Local Architects win Design Excellence Award for new entrance to Giidany Miirlarl – Muttonbird Island
Christian Fisher of Fisher Design + Architecture, and Neil Mackenzie of Mackenzie Pronk Architects jointly accepted an award for architectural design excellence in the Outdoor Timber – Stand Alone Structures category, at the Australian Timber Design awards dinner in Melbourne on Tuesday (18/10/2011) night. Article: Bellingen Courier Sun 26/10/2011.
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Structured to impress the judges
Coffs Harbour’s other tourist icon has received yet another award, the latest being for architectural design excellence. The Education Space, at Muttonbird Island Nature Reserve in Coffs Harbour, attracts over 150,000 visitors every year and has been recognised at the Australian Timber Design Awards. Christian Fisher of Fisher Design + Architecture, and Neil Mackenzie of [...]
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Fisher Design only mid north coast entry in AIA Regional Division awards
Master architect here ARCHITECTS from around the state are gathering in Coffs Harbour for Beyond the Prism, the 2011 conference of the Australian Institute of Architects, NSW Country Division, which opens this evening. Guest speakers at the conference include John Barrow, the senior principal from Populous. Mr Barrow is the principal master planner for the [...]
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Bellingen Energy Festival – 15 September 2011
Nick Radford (Ecoliving Design), Tricia Helyar, Anna Fisher (Fisher Design + Architecture) and Guido Eberding (Kalang Design House) The Bellingen Energy Festival is an annual event aimed at bringing together practitioners from many fields to engage with the public about energy use and sustainable living. The festival is committed to improving and promoting sustainable living [...]
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Fisher Design + Architecture and Mackenzie Pronk Architects appointed to Jetty Foreshores project
$1.1m Jetty facelift taking shape Concept designs have been released of some of the key elements of Coffs Harbour Council’s imminent makeover of the Jetty Foreshores. The mayor, Cr Keith Rhoades, said the $1.1 million facelift of the foreshore reserve and parkland, which was endorsed at Thursday night’s council meeting, will renew and revitalise one [...]
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Muttonbird Island now a resource
GIIDANY Miirlarl is a name Coffs Coast residents will widely come to know now that a new outdoor interpretive art and education space has been opened at the base of Muttonbird Island. Taking on the local Gumbaynggirr name given to the area, the project has seen a significant tourist attraction established at the base of [...]
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Giidany Miirlarl opening night
The launch party for the Muttonbird Island Outdoor Amphitheatre (now to be known by the traditional Gumbaynggirr name Giidany Miirlarl) was held at sunset on a beautiful Coffs Harbour evening. Fisher Design + Architecture and the entire Mackenzie Pronk staff (up from Sydney) enjoyed the evening, and the completion of a 5 year dream. Thanks [...]
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Innovative project planned for Muttonbird Island
AN outdoor education and performance structure to be created at the base of Muttonbird Island is a step in the right direction in recognising the cultural significance of the area, according to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. The structure’s design was chosen out of 23 submissions with the help of the Garlambirla Guuywa-Girrwa Elders, [...]
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Coast Living Spring 2006 10 Best Homes on the Coast – Down to Earth
Download Coast Living article FISHER HOUSE – FERNMOUNT With the right choice of materials, contemporary homes can look as comfortable and natural in a rural setting as they do by the sea, witnessed at this stunning property. Designed and built by owner, Christian Fisher, the ‘Fisher House’ is a contemporary pressed earth brick home located [...]
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Australia Today, Winter 2009 “Green Acres”
Download article Building your own house. Growing your own vegetables. Watching your kids spend their afternoons in a tree house instead of in front of the television. Following a greener, more sustainable way of life is a dream for many of us. For the Fisher family it’s a dream come true. Seven years ago graphic [...]
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