News + Updates
Follow the urban crusades, inspirations, achievements and outcomes of the work of Neil’s practice through the posted articles within the ‘News + Updates’ section below.
BD BARCELONA DESIGN - FEATURING NEIL COWNIE'S WORK
2024
ARTIST - KATE ELSEY
2024
ARTIST - PETER ZAPPA
2024
ARTIST - TONY JONES
2024
FELLOWSHIP OF THE DESIGN INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA
2022
DESIGNERS AUSTRALIA AWARDS - SHORTLISTING OF 123 HOUSE
2022
POST NEWSPAPER - GALBAMAANUP FOR LAKE CLAREMONT?
2021
A MULTIGENERATIONAL HOME TO KEEP THE WHOLE FAMILY HAPPY
2021
POST NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - WELCOMING SWANNY VISION
2020
WESTERN SUBURBS WEEKLY - WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS
2020
SWANBOURNE VILLAGE - A RESPONSE TO DENSITY REVIEW
2019
WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL - FINALIST - CLOUD HOUSE
2019
FRONT COVER IN SPAIN
2019
SOUTH CITY BEACH KIOSK BUILDING - SAVED FROM DEMOLITION
2019
BELLE MAGAZINE - A CONCRETE HOUSE WITH MODERNIST LINES
2019
HOUSE & GARDEN MAGAZINE - '50 TOP ROOMS' FEATURING ROSCOMMON HOUSE
2018
NEW BRIDGE NEEDS DESIGN THINKING
2018
WORLD ARCHITECTURE 'INSIDE' FESTIVAL FINALIST
2018
BUILDERS CHOICE MAGAZINE INTERVIEW
2018
MAIN ROADS WA NEEDS A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE
2018
FORMWORK CRAFTSMANSHIP
2017
DULUX / DIA POST TOUR TALK
2017
CHANNEL 7 REAL ESTATE PROGRAME INTERVIEW
2016
ADMITTED AS FELLOW OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS
2016
FINALIST IN THE GREENSMART ENERGY EFFICIENCY AWARDS
2016
ARCHITECTURE AU ARTICLE - DULUX / DIA DIALOUGE WINNERS
2016
DULUX / DESIGN INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA 'DIALOGUE' TOUR
2016
APPOINTMENT TO THE ARCHITECTS BOARD WESTERN AUSTRALIA
2015
ELBOW ROOM - SUNDAY TIMES ARTICLE
2013
Know Your Place
Living and working in Boorloo (Perth) within this bio-diversity hot spot, one of around only thirty in the world is something that we should be celebrating everyday through our urban development and built design. [read more]
Scarborough
2024
Yallingup
2024
Swanbourne
2024
Rottnest Island
2024
Nedlands
2024
Respect Your Elders
I have great respect for so many of those that have come before me in the creative world of architecture, art and design in Western Australia and I feel that the legacy of their work needs to be researched and understood before we are able to constructively design our new work. [read more]
Stewart Cownie
2024
Summerhayes & Associates - CBH Building
2024
Ralph Drexel
2024
Bridging Communities
There is a real disconnect between our well-intentioned government authorities and the achievement of new infrastructure and built environment that positively enriches community experience, with new infrastructure within the greater Perth region mostly lacking in culture, community, joy and soul. In an attempt to enrich the proposed new infrastructure and any resulting development within Neil’s own local community in Swanbourne the ‘Bridging Communities’ crusade was born.
#0 THE FUTURE OF SWANBOURNE VILLAGE
2018
#1 OLD SWANBOURNE BRIDGE
2018
#2 THIRD AVENUE BRIDGE
2018
#3 SEVENTH AVENUE BRIDGE
2018
#4 MT LAWLEY STATION BRIDGE
2018
#5 SWANBOURNE NOONGAR PEOPLE'S LOCAL HISTORY
2018
#6 SWANBOURNE LOCAL EUROPEAN HISTORY
2018
#7 FORMER SWANBOURNE HOTEL
2018
#8 KOOMBANA BAY FOOTBRIDGE
2018
#9 BIG BRIDGE COPENHAGEN
2018
#10 CIRCLE BRIDGE COPENHAGEN
2018
#11 TULHUS BRIDGE - ERIK ANDERSON
2018
#12 RV73 BRIDGE - ERIK ANDERSON
2018
#13 THE ARCHITECT BRIDGE - ERIK ANDERSON
2018
#14 RUYI BRIDGE - CHINA
2018
#15 CORK IRELAND BRIDGE - O'DONNELL + TUOMEY ARCHITECTS
2018
#16 BAT BRIDGE - NEXT ARCHITECTS
2018
#17 LEEDERVILLE & CLAREMONT BRIDGES
2018
#18 DAWSON'S GARDEN CENTRE
2018
#19 BEGININGS OF THE SWANBOURNE VILLAGE
2018
#20 COTTESLOE CENTRAL BRIDGE
2018
#21 SHOWGROUNDS BRIDGE
2018
#22 ART OVERLAYS
2018
#24 PARAMETERS - COMMUNITY HUB
2018
#25 A BETTER WAY
2018
#26 HERE COMES THE CAVALRY
2018
#27 SYDNEY LIGHT RAIL BRIDGE
2018
#28 HAMILTON STREET, SUBIACO BRIDGE
2018
#29 COMPARE THE PAIR
2018
#30 OPPORTUNITY - NOT A BARRIER
2018
#31 BROOKER BRIDGE, HOBART
2018
#32 SOMERS TOWN BRIDGE, LONDON
2018
#33 ORIGINAL SWANBOURNE BRIDGE
2018
#34 BAYSWATER FOOTBRIDGE
2018
#35 MAIN ROADS WA REPLACEMENT BRIDGE CONCEPT
2018
#36 NCA BIG PICTURE - THE OPPORTUNITIES
2018
#37 LEADING WITH A MASTER PLAN
2018
#38 NCA PROPOSAL FOR A RELOCATED DAWSONS GARDEN CENTRE
2018
#39 CONSOLIDATING THE TOWN CENTRE
2018
#40 NCA PROPOSED PEDESTRAIN BRIDGE
2018
#41 NEW IDENTIFIABLE AND SAFE STATION ENTRIES
2018
#42 SWANBOURNE MARKET DAY
2018
#43 A SAFE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTATED PRECINCT
2018
#44 NCA SCHEME CULTURAL OVERLAY
2018
#45 NCA - SWANBOURNE A SUSTAINABLE VILLAGE
2018
