Studio - Collins and TurnerCollins and Turner

Collins and Turner is founded on the idea that architecture, at its best, is purposeful, sustainable, enduring and joyful. Whether we’re designing a civic building, a workplace, or a private home, we look for clarity and rigour in the way a project is conceived, built and experienced.

Founded in 2002 by internationally trained directors Penny Collins and Huw Turner, the studio pairs a disciplined design process with hands-on collaboration to create robust, context-driven outcomes. Renowned for design innovation, technical excellence, and a highly collaborative ethos, Collins and Turner delivers significant public, commercial, and residential projects that make lasting contributions to the city, its communities, and the wider landscape.

Our design process begins with independent exploration guided by the directors before coming together as a wider studio to test and refine ideas. Through this exchange, every project benefits from multiple perspectives and a disciplined process that leads to clear, robust outcomes. We believe that each project should be as strong in concept as it is practical to build, and we focus relentlessly on diagrammatic clarity, restraint in material and versatility in use.

Our work is collaborative by nature. We listen closely to our clients and communities, and invest time in genuine partnerships with consultants, contractors, and First Nations collaborators. We see these relationships as the foundation for lasting social and civic impact. Sustainability, adaptive reuse, and an engagement with Country are embedded in our work from the outset.

While we bring international experience, our strength lies in our Sydney base. Since founding the studio in 2002, we’ve delivered projects at every scale for public and private clients, always with involvement from inception to completion. Our practice is grounded in our method and the ambition to set new standards for context-responsive design.

At Collins and Turner, we are thoughtful in what we do, persistent in delivery, and committed to architecture that improves the city and the lives it serves.

People

We are a team of architects and designers united by a shared commitment to the intelligent and practical application of design. Drawing on extensive experience across a wide range of projects, we seek to balance function, beauty, and innovation in every outcome. Our work is guided by precision, collaboration, and a strong ethical foundation that underpins all aspects of practice.

Habilis

2025

Architecture Au - National Social Impact Award - Winner
Urban Developer- Development of the Year - Social Infrastructure - Winner
AIA NSW - Sustainability - Commendation
AIA NSW - Multiple Housing - Shortlisted

The Donald Horne Building

2025

AIA NSW - Sustainability Award - Shortlisted

Hughes Street Car Park

2021

Dulux Colour Award – Winner, National Commendation Commercial Buildings Category

Good Design Award – Gold Winner

IPWEA Award – International Public Works Engineering

Carpe Diem Companionway

2021

AIA - NSW Interior Architecture Award - Winner

INDE Awards – Peoples Choice Winner – Asia Pacific - Best of the Decade

Good Design Awards – Winner – Architectural Interior

AIDA Awards – Shortlisted – Workspace Design

One Wingadal

2021

Houses Magazine - New Houses over 200sqm - Shortlisted

2020

AIA NSW Residential Houses - Commendation

MBA NSW Awards - Residential Houses $8-$10m Winner

MBA NSW Awards - Best use of copper - Winner

Bondi House

2019

AIA NSW Awards - Residential - Shortlisted

Barangaroo House

2019

AHA - Hotel of the Year

2018

AIA National Award for Commercial Architecture - Commendation

INDE awards Asia Pacific - Social Space Category - Winner

Sydney Design Award - Commercial Architecture - Silver Winner

Surface Travel Awards - Shortlisted

Australia by Design - Finalist

Restaurant and Bar design awards - Shortlisted

Time Out Awards - Best Bar - Winner

Australian Timber Awards - Best Facade - Winner

East Drink Awards - Best Bar Design - Winner

East Drink Awards - Best Restaurant Design - Winner

Dezeen Awards - Longlisted

5 Sam Sing Street

2018

Dulux Colour Awards - Commercial Category - Winner

Waterloo Community Centre

2013

AIA National Award for Public Architecture - Winner

AIA National Award for Sustainability

AIA National Bluescope steel award

AIA NSW John Sulman Medal for Outstanding Public Architecture

AIA NSW Sustainability Award

Architizer A+ Awards ( USA) Special Mention

Ryan Avenue

2017

AIA NSW Awards - Residential - Shortlisted

The Squires Landing

2018

MBA - Hospitality Buildings -$10m - Winner

James Squire Brisbane

2015

AIDA Awards - Hospitality Design - Finalist

Eat Drink Awards- Runner Up Best Bar Design

Australian Timber Awards- Winner- Timber Flooring

Australian Timber Awards - Excellence in the use of recycled timber - Runner-up

Kharkov

2013

National Trust Heritage Award - Winner

Paddington House

2014

AASA Stone Award

2012

Master Builders Award

88 Boomerang Drive

2009

AIA NSW - Aaron Bolot Award for Multiple Housing - Winner

Bombala Farmhouse

1998

MBA Master Builders Awards

BHP Steel Award