The John Bray Centre for Performing Arts

CLIENT

St John’s Grammar School

AWARDS

AIA SA Chapter Dr John Mayfield Award

DIA SA Chapter, Silver Award for Built Environment, Education Category

 

Description

The John Bray Centre for Performing Arts centred on delivering a new learning environment that enabled students to develop confidence and skills in all aspects of theatre, music and drama. It was fundamental for the school to provide a new facility that supports contemporary teaching and learning principles to compliment the school’s vision for Music and Arts.

The site is located adjacent the existing administration building of the school, the state heritage listed ‘Retreat House’. Conceptually the building was sensitively designed in scale, form and materiality to stand alongside the 1880’s building. A minimal material palette of red brick and sand stone coloured precast concrete was considered to reflect the heritage building. The building composition and detailing was carefully considered to express the creative and artistic nature of the new facility.

Warm and lively interiors are expressed in a sophisticated manner with detailing of finishes that are welcoming and imaginative. Vibrant colours developed from the school brand provide visual play as well as enhancing the school identity. Paramount to the design was to maintain an architectural language that was consistent inside and out.

Evergreen Cafe

Keystone Adelaide

Evergreen Community Precinct

Arup Adelaide

Lockleys Oval

Sôl Bar and Restaurant

Tribeca Bowden

Soi 38

St Paul’s College Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop Building

Pilatus Southern Hemisphere Headquarters

Land Services SA Workplace

iTL Restaurant

Cadence Bowden

Mitsubishi Headquarters

Kildare College Tullow Centre

Plympton International College

Schuss Ski Lodge

Kooyonga Golf Club

Morphettville Park Sports & Community Club

Apex Park

Carmelite

Oakfield Lodge

Port Adelaide Office Development

Rescue Retrieval & Aviation Services Base

Education Support Hub

Beau’s Pet Hotel

LHI Community Centre

Thriller

Oak & Iron Tavern

Kildare College Brigidine Centre

ECH Encore Apartments

Access 2 Place Kidman Park

Du Wu Gang Park Redevelopment

Residential Tower

Adelaide Airport 30 Year Vision and Business Precinct

The John Bray Centre for Performing Arts

Eos by SkyCity

Rider Levett Bucknall Office Fitout

Walter Brooke Studio Fit out

Twenty Third Street Distillery

Salisbury Command Fire Station

Cerbis Ceramics Adelaide Showroom

Austral Bricks Showroom

Pulteney Grammar – Centre for Senior Learning

Pulteney Grammar School Performing Arts and Senior School

Adelaide Oval Redevelopment

Australian Federal Police Headquarters

ViTA – Training Aged Care Rehabilitation Facility, Repatriation General Hospital

Beach Energy

Lynch Meyer

Adelaide North Special School

Carrick Hill Masterplan

Nest Bistro

St John’s Grammar Junior School Centre for Creativity

South Australia Institute of Sport States Sport Park Masterplan

Prince Alfred College Senior School Masterplan

Next Generation Clubs

The Village Pharmacy

Southern Cross Care Headquarters

Carmelite Site Masterplan

Adelaide Parklands Sports Infrastructure Masterplan

Prince Alfred College ANZAC Hall and Piper Pavilion

Auchendarroch House

Gays Arcade

Pulteney Grammar School Playspace

Navigator College Campus

Tenison Woods Catholic School Playspace

4th Generation Rehabilitation Centre, Repatriation General Hospital

Helping Hand Aged Care Northgate

Private Residence

Scotch College Boarding House

Errington Special Education Centre

Tenison Woods Catholic School Resource Centre and GLAs

Nairne Primary School and Preschool

Shenzhen Foundation Laboratory

Prince Alfred College Senior School

Mercedes College

South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service

Royal Flying Doctor Service Central Operations Headquarters

Solitaire Audi

15 Lancaster Place Office Development

Adelaide Football Club Westpac Training and Entertainment Centre

AAMI Stadium

Pulteney Grammar School MacKinnon Building