Located on a busy intersection and adjacent a school the design needed to create a building that had both a strong public presence, but also at the same time created a sense of privacy, intimacy and enclosure for its inhabitants. As such the building is conceived of a volume with protrusions and recessions that create articualtion on the facades and give the building a sense of movement and fluidity, reflective of the bustling location. the triangular bay windows face different directions in order to capture views and sun while the recessed balconies provide useable space, open to the north sun, but protected from the busy road.
The building is square in plan which provides challenges in apartment layout and circulation. This was resolved through creating a light filled central common area that has views and orientation in two directions. the foyers are filled with light and sun and feel like internal streets rather than closed lobbies. Each unit then has a distinct "address" within the building that creates a strong sense of place.
Credit: Ted Quinton Architecture/MASQ.
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Ted Quinton Architecture is the continuation of a large body of work including private houses and medium-density projects that has been produced over the past 20 years. Ted Quinton was founding partner in Quinton Margalit Architects (2002) and MASQ architecture (2008). The current practice focuses on bespoke projects across Sydney and coastal NSW fusing together years of experience, knowledge and a distinct architectural formal language and expression.
Ted has also been actively involved over the years in teaching, writing, juries and as a Board examiner, all part of the extended role he adopts as a practicing architect
QUALIFICATIONS
B.Arch (Hons) 1997 UNSW registered architect NSW ARB no.6880
PRACTICE
2002 – 2008 | co-founded Quinton Margalit architects
2008 – 2020 | co-founded Quinton Margalit Smuskowitz architects (MASQ architecture)
2020 – | founded Ted Quinton Architecture
TEACHING
2010 – 2012 | tutor – third-year studio- housing
2014 | studio lead – masters graduation year studio – housing
2016 – 2018 | studio lead – first-year masters studio – housing
2018 | lecturer/tutor architectural drawing
2019 | lecturer/tutor T1 – Architectural practice
2019 | course convenor/lecturer/tutor T2
Architectural practice juror, UNSW, USYD, UTS
2021 – | lecturer UWS, Professional Practice
WRITING
Houses Magazine, Architecture Australia
ARB Examiner 2021- ongoing, PALS presenter/course writer
nominated architect. Ted Quinton
reg no. 6880
OTHER
Widely travelled in Europe, Turkey and Middle East with a very strong interest in high-density housing, urban development and Mediterranean architecture.
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