33 Allara Street

Over a number of years, we have been involved across the three phases of transformation at Allara Street, Canberra – the strategic planning of the site at the project’s inception, the realisation and delivery of the masterplan, and the continuing social and cultural programming following construction.

The site’s strategic masterplan encompassed the first phase of the wider transformation of Allara Street, central Canberra. At the heart of the city’s central business district, our plans detailed the upgrade to the street frontage and public realm – taking in twelve shopfronts, a colonnade, and the public spaces to the front and rear of the street’s eight-storey commercial building.

The first phase of our work saw the renewal of the site’s private commercial lobby into a welcoming public facility, Brew and Brew creative workspace and cafe. We were commissioned to undertake the full architectural design of the space – the cafe, museum and exhibition corridors, seating areas, and open threshold to a planted, pedestrian courtyard. The design of the building’s facade and signage was in line with our work on the area’s street frontage.

Significant improvements were then designed and undertaken to the upper levels in collaboration with Oculus, Durbach Block Jaggers and Aecom Engineers.