Awards season is upon us, and CLOUSTON is pleased to announce that we are the proud recipients of this years UDIA NSW Austral Bricks Award for Excellence in the category of Professional Consultancy for our work on The Ponds Parklands for Landcom.
Sydney weather has not been kind to those sleeping rough of late, and it was with some trepidation that Leonard Lynch and Crosbie Lorimer headed out into the torrential rain to join the ranks of 240 CEOs participating in St Vincent de Paul Societys annual SLEEPOUT at Luna Park last week.
It started as a bit of fun and an opportunity for staff to throw design ideas around outside their comfort zone, but CLOUSTONs installation in the Smart Light Sydney Festival, CYCLE!, has captured the citys imagination, with visitors lining up to take a ride.
In defiance of the global financial crisis, CLOUSTON valiantly opted to forge ahead with plans to host its second informal annual get together for valued clients and industry colleagues at Bar Quattro in Hyde Park North earlier this month.
CLOUSTON Associates Darwin team not only proudly sponsored but also happily donned hats, shorts and spades to take part in the Rapid Creek Community Planting Day in December 2008.
CLOUSTON's Darwin office has gained yet more industry recognition in 2008, winning the prestigious BPN Environ Sustainability Award in Landscape Design for Darwin Airport Commercial Precinct.
This year, inspired by our energetic, cycling-mad colleague, Antje Prueger, CLOUSTON Associates entered a team of four enthusiastic riders in the Sydney to The Gong Bike Ride raising funds for people affected by multiple sclerosis.
CLOUSTON is pleased to announce that the Darwin Entertainment Centre / Holiday Inn Forecourt project has received a special NT Award for Design from AILA, having been entered for the 2008 National Awards.
In July 2008, Landcom launched a boxed set of seven guideline documents that cover various aspects of design and project delivery. One of these is the Open Space Guidelines developed in partnership with CLOUSTON Associates over a period of two years.
Having led the CLOUSTON Darwin team for sixteen years, Tony Cox was finally persuaded to join Leonard Lynch and Crosbie Lorimer in becoming a company Director in August 2008.