Crosby Architects

Residential Alteration A tight site in a street of workers’ cottages, this project is in the early design stage. The site steps down to the back by two metres and is east–west in orientation. Currently there is a single-storey brick building on the site and it’s yet to be decided how much of it is [...]

This project – an exemplary green apartment development – is for a large site in a street earmarked for higher density residential development. A small apartment building on the site precluded a successful redevelopment so it was decided to demolish it and start again, with the bricks integrated in the facade of the new design. [...]

There was a proposal for a new retail development in the historic town of Castlemaine in north central Victoria. The development was inappropriate and a group of residents including Geoff Crosby decided to fight the proposal at a planning tribunal. As part of this process an alternative scheme was put forward. This scheme was designed [...]

Renovation to a Heritage-listed building “A single-storey picturesque Elizabethan house built in two stages between 1866 and 1869 by William Downe, architect and Castlemaine town surveyor till 1872 on land he acquired in 1866. The first known occupant was George Farroll, a watchmaker who owned the house between 1869 till his death in 1885. His [...]

Studio Apartments in a converted warehouse Short St is a true warehouse development with seven-meter ceilings, spotted gum mezzanines, enclosed roof decks, floor to ceiling glazing, polished concrete floors, and access through a large and secure communal car park / entry court. client Geoff Crosby location Short St, Footscray area 150-200 m2 date 2006-07 status completed

Year Nine Learning Centre The built fabric of Wantirna College is that of a typical state school- a series of mis-matched buildings and ‘portables’ introduced as funding trickles down. In 2007 Crosby Architects were engaged to integrate a new Year Nine Learning centre into the existing school fabric as aprt of a master plan redevelopment. [...]

New Residence The design response to this narrow site in a street with strict planning controls was to create a building that starts small from the entrance and reaches up to the back (north) end of the site; views of the city are captured from a first floor deck. The zinc roof was designed from [...]

Masterplanning The built fabric of Wantirna College is that of a typical state school- a series of mis-matched buildings and ‘portables’ introduced as funding trickles down. In 2006 Crosby Architects were engaged to develop a masterplan for the school. location Harold St, Wantirna client Department of Education date 2006- status design development

Commercial and Community Development Service Centre for Braybrook in Melbourne’s west. location Braybrook, Melbourne date 2006  status design and funding