Büro designed the Western Sydney University Financial Trading Hub in collaboration with Studio Jigen. The project was awarded Gold at the Australian Design Awards.

The FTH is an important part of Western Sydney University’s School of Business. This state-of-the-art training facility emulates a real trading floor to help students further develop real-world skills in financial investment and funds management.

Professor Amir Mahmood, Dean of the School of Business, said “This bespoke facility will provide students with an enhanced understanding of what it means for companies to list and trade in various futures and to attract capital through public offerings, developing their practical skills in different scenarios.”

Signage by Karappo Japan

Our recently completed student centre at Swinburne University is a significant refurbishment of a heritage building adjacent to Glenferrie Station. The old nightclub building had many stories to tell. This facility, designed by Buro, provides a much needed student lounge and study space representing the diversity and passion at Swinburne.

Brickworks Childcare Centre in Burwood is an important tenant in the recently completed Brickworks Centre, a retail and residential development which aims to be the most sustainable shopping centre in the world.

The childcare project, designed in collaboration with Collingridge and Smith Architects NZ and UK was designed to comply with the International Living Building Challenge standards, the most stringent ESD framework possible.

The childcare curriculum incorporates sustainability initiatives of the Living Building Challenge from water recycling to solar energy - into their play-based learning.

Photography credit: Blue Tree Studios

Dandelion Early Childhood Learning Centre was completed in 2023. It has a capacity of 120 with facilities to accommodate ages 6 weeks to 5 years of age. The rooms are arranged around a central courtyard each opening on to a garden around the perimeter and oriented to capture the sun as it tracks from east to west. Cross ventilation through the rooms from the edges to the courtyard creates a healthy environment reducing the need for air conditioning. Curved walls to the outdoor terraces set up a juxtaposition to the simple rational planning within creating a cost effective but visually articulate solution.

We were very fortunate to work with Swinburne University to create this beautiful End of Trip Facility for Swinburne Staff out at the Hawthorn Campus.

This project comprises a refurbishment of one wing of the Deakin University Waurn Ponds Management Centre. The design provides conference and video conferencing spaces with associated lounge/breakout and focus rooms. Büro worked closely with Deakin’s ESolutions and AV consultants to ensure that all appropriate standards and technological requirements were met.

Careful attention has been given to the choice of furniture and finishes scheme to ensure that the new facility complements adjacent spaces. We are particularly proud that nearly all the selected furniture and lighting is designed and made in Australia.

Following on from the success of the Building LB Student Hub, our designs for Hubs and consultation points were adopted as the standard for all new  Student Hubs at Deakin.

The building Y Student Hub was a refit of existing offices. The new space provides a central concierge desk, eight consultation points, waiting areas, hot-desks, a photo id point, a meeting room, skype points, and back-of-house offices with adequate storage.

For this project we worked with the artist, Ghostpatrol, to create spaces that are fun, surprising and engaging.

An important project for the school - refurbishment of the toilets - an international study recently identified well designed toilets at schools as a significant contributing factor to well-being and the learning environment for children.

Buro was commissioned by Swinburne University to design their new Motion Capture Studio in an existing warehouse in Prahran. The project included associated teaching and administrative spaces.

The Student Hub for Building LB at the Deakin University Burwood campus consolidates Student Central and Business and Law student service reception areas to create a single point of student service, support and advice. The project creates a welcoming, user-friendly and accessible environment for new and current students.

The 300m2 space converts an existing foyer and atrium into an interlinked complex of spaces encompassing: a concierge/ welcoming point; student advice pods; student waiting and lounge areas; skype booths for remote consultations; and a student card photo point, as well as a ‘back of house’ workspace with dedicated and hotdesk workstations, meeting rooms and staff kitchen.

The design response meets a complex brief; satisfying the requirements of diverse stakeholders and incorporating a variety of spaces that will enhance the student services at the Elgar road side of the campus with a professional, stylish and welcoming facility.

The Newsroom / Media Lab project is a series of teaching spaces at Deakin University. It incorporates a dedicated Newsroom, editing suites and green-screen space for journalism students as well as classrooms, computer labs, and student lounge spaces to be used by students in a broad range of Arts & Education courses. 

This is a sophisticated and professional space for research and administrative staff involved with Deakin University’s prestigious Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation. The refurbishment of one and a half floors of an existing building maximises capacity with dedicated and hotdesk workstations as well as private offices, while providing a range of meeting, quiet reading, break-out, and social spaces.

The project involved intensive consultation with research-based academic and administrative support staff. With thorough understanding of academic work requirements, we were able to provide a level of service that exceeded stakeholder expectations.

We designed ten distinctive teaching and office spaces for the Burwood campus of Deakin University. These include flexible teaching spaces for Art, Music, Drama and Dance education as well as a research hub for post graduates.

Deakin and The Gordon Werribee Learning Centre was commissioned to provide key facilities and advanced IT infrastructure for Deakin and The Gordon staff and students as well as a local community facility for meetings and functions.

We created a light, welcoming and comfortable space with eye-catching blue and green fabric teamed with natural timber furniture and joinery throughout. The Centre has audio/visual conference and meeting rooms, teaching spaces, a student lounge and a staff office and kitchenette.  The Centre’s two learning spaces have been designed with flexibility in mind; so that lectures, round table discussions and small group activities can all be accommodated.