House: Marrickville
House: Bingie
Public: Kings Langley Cricket Club & Amenities
House: Tempe
Public: Eco Prefab II
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Eoghan Lewis Architects
ELA is an architecture studio founded by Eoghan Lewis in 2012 in Sydney.
Our work encompasses many project types and scales including the design of residential additions and private dwellings, cultural and public buildings. However, the majority of work to date has fallen into three categories: the design of houses, public buildings and contemporary additions to historic buildings.
“This is a project of civic distinction appropriate to its place delivered with a great degree of care and thought, creating a rich, warm, and highly appropriate public architecture.”
less but better
As architects we argue for less but better. In every project we seek a poetic economy of means where our clients requirements are balanced with issues of siting, planning, building performance, landscape-integration and material selection. Once these aspects have been adequately addressed and we feel like the scheme has strong bones do we then explore the poetic possibilities and detailed resolution that make projects sing.
We believe that all great architecture understands where it is and responds to its site sensitively, intelligently but also confidently. Good design is local; somewhere not anywhere and as such the relationship between building, context and occupant is key.
Sustainability is fundamental to the way that we think about design. This has physical and performative dimensions and inspires us to create buildings that perform beautifully across the day and across the seasons.
We believe in the craft of architecture and in turn, our studio is a place where we make things. The raw, intuitive exploration of models and sketches are as important to our process as digital technologies.
“We have no hesitation in recommending Eoghan Lewis to anyone seeking a creative architect who combines originality of vision with a practical can-do approach.”
eoghan
Eoghan Lewis grew up in the Adelaide hills and studied architecture at the University of South Australia. On graduation, he moved to Germany where he worked with a series of prominent firms including Zvi Hecker Architekt (Berlin) and Auer and Weber (Stuttgart). He returned to Australia in 1996 where he worked with Sydney practices Engelen Moore, BVN, Collins +Turner and Hill Thalis Architecture and Urbanism.
Eoghan formed ELA in 2012, an evolution of his first practice, Supple Design.
Eoghan is a registered architect and A+ member of the Australian Institute of Architects. The practice is pre-qualified for the NSW Government Architect’s Strategy & Design Excellence Scheme.
Nominated architect NSW Eoghan Lewis Reg No 8993
“The key to the project was its simplicity. Eoghan responded to our Brief in a direct and assertive way so the building took shape very quickly and captured the imagination of key stakeholders, decision makers and authorities.”
get in touch
Our buildings are the expression of a rich discourse with clients, consultants and builders. It all starts with a conversation. We welcome all inquiries for projects large or small and would love to hear from you.