Housing design
Initiatives that promote exemplar residential design, improve social housing and increase density to support housing supply, diversity and affordability.

Waitara Park Playspace
Hornsby Shire Council embraced the opportunity to renew Waitara Park and develop a new masterplan with a new inclusive and fenced playspace.

Wild Play Garden
The Wild Play Garden located at Centennial Parklands in Sydney, is an example of successful integration of existing amenities to a new playspace.

Place based frameworks
Good design must consider context, the place in which it exists and the needs of the local community to support ongoing revitalisation.

Local Government Design Review Panel Manual
The Local Government Design Review Panel Manual supports a consistent approach to the way design review is conducted by local government.

Good design for social housing
Two new industry benchmarking documents have been created to guide the design and delivery of high-quality social housing in NSW.

Webinars
The Government Architect NSW collaborates with agencies and industry specialists in webinars that focus on special subject areas and emerging design policy.

Kiama Harbour Revitalisation Action Plan
The Government Architect NSW was engaged to lead the collaborative development of an urban design-led strategic framework for Kiama Harbour.

Apartment Design Guide – Government Architect NSW
Case studies showcasing high-quality NSW apartment buildings and referencing the relevant aspects of the Apartment Design

East Macquarie Street Strategic Framework
The framework is for conserving and enhancing heritage, improving public access and better connecting east Macquarie Street to the rest of Sydney.
