Mosman Square and Village Green

Landscape Architect: Aspect StudiosLocation: Mosman, NSW Mosman’s iconic Square and Village Green have been officially reopened following a comprehensive urban renewal project, transforming these beloved public spaces into vibrant hubs for community gatherings, outdoor dining, and family-friendly activities. The Square now features an interactive play area seamlessly blending into the natural surroundings, providing a haven […]

Pocket Passiv

Architect: Anderson ArchitectureBuilder: Mindful BuildingLocation: Glebe, NSW Pocket Passiv posed a set of challenges and opportunities from the beginning. The project initially aimed at constructing a secondary dwelling, renovating an existing terrace house, and upgrading a corner shop on the site. However, it eventually transformed into a standalone studio dwelling at the rear of the […]

Vaucluse Residence XV

Architect: Tobias PartnersBuilder: HorizonLocation: Vaucluse, NSW Partridge Engineers played a pivotal role in what evolved from a modest project into extensive alterations and additions to a house Partridge initially designed in 2000. As the project unfolded, unanticipated structural challenges emerged, necessitating substantial intervention. The result of our collective efforts is a striking four-level family home. […]

Paddington House Stairs

Architect: Pohio Adams ArchitectsBuilder: Superior InteriorsPhotography: Kathrine Lu The Paddington House stairs posed a tricky problem of designing an elegant 3-storey spiral staircase within an old existing building, with very little opportunity to rely on the existing structure nor any new columns to support the weight of the stair.The stairs had to act as a […]

Celebrating 40 Years of Engineering

Partridge is celebrating 40 years! We are proud of our achievements thus far, made possible by our people, our clients, our friends, and our partners. Our values guide what we do and are reflected in our projects across structures, events and art, remediation, civil and stormwater, and in our extended family of 65 employees. Partridge […]

Bilgola Beach House with Olson Kundig

Resting in the sand dunes of Bilgola Beach, this 873-square-metre house overlooks the beach and the ocean. The property’s entrance leads to a self-contained and vast residence that can be opened up to the guest wings. Partridge collaborated on this project with internationally renowned Seattle-based firm, Olson Kundig as their first project completed in Australia. […]

ACSE Winner – Designer Store Floating Stairs

Partridge proudly takes home the 2021 Award for Excellence in Structural Engineering in the Unusual Building Projects Category! The sculptural floating stair is a wonderful example of excellence in steel design, engineering, and construction while dealing with the constraints of an existing (strata-titled) building and the many demands of a live fit-out project. The main […]

Vivid Sydney

Vivid is the annual festival of light, music, and ideas held in Sydney, awarded for bringing together light, artists, musicians, and brilliant minds, to share their creativity and transform the city. Vivid 2022 is now just over 2 months away! After a two-year break, artists and designers are working on their latest and greatest installations […]

HALO – A Kinetic Work of Art

Halo is a major public artwork installed at Central Park, Sydney and winner of the ACSE Structural Engineering awards 2013 and Engineers Australia Engineering Excellence President’s Award 2012. Its 12m diameter ring is eccentrically supported by an inclined post, 15m in height. The impressive 12m diameter ring powered by the wind, rotates consistently, while yawling […]

Winner: Excellence in Structural Engineering – Balmain House

Architects: ChenChow Little Balmain House is a wonderful example of engineering excellence in residential design and construction. The project involved excavation depths of 10m; design of sandstone sea-walls fronting Sydney Harbour; remediation of an 1880’s sandstone heritage-listed cottage; expressed timber framing; a steel-framed tension-tie roof and a steel helical stair; off-form cast-insitu concrete; heated polished […]

Award Winning Mosman House – An Engineering Case Study

Architect: Smart Design Studio Mosman House is a domestic, residential project that was effectively three projects in one. The undertaking involved the significant renovations and “alterations & additions” to a grand old mansion, the construction on the adjacent property of an all-new pavilion/residence featuring exceptional and ornate off-form concrete throughout, and the construction of a […]

Skymate Australia

Appearing as the skeleton of a space station, fallen onto an Adelaide beach side park, ‘Skymate’ is an aerial adventure park. Consisting of 54 ‘sky pod’ activity stations over four levels, which form the framework for over one hundred different aerial activities. These include high-ropes obstacles, freefall jumps, suspension bridges, swings and more: some for […]