The well-known Sydney architecture firms Brian Meyerson Architects (BMA) and JPRA Architects have merged to form MPR Design Group, a new medium-sized practice.
The new group combines the experience of both firms in luxury residential design for individual private homes and apartments as well as medium and high-density residential projects, master planning, commercial and industrial design, interiors, strategic and development advice advocacy.
Two projects by the architects were recently shortlisted at the World Architecture Festival awards to be held in Barcelona.
The Rooftop Penthouse in Bondi is shortlisted for the 2011 WAF awards. Image via MPR Group
The three founding Directors - Brian Meyerson, Dennis Rabinowitz and Ian Poole will have a team of some 40 qualified architects and designers.
“We see MPR Design Group as an exciting opportunity to continue to provide the same level of personalised service to clients, supported by the strength and resources of a larger practice framework,” said Rabinowitz.
“It is a unique proposition as we will effectively continue to produce architectural design solutions with the personalised service of a boutique practice — yet with the infrastructure of a larger firm. It provides us with longevity and a succession plan moving forward,” he said.
The merger also provides for a fusion of skillsets and generational mix of architects.
“By combining the two firms and creating MPR Design Group we now have a broader skill base and can offer the expertise from different generations of architects — with some of the Directors having in excess of 40 years of design experience,” Brian Meyerson said.
Current projects include Investec’s $60 million ‘Beach House’ at Campbell Parade in Bondi, the 117 apartment ‘Forum’ in Bondi Junction, the 215 apartment ‘Panorama’ project in Crows Nest, ‘Powerhouse’ a 135 apartment development in Rosebery and the 100 apartment ‘Viking’ development in Waterloo.
JPRA Architects was formed in 1990 and BMA in 1997.
