The National Art School occupies the grounds of the former Darlinghurst Jail, which is the oldest surviving large jail complex in Australia. Recent refurbishments of the National Art School Building 11 have breathed new life into this important historic building. The project has returned the building to its intended three stories, and now houses a metalwork/woodwork workshop, various project display areas, sculpture studios, many individual artist studios, a humidity-controlled area for archiving and storing the NAS Collection, a media lab and lecture room. The building also houses numerous meeting, administration and amenity areas.

Prime Projects was proud to successfully handover the new and improved St Mary’s Parish Centre to the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Archdiocese of Sydney. The project involved the demolition of the existing two storey monastery building, and the construction of a new two-level Parish Centre together with a full basement car park and associated works.

Reinstatement, conservation and adaptive reuse of the original 1859 four room residential cottage to a café. The works involved significant restoration of foundations, timber flooring, walls, timber ceilings, wrap around veranda and building façade.

The house has local historical significance, originally built in 1859, Southridge House was then called Herguilliers by the original early French migrant Moise Roussel. It was renamed Southridge in 1919 by Frederick Bigg, whose family raised cattle and pigs on the site. The estate was sold to Penfolds Winery in 1950 and the winemaker lived in the house. Today, Southridge House is the centrepiece of Southridge Plaza that services an industrial business park in Sydney’s West and offers local workers a convenient retail hub.

Loreto Kirribilli’s Tremayne Building was transformed from a backpacker’s hostel into a modern education art facility including classrooms, studios and photographic dark rooms. The existing five storey building was stripped out including the removal of internal walls and floors whilst leaving the external walls in place. The works included the construction of four new floors within the existing envelope.

Behind the Tremayne Building was a three-story hostel which was converted into staff offices and additional  art rooms for the school.