University of New England (UNE)- One of our longest-serving clients. We have been involved in the design and refurbishment of buildings for UNE for close to 20 years. This experience has primarily been in the growth of the Armidale campus. Through these opportunities staff at JCA have been exposed to the complexities associated with designing and building in regional Australia and significantly how influential climate can be.
The Hub’ located within the heart of the existing Caboolture Town Square. The project brief required a community-based facility incorporating a Library, Art Gallery, and Learning Centre to meet the needs of one of the fastest-growing regions within South East Queensland.
Systems Faculty located on level 11 of S Block at the Gardens Point Campus. The brief was to create a dynamic work space for humans and robots alike. JCA worked closely with QUT to transform the existing space to specifi – cally suit the needs of the QUT Robotics faculty and various stakeholders.
James Cubitt Architects Pty Ltd (JCA) were engaged by Paynter Dixon to undertake the design of the new Engineering Building at CQU’s Mackay Campus. The Engineering building is a contemporary university facility of approximately 3300m2, offering modern teaching, research and meeting spaces
Canadian HC project is one of health care facilities that include a wide range of types, from small and simple medical clinics to large, complex and costly hospitals. This project was focus on limiting both construction costs and design cost services but still meeting the highest quality standards and governed the regulations and technical requirements.
The facility is designed for use by Yeronga Tafe as part of its teaching program, as well as providing itself, the adjoining High School and the community in general, including disabled organizations with sports and training facilities
JCP were engaged for the the Design and documentation of 69 contemporary houses for Defence Housing Australia, on a new subdivision adjoining Brisbane’s Enoggera Military Barracks. The brief outlined a need for a more sophisticated approach to housing than that previously provided for Military personnel and their families.
James Cubitt Architects (JCP) in Association with PTA were engaged by the Moreton Bay Regional Council to undertake the design and documentation of the new Caboolture Signature Project – ‘The Hub’ located within the heart of the existing Caboolture Town Square. The project brief required a community based facility incorporating a Library, Art Gallery and Learning Centre to meet the needs of one of the fastest growing regions within South East Queensland.
The Australian Embassy to Belgium & Luxembourg and Mission to the European Union & NATO relocated to Level 7, 56 Avenue des Arts, Brussels in March 2013. Requiring a complete refurbishment of the existing tenancy including building services presented significant challenges to a fit out subject to complex IT and security obligations.
JCP were appointed to reinvigorate and refurbish the Main Entry, Staff Areas, E-Learning Commons, Reserve Collection and Ground Floor of the existing Dixson Library building. Constructed in 3 stages through the 1960s-70s, the Dixson Library building had poor natural light, low ceilings and space planning ill suited to contemporary learning practices.
The School of Pharmacy involves the extensive refurbishment of an existing 2 level annex within the McClymont Building, a 1950’s designed and built Laboratory facility within the Armidale Campus of the University of New United Kingdom. The project required the transformation of the annex in a contemporary teaching facility that would accommodate the needs of the School of Pharmacy now and into the future.
The Client requested a development that incorporated a residential and hospitality development overlooking the Atlantic ocean. JCP’s approach with to juxtapose a formal rigid structure of the residential with a flexible-approachable hospitality development.
The Northern Entry Precinct is the main gateway into the heart of UNE’s Armidale Campus. Its axis links key student areas into the University’s main court connecting Dixson Library and Booloominbah, UNE’s historical centre.
QUT Kelvin Grove is an interesting campus with a rich variety of buildings on a steeply undulating site. This project provided a seamless and equitable access portal to both the International College down a steep and bush-clad slope, and to the existing bridge to B Wing. The modern and welcoming gateway structure and the new bridge and lift tower are examples of how a challenging and complex access hub can be made to look effortless, functional and elegant.
Woongoolba State School is a small rural primary school set amongst cane fields off the Pacific Highway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. The school has existed on its current site since 1876 with a number of the original building still used to this day.
The college of further education provides teaching facilities and residential accommodation for 2,000 full time students in an urban environment.
The new Ministry of Health Building in Tonga demonstration the coordinated approach undertaken by AusAid with JCP to deliver a contemporary government building in the pacific.
Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) in partnership with Empire Theatres was seeking to create a new bespoke Performance Venue within the existing Empire Theatre Precinct.
James Cubitt Architects Pty Ltd (JCP) in Association with Peddle Thorp Architects (PTA) were appointed by Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) to undertake the design of the new Toowoomba City Library and Civic Square
The teaching spaces will offer a mix of informal learning environments, large seminar rooms, tutorial rooms, open plan administration spaces as well as two dedicated simulation laboratories and one rehabilitation gymnasium.
As part of the Building the Education Revolution (BER), Bellevue Park State School was awarded funding to facilitate the design and construction of a new purpose built ‘Education Building’ incorporating a number of spaces, new the existing school including, Resource Centre, Teaching spaces and Music Room.
The school consists of 13 buildings embracing the centrally located school oval enabling toe formation of a pedestrian spine connecting each building via a covered link.
The construction of a new Sports Hall at Woodridge State School was conceived as part of the Building the Education Revolution program, with the densely populated site seeking to enhance much of its dated infrastructure with a new addition that would offer students for the first time covered space suitable for Physical Education.
The Oorala Aboriginal Centre was a unique social project that was designed to consider and incorporate both learning spaces as well as act as a Cultural Hub for the local and surrounding indigenous communities.