Peddle Thorp
Company typePrivately-owned
IndustryArchitecture
Founded1980s in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
HeadquartersLevel 1, 525 Flinders Street,
Melbourne, Victoria
,
Australia
Area served
Australia
China
Key people
  • Peter Brook
  • Carlo Corallo
  • Martin Hall
Services
Websitewww.pta.com.au

Peddle Thorp is an Australian-based architecture, interior design, and urban planning firm, with offices located in Melbourne, Victoria, in Asia and in the Middle East. The Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo inspired from "The Underwater Paradise" is one of the notable project of Peddle thorp.

Major architectural works

Peddle Thorp has designed some of Australia's landmark buildings including the following major architectural projects:

Completed Project name Location Award Notes
1988 National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park (now Rod Laver Arena) Flinders Park, Melbourne, Victoria [1]
1997 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria
2000 Hilton Melbourne Airport (now Parkroyal) Melbourne Airport, Victoria Excellence in Construction Award (2001) [2][3]
Melbourne Aquarium and Antarctic Exhibition Melbourne Aquarium, Victoria Australian Property Council, Category Winner (2001)
2004 TEDA Football Stadium Tianjin, China Zhan Tian You Award, Winner (2005)
Lu Ban Award, Winner (2005)
Royal Hobart Hospital Hobart, Tasmania Australian Institute of Architects Awards, Urban Design Award, Winner (2008)
Kardinia Park South Geelong, Victoria
2010 ANZ Bank Headquarters Docklands, Melbourne, Victoria World Architecture Festival Interiors and Fit Out, Overall Winner (2011) [4]
2012 RMIT Design Hub RMIT University, Melbourne City campus, Victoria Victorian Architecture Medal (2013)
William Wardell Award for Public Architecture (2013)
International Prize for Sustainable Architecture (2013)		 [5]

The firm produced highly innovative design features such as the roof opening at the tennis centre at Melbourne Park, which was one of the first in the world to use this approach; to allow for play in all kinds of weather.[6] The firm's New Zealand branch, established in 1968,[7] has also designed various buildings of note, including the Metropolis in Auckland, and Vodafone on the Park in Wellington.

Criticism

Despite its success, Peddle Thorp was criticised by Norman Day, an architectural critic, for producing buildings of little value.[8] Day's views have been contested by Peddle Thorp's design director, Peter Brook.[9] The dispute reflects a broader tension in architectural circles about its role in the commercial sphere. The dispute was seen publicly when a group of architects opposed Peddle Thorp designed changes to Harold Holt swimming pool in 2007.[10] The dispute lost ground when the original architect Daryl Jackson praised Peddle Thorp's revised designs. The highly successful commercial architect Barry Patten, who designed the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, also faced similar criticism from Day and other critics during his career. He was later seen as one of Australia's greatest architects.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "How Peddle Thorp designed opening roof at Melbourne Tennis Centre". Peddle Thorp Architects. 3 February 2012. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Parkroyal returns to Melbourne with new GM". Hospitality. Australia. Archived from the original on 11 April 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  3. ^ "1999 Annual Report" (PDF). Australia Pacific Airports. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
  4. ^ "ANZ Centre, Melbourne, Australia". World Buildings Directory. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  5. ^ "NEW YORK ARCHITECTS SELECT PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARDS FOR 2013" (PDF). International Architecture Awards. The Chicago Athenaeum. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  6. ^ "25 Years of Retractable Roof Tennis in Australia". World Tennis Magazine. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  7. ^ Peddle Thorp NZ
  8. ^ Day, Norman (21 June 2004). "Peddle Thorp Architects Book" (Book review). The Age. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  9. ^ Brook, Peter (7 July 2004). "Architecture, not art". The Age. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Harold Holt Swimming Pool". Butterpaper. 5 December 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Obituary: Barry Patten". Architecture Australia (7). 2003. Archived from the original (requires subscription) on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2006.

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