ST MARY'S HOUSE OF WELCOME
 
Public Architecture Alterations & Additions 2010
Six Degrees Architects
 
Australian Institute of Architects Award 2010
 
Project: St Mary's House of Welcome
Client: St Mary's House of Welcome
Builder: McCorkell Constructions Pty Ltd

WOODSTOCK STREET COMMUNITY HOUSING

 WOODSTOCK STREET COMMUNITY HOUSING

ST KILDA PIER KIOSK & CAFE

Beaurepaire Centre Pool

MATER CHRISTI COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, BELGRAVE


1980 Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
New Building Award to Peter Crone Architect.

Value $1/2M 

CASA ELDA VACCARI CENTRE, FITZROY

1994 M.B.A.V Winner
Excellence in Refurbishment/Renovations of Historic Buildings.

1994 The Australian Institute of Building.
Professional Excellence in Building Awards.
Honourable Mention award to Rex McCorkell.

1993 Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
Institutional Alterations and Extensions.
Award to Peter Sanders Pty Ltd Architects.          

                                     Value $4M.

ABEY OFFICES & WAREHOUSE, MELTON

2001 The Australian Institute of Building Awards.
Certificate of High Commendation award to Rex McCorkell.

Value $5.5M.

AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS OFFICES, MELBOURNE.

2003 M.B.A.V Commercial Buildings $5M to $10M Winner.

2003 Master Builders Australia National Commercial/Industrial Construction $5M to $10M Winner.                

Value $7M.

TRINITY GRAMMAR SCHOOL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, KEW

2003 Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
Institutional Architecture, awarded to Crone Ross Pty Ltd Architects. 

NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA NORTH END ALTERATIONS.

1988 Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
Merit Award for Institutional Alterations & Extensions.
Award to Peter Sanders Pty Ltd Architects.                                        

Value $2.2M

Aust Institute of Building Residential Construction up to $2.5 Million

Value $2.5M


The Little Gold Street Residences project at 1a Little Gold Street, Brunswick in Victoria was the first site acquired for development by McCorkell Brown Pty Ltd. We were searching for a property in the south Brunswick area that could be converted to residences in a way that would meet our Company objectives. In the Little Gold Street site we found a dilapidated warehouse that would ordinarily be met with a wrecker�s ball.  We saw the potential to firstly preserve the industrial �feel� of the area, and secondly to honour the industrial heritage of Brunswick by designing a building that provided a juxtaposed streetscape of the labour-intensive industries of old and the ultra-modern urban edge. Investigation revealed the building to have operated as a machinists� factory until the latter part of the 20th Century, before being used for periods as an artists� studio, squat and most recently as the headquarters for the S11 protest group around 1999/2000.

The building presented some interesting structural challenges. It suffered from significant �concrete cancer� which required rectification and the new building had to be constructed within the old - maintaining the original roof structure to provide support and adding temporary structural steel bracing until the new structure could be tied back into the existing.

Construction was formally undertaken by the McCorkell Constructions entity within original time (9 months) and budget ($900,000) estimates.