John
Bilmon

Company Profile:
Architectural innovation and a sound reputation for high standards of design and planning are the principles PTW Architects has consistently delivered since inception as Peddle Thorp & Walker, in Sydney, 1889. Currently employing approximately over 170 people, PTW Architects has offices in Sydney, Beijing, Shanghai, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Abu Dhabi, with a well-respected reputation for excellence in architecture and masterplanning over a diversity of building types, we create buildings where commercial objectives are balanced with cultural and public uses, leading to the enhancement of the public realm and a citys facilities.
PTW Architects values are based on design excellence, collaboration, professional integrity, creativity, pride and commitment. These qualities are integral in the way we apply ourselves to each architectural task to ensure a distinctive and specific outcome. Operating within a unique studio structure, our people are allocated to a project throughout its lifetime. This approach leads to the creation of collaborative and creative teams who possess all the skills required for a project and gives us the ability to tackle architectural challenges of considerable scale and complexity, successfully and within expeditious timeframes.

We offer the following professional services: Architectural Design; Masterplanning and Urban Design; Building Refurbishment; Conservation and Heritage Architecture; Sports Architecture, Interior Design; and Urban and Regional Planning within our multi-disciplinary environment. We also offer the following technical services in-house: Computer Aided Design and Drafting; Quality Management; Value Management; Library and Research Facilities and Model Making.

We have gained extensive international experience across a diversity of building types, clients, and procurement and approval processes. Completed projects are as diverse as the master planning of international town centres, business parks, landmark office buildings, industrial complexes, art galleries and buildings for the performing arts, residential developments, hotels, hospitals, sporting and recreational facilities, retail centres, projects for the Defence Forces and other Government bodies, and adaptive re-use and conservation. This diversity in our practice gives us the ability to solve complex architectural challenges.

Recent Projects by PTW Architects include: Watercube for the Beijing 2008 Games (Beijings National Swimming Centre), the Walsh Bay Redevelopment Sydney including residential apartments and Sydney Theatre, Darling Island Apartments - Pyrmont, Onslow Avenue Elizabeth Bay Residential Development - Sydney, North Milsons Point - Sydney, St Margarets Redevelopment Surry Hills, Quay Grand and Bennelong Centre at East Circular Quay, Kingston Foreshore Development - Canberra ACT, Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Ryde Aquatic Centre and Olympic Village masterplan and Apartments for the 2000 Games, The Forum Development St Leonards, ATP Seven - Sydney, Lumiere (with Foster and Partners) Sydney, Royal Sun Alliance Centre Auckland, SOPA Sydney Olympic Park Private Hospital - Sydney and Sutherland Hospital Redevelopment - Caringbah.

* IDA 08 - ARCHITECTURE - Gold Winner - Conceptual Category
* IDA 08 - ARCHITECTURE - Gold Winner - - Category