Cornerstone Company

Cornerstone Company, southern Gold Coast, Queensland

southern gold coast, queensland

years of completed work still standing

Cornerstone Company builds rarely and keeps what it builds standing. Two buildings on the southern Gold Coast, still trading and still being cited by the architecture industry years after completion.

project 01

The Warehouses

The atrium of The Warehouses, white steel trusses over concrete block, a large tree fern, people working at tables.
Photograph, David Chatfield.

An industrial site on Currumbin Creek Road, adapted into a work and hospitality hub. The building carries its own line: Meet. Work. Create. Community.

Address60 Currumbin Creek Road, Currumbin Waters QLD 4223
Completed2023
TypeCommercial. Adaptive reuse of an industrial site into an urban work and hospitality hub.
Area2,200 m²
ArchitectJ.AR Office. Design architect Jared Webb, with Oliver Mabbutt and Esther Pearce.
BuilderHNKN
EngineerMark Traucnieks Consulting Engineers. Structural and hydraulic.
LandscapePrandium Studio
PhotographerDavid Chatfield
2024 National Architecture AwardsNational Award for Commercial Architecture
2024 Queensland Architecture AwardsThe Beatrice Hutton Award for Commercial Architecture
2024 Queensland Architecture AwardsCOLORBOND Award for Steel Architecture

Verify: architecture.com.au/archives/awards/the-warehouses-j-ar-office

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The same hand appears twice in this register. Jared Webb was design architect on The Warehouses, and an associate at Richards & Spence on Cornerstone Stores.

project 02

Cornerstone Stores

The courtyard at Cornerstone Stores, red brick, hanging greenery, shopfronts, timber stools and a border collie sitting in the middle.
Photograph, Andy Macpherson.

A boutique retail precinct opposite Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, built around a courtyard and a feature Pandanus palm. Around twelve independent tenants trade from red brick and concrete, under roof gardens.

Address570 Gold Coast Highway, Tugun QLD 4223
Completed2018
TypeBoutique mixed use retail precinct. Central courtyard, feature Pandanus palm, roof gardens.
ArchitectRichards & Spence. Ingrid Richards, Adrian Spence, associate Jared Webb.
PhotographerAndy Macpherson
Trading now 
2018 Think Brick AwardsHigh Commendation, Horbury Hunt Commercial Award

Verify: architectureau.com/articles/winners-revealed-2018-think-brick-awards

Cornerstone Stores courtyard, another angle. Stable, a Cornerstone Stores tenant. Quince, a Cornerstone Stores tenant. Nuve, a Cornerstone Stores tenant.
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consolidated

Recognition

2024 National Architecture AwardsNational Award for Commercial Architecture, The Warehouses
2024 Queensland Architecture AwardsThe Beatrice Hutton Award for Commercial Architecture, The Warehouses
2024 Queensland Architecture AwardsCOLORBOND Award for Steel Architecture, The Warehouses
2018 Think Brick AwardsHigh Commendation, Horbury Hunt Commercial Award, Cornerstone Stores
Accepting the AIA award at a podium.

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Contact

luke@cornerstonecompany.com.au

Cornerstone Company Pty Ltd. ABN 84 654 410 483.