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The Quinlan Group is ecstatic to announce the purchase of renowned Sydney practice Weir Phillips Architects. With in-house heritage consultancy and a deep knowledge of traditional architectural typologies, this long established practice has produced many of Sydney’s premier residences and high end commercial projects.

The merging of the two practices brings together two of the most experienced Directors in the industry, with a combined fifty four years leading bespoke architectural practices. Design Director Robert Weir will now oversee the production of all bespoke single residential projects through Weir Phillips Architects, and Managing Director Justin Quinlan will aid in their delivery whilst also overseeing the growth of our new, dedicated commercial and development arm QWP.

What does this mean for our existing, former and future clients? Well, business as usual, only even better – with more than twenty staff now across both divisions, we have never been better placed to assist in bringing your dreams into reality.

So miracles do happen – we somehow managed to get a 25m lap pool approved at the rear of our beautiful brutalist townhouse in Manly. Spanning from rear boundary, around the cabana, over existing stormwater, beside mature planting, under the first floor bedrooms and hard up against the basement to halfway down the living area, it goes without saying this was no small feat. Add to the fact that the site is in a sensitive ecological zone within a scenic foreshore protection area and we really had our work cut out for us.

Documentation for the entire project will hopefully commence early 2026, with construction finishing mid 2027. We look forward to sharing the finished product then.

For the past few years we’ve been working closely with client and consultants to design these two beautiful freestanding four storey townhouses in Bondi. Despite their apparent modest scale, each dwelling has four bedrooms, three bathrooms, subterranean garage, plunge pool, and lift. The multi-staged process has to date involved preliminary subdivision approval, extensive infrastructure mappings, preliminary street head works and detailed development application design and consultancy.

It was a privilege recently to work with the amazing Yogis from Brahma Kumaris on a proposal for their National Headquarters in Five Dock. This organic design was inspired by a visit to their Blue Mountains retreat, where students and teachers alike commune directly with the natural landscape around them.The multiple different functions or the building are centred around a three storey internal atrium with operable glass roof.

We recently secured both a development approval and subsequent 4.55 amendment for a five warehouse commercial/industrial precinct in Toongabbie. Driven by a passionate, hands-on client, this project will redefine the quality of commercial and industrial development for the surrounding area. Thanks must go to the huge team on consultants involved, including GSA Planning, Enspire Engineers, A Total Concept Landscape and City Plan Services.

We were delighted to see our Piccoli Residence in Griffith re-photographed recently, ten years after completion. The International Grand Prix award winning residence has fully settled into the established landscaping, revealing the true potential of the extruded building programme in bringing the landscape right into the architecture itself.