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himmelzimmer is an architectural design practice in Melbourne dedicated to investigating
an architecture that evolves from a continuous dialogue of imaginative and practical thinking.

As a studio we need to be able to define what building/design we aspire to the most:
For us this is ‘a room in the sky’, a ‘himmelzimmer’.

From its open window we can see the endless sky encouraging us that our ideas should be
dream-like without boundaries. With its window closed we can focus on the work on our desk
in front of us, the technical delivery of our ideas.

All our designs evolve from the dialogue of these two perspectives which are both essential
in the delivery of well-executed buildings that inspire and transcend the ordinary.

Our work is at its most successful where our window to the world is in a constant state of
in-between, where it is simultaneously closed and open.

We started in 2003 as studio505.
Following studio505’s closure in 2016 we are continuing our work as himmelzimmer

himmelzimmer is an architectural design practice in Melbourne dedicated to investigating
an architecture that evolves from a continuous dialogue of imaginative and practical thinking.

As a studio we need to be able to define what building/design we aspire to the most:
For us this is ‘a room in the sky’, a ‘himmelzimmer’.

All our designs evolve from the dialogue of these two perspectives which are both essential
in the delivery of well-executed buildings that inspire and transcend the ordinary.

Our work is at its most successful where our window to the world is in a constant state of
in-between, where it is simultaneously closed and open.

We started in 2003 as studio505.
Following studio505’s closure in 2016 we are continuing our work as himmelzimmer

lotus

wujin, china

nanyang primary school

singapore

ng teng fong + jurong

singapore

the strand facade

melbourne, australia

155 queen st mall

brisbane, australia

Patterson Lakes Primary School

melbourne, australia

norwood secondary college

melbourne, australia

watsonia primary school

melbourne, australia

royal domain tower art façade

melbourne, australia

the arena

melbourne, australia

bouverie street

melbourne, australia

wintergarden

brisbane, australia

Queens Rd Public Artwork

melbourne, australia

pixel

melbourne, australia

boronia structures

melbourne, australia

interpol

singapore

the strand interior

melbourne, australia

clt residential prototypes

Melbourne, Australia

waratah studio

rhs chelsea flower show 2013

fook kuin medical centre II

sabah, malaysia

australian pavilion 2005

aichi, japan

phoenix valley

wujin, china

phoenix valley

wujin, china

architect

studio505

completion date

2013

client

Wujin District People’s Government

cost

$70 million

local design institute

Nanyang University Design Institute

constructor

Shanghai Construction Group

interior contractor

Gold Mantis

photography

John Gollings

Phoenix Valley is a new cultural icon and hub currently in Wujin, China.

Housing the new Wujin Grand Theatre for 1000 patrons, a cinema, sports halls, and educational youth palace for 4000 students. The complex also includes art galleries, a retail hub and public square with canals, screens and children’s playgrounds. Phoenix Valley is covered with a green roof, solar panels and is targeting China’s highest rating in sustainability.

The interior design of Phoenix Valley establishes that the key spaces are envisaged as fields – worlds within which the occupant resides. The common themes allow for the great range of difference in the areas, and the functional character and simplicity of the building to preside.

suzhou

suzhou, china

queen st redevelopment

melbourne, Australia