Legion House

 

Legion House

Legion House was originally constructed in 1902 and operated as a women’s hostel and outreach service for 60 years. The heritage significance of the building has been enhanced through restoration and careful adaptation to more accessible, equitable and sustainable composition of old and new.
Three retail tenancies are incorporated into the ground floor with two new office floors added along with a western extension providing additional office space. A new lift and stair have been located external to the building in an elegantly detailed, curved glass enclosure to minimise the heritage impact while creating both a new laneway entry to the building and visual interest. Additionally, this preserved floor area within the existing building. The upper floor extension is set back along Castlereagh Street to mitigate visual impact and maintain the dominance of the heritage facade to the street.

Legion House has set a new benchmark for heritage refurbishments and promotes the creation of sustainable city precincts, having been refurbished as a fully zero carbon building. By consideration of the site’s rich history, adopting a contemporary design approach to new elements and juxtaposing new design with heritage elements, Legion House achieves an authentic response to the building’s heritage values. It is also an exemplar how culturally significant and historic architectural features can be integrated with high-tech ESD developments to deliver a ‘best-of-all-worlds’ contemporary building.

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