee count in Building Design magazine's World Architecture 100 list. [11]
As of 2021 [update] , Woods Bagot has offices in Waymouth Street, Adelaide; Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenzhen in China; London; Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the UAE; Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in the US; and Singapore. [12]
Inevitably for a firm with whose history spans more than a century, Woods Bagot has embraced a wide variety of architectural styles since its inception. Early Australian buildings such as Bonython Hall were built in the classical Gothic style popular at the time, but the firm's steady expansion into Asia, Europe and North America was accompanied by a corresponding shift in style and approach that embraced a variety of modern and progressive themes.
The firm's latest work is often inspired by the natural world. The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) building's exterior surface is inspired by a pine cone, for example, with a so-called 'living skin' designed for optimal passive solar performance. [13] A new extension to the Adelaide Convention Centre, designed in association with American architect Larry Oltmanns, references local geological forms, in particular the distinctive colours and stratification of the South Australian landscape. [14]
Some recent designs have focused on philosophical as well as environmental and geological themes. The design of the Nan Tien Institute in Wollongong, New South Wales, reflects Buddhist teaching principles, specifically avoiding hierarchical components and providing a neutral environment free of materialism and excess. A new bridge and plaza connecting the Institute to the nearby Nan Tien Temple complex has been designed as a practical, mixed-use focus point for community gatherings, as well as a notable development in its own right. [15] Outside Australia, the Cubism-inspired Cubus, a 25-storey retail tower completed in Hong Kong in 2011, is equipped with geometric lighting panels that emulate the shapes and forms of ice cubes. [16]
Woods Bagot was named as the 2009 Architects' Journal AJ100 International Practice of the Year. [17]
Woods Bagot has designed some landmark buildings throughout Australia and the world, including the following major architectural projects:
Completed | Project name | Location | Award | Notes |
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2022 | Deakin Law Building | Melbourne, Burwood | Won the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) Victoria Awards, Educational Architecture Award. 2022 WAN Awards, Gold Award for Higher Education and Research Facilities | [18] See also; |
2017 | Adelaide Convention Centre redevelopment | Adelaide | [19] | |
National Australia Bank building | Melbourne Docklands | |||
2016 | 1 William Street, Brisbane | Brisbane | ||
Greenland Centre | Sydney | |||
2013 | SAHMRI building | Adelaide | ||
Ham Yard Hotel | London, England | |||
Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre | Melbourne | (joint venture with NH Architecture) | ||
Student Learning Center, Cornell University School of Hotel Administration | New York | |||
2016 | Wynyard Walk | Sydney | ||
Eccleston Square Hotel | London | |||
2009 | Qatar Science & Technology Park | Doha |
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World Trade Center Bhubaneswar | Odisha | |||
College of the North Atlantic | Doha, Qatar | |||
Nan Tien Institute and Cultural Centre | Wollongong | |||
Cubus | Hong Kong | |||
Delhi One | Noida, India | |||
Wanxiang Century Centre | Hangzhou, China | |||
Ningbo Youth Culture Plaza | Ningbo, China | |||
Wanda Plaza | Kunming, China | |||
One Shelley Street | Sydney | |||
The Ivy | George Street, Sydney |
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1931 | National War Memorial | Adelaide | ||
1932, + later (c.1960s) alterations. | Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide | Adelaide | [23] [24] [25] | |
1936 | Bonython Hall, University of Adelaide | Adelaide |
In 1915, Woods, Bagot, Jory & Laybourne Smith designed a recreation hall for the Keswick Repatriation Hospital in Keswick, which opened on 11 February 1916. [26]
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Louis Edouard Laybourne Smith was an Australian architect and educator in South Australia. Born in the Adelaide inner-southern suburb of Unley, he became interested in engineering and architecture while in the goldfields of Western Australia and later studied mechanical engineering at the School of Mines, serving an apprenticeship under architect Edward Davies. After graduating he accepted a position as a lecturer at the school, and was responsible for developing the first formal architecture course in the State in 1904. Between 1905 and 1914, he served as registrar at the school before leaving to join his long-time friend, Walter Bagot, at the architectural firm of Woods, Bagot and Jory. He remained with the firm until his death in 1965, and over the years was involved in a number of significant projects, including the South Australian National War Memorial and the original Australian Mutual Provident building on King William Street.
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Sir James Campbell Irwin was an Australian architect and government official. Irwin studied architecture at the South Australian School of Mines and Industries, under the stewardship of George Soward. He joined the firm of Woods, Bagot, Jory & Laybourne-Smith as a draughtsman in 1927, becoming a partner in 1930.
The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) is an independent health and medical research institute in Adelaide, South Australia. The institute is housed in a purpose-built eponymous building with its iconic "cheese-grater" design created by architects Woods Bagot, located in South Australia's health and biomedical precinct on North Terrace, just east of the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Laybourne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Harrold Herbert Jory, known as Herbert Jory, was a South Australian architect. He was a partner in the leading firm of Woods, Bagot & Jory from 1913, which became Woods, Bagot, Jory & Laybourne Smith from 1915 to 1930, before establishing his own practice, H. H. Jory. Between 1930 and 1940 he partnered with T.A. McAdam, in Jory and McAdam.
Woods, Bagot, Laybourne –Smith & Irwin. Specification for alterations and additions to the Barr Smith Library for the University of Adelaide.