Hector Abrahams Architects

26/08/2023

Nice article about heritage, featuring our Stephenson’s Mill project.

“It's imperative to restore these old places all around us ... they're such an important part of our history. I love looking at them, and imagining what they could be.”

03/02/2023

Hector’s entry in the Sydney is Beautiful design competition, run by Street Level Australia. It received the NSW Premier’s Commendation. The competition was seeking ideas for vacant land in Woolloomooloo.

23/12/2020

Hector Abrahams Architects wish you a safe, happy and healthy Christmas and New Year. Our office will be closed from 5pm on Thursday 24 December and will re-open at 9am, Monday 11 January. The photo is a detail of the stair at the Lowy Institute to which subtle adjustments were made so it conforms to current safety requirements. Image © Mark Syke

18/12/2020

It was a challenge but also a wonderful opportunity to work with The Lowy Institute to update and improve their premises. Have a look at the results of this work.

Having survived threats of demolition, this Victorian Italianate building has undergone various internal re-arrangements and is dwarfed by office blocks. Since 2005 it has been home to the Lowy Institute,...

13/11/2020

Our work on Leichhardt Town Hall has been rewarded! Congratulations to all involved - Inner West Council, the builders and HAA’s team for the job - Hector , Olivia and Brianna.

The Leichhardt Town Hall was a winner at yesterday’s National Trust Heritage Awards. This major restoration project undertaken by HAA was one of three projects to receive a prize in...

23/10/2020

Another award for the Parramatta Park 2030 report HAA was involved in producing. Great teamwork and outcomes for one of the iconic parks of the Sydney area.

Exciting news! The Your Parramatta Park 2030 Conservation Plan and Plan of Management received a Landscape Architecture Award in the recently announced National Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Awards. HAA...

02/10/2020

One of the delights of HAA's work is having the opportunity to research forgotten gems. These buildings in Chinatown contain a treasure trove of the history of early Chinese migration and economic activity in Sydney. You can read more about this fascinating place on our website
https://haarchitects.com.au/project/82-84-dixon-street-sydney/

31/07/2020

The extension to the tower of HAA’s Glebe project has been completed. The tower will house a staircase to provide better access to the fourth storey of the house. A side benefit is that the windows in the tower now allow sunshine to flood the upper floors.

24/07/2020

Perfect tiling in a bathroom at our Potts Point job being built by Alvaro Bros Master Builders. Top quality work and beautiful tiles.

02/07/2020

The annual NSW AIA Architecture Awards are being announced tomorrow night. Like so many events at the moment, it will be live-streamed instead of the usual dinner and celebration. HAA won't win an award because we didn't enter any projects this year. However as Hector was on the jury for the Heritage category, we will be watching with interest to see which entries impressed.

29/06/2020

Team effort for AILA award
HAA were recently advised by our client, the Parramatta Park Trust, that we were part of an award winning team in this year’s Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (NSW) awards.

The Plan of Management and Conservation Management Plan, known as Your Parramatta Park 2030, won two NSW Awards of Excellence in the Land Management and Cultural Heritage categories.

Written using a team model, the Plan of Management and Conservation Management Plan integrated the different disciplines of hydrology, soil management, aboriginal history and significance both pre and post invasion, and European history and significance.

The Plan sets goals for the next decade to ensure the Park remains protected and preserved for current and future generations.

AILA jury’s citation said the Plan successfully integrates a culturally significant 85-hectare landscape spanning Cumberland Plain Woodland, the Parramatta River, open grasslands, sporting fields and heritage structures – ‘no easy task’.
“The Parramatta Park 2030 Plan is a rare breed of documentation - informative, educative, practical and accessible,” judges said.
“Deserving of an Award of Excellence the jury found the joint plans to be an easily digestible guide for park users in the ongoing care and development of a much loved and important city green space.”
The plan is available on the Parramatta Park website.