Cornerstone Company

The atrium at The Warehouses in Currumbin Waters, white steel trusses and a tree fern above a shared work and hospitality space.

Cornerstone Company

Southern Gold Coast, Queensland

We build rarely, and only when we can do it properly. Two buildings on the southern Gold Coast are the result, and we are in no hurry to add a third.

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The Warehouses

Currumbin Waters, Queensland. Completed 2023.

Tall crop of the atrium at The Warehouses, dense foliage above concrete block walls and people working at tables.
Dusk view of The Warehouses, a glowing LOBBY sign on white corrugated cladding with a planted terrace above.
Exterior detail of The Warehouses, white corrugated cladding over grey block with a timber office window.

An industrial site on Currumbin Creek Road, adapted into a shared work and hospitality hub around a central atrium of white steel trusses and a single tree fern. It opened in 2023, and in 2024 received the National Award for Commercial Architecture, the Australian Institute of Architects' top honour in the category.

“Meet. Work. Create. Community.”

Type
Commercial. Adaptive re-use of an industrial site into an urban work and hospitality hub.
Architect
J.AR Office. Design architect Jared Webb, with Oliver Mabbutt and Esther Pearce.
Builder
HNKN
Engineer
Mark Traucnieks Consulting Engineers, structural and hydraulic.
Landscape
Prandium Studio
Photographer
David Chatfield
Completed
2023
Area
2,200 m²
Address
60 Currumbin Creek Road, Currumbin Waters QLD 4223

Visit thewarehouses.com.au ↗

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Cornerstone Stores

Tugun, Queensland. Completed 2018.

The courtyard at Cornerstone Stores in Tugun, red brick shopfronts, hanging greenery and a border collie sitting among timber stools.
Another view of the Cornerstone Stores courtyard, red brick and timber.
Cornerstone Stores, red brick facade and greenery.

A boutique retail precinct on the Gold Coast Highway in Tugun, opposite the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. Red brick and concrete are arranged around a central courtyard and a feature Pandanus palm, with roof gardens above around twelve independent tenants.

Type
Boutique mixed use retail precinct, opposite Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary.
Architect
Richards & Spence. Ingrid Richards and Adrian Spence, associate Jared Webb.
Photographer
Andy Macpherson
Completed
2018
Address
570 Gold Coast Highway, Tugun QLD 4223

Visit cornerstonestores.com ↗

Some of the tenants, on rotation.

Stable Cafe, a tenant at Cornerstone Stores. Kind, a tenant interior at Cornerstone Stores. Quince, a tenant at Cornerstone Stores. Upside, a tenant at Cornerstone Stores. Nuve, a tenant at Cornerstone Stores. Lost Boys, a tenant at Cornerstone Stores. Body Method, a tenant at Cornerstone Stores. Locavore Butcher, a tenant at Cornerstone Stores. Barrebody, a tenant at Cornerstone Stores.

Jared Webb was design architect on The Warehouses, and an associate at Richards & Spence on Cornerstone Stores.

Recognition

2024 National Architecture Awards

National Award for Commercial Architecture

The Warehouses · Verify ↗

Accepting a 2024 Queensland Architecture Award for The Warehouses.
Accepting a 2024 Queensland Architecture Award for The Warehouses.

Contact

luke@cornerstonecompany.com.au

ABN 84 654 410 483