Meeting of Minds: John Wardle and Durbach Block Jaggers in Conversation with Jan Henderson.

By Tilt Industrial Design

October 20th, 2020

Tags: Durbach Block Jaggers, Jan Henderson, John Wardle, Phoenix Central Park, Tilt Industrial Design

In this session renowned architect John Wardle and Camilla and Neil from Durbach Block Jaggers come together to discuss Sydney’s new Phoenix Central Park.

This extraordinary gallery and performance space originated with a flexible, open-ended brief. In this intimate one-hour session, we gain rare insight from both architect and client, as they discuss the inception and fruition of this once-in-a-lifetime project.

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