History Line

 2009-National Trust Energy Australia Heritage Awards -  Highly Commended Adaptive Re-use – Individuals
2009-Waverley Council Civic Pride Awards Heritage & Design 2009 Contemporary Design Category
2009-Australian Institute of Architects Residential Architecture Award June 2009 for Wiston Gardens house
2009-Australian Institute of Architects Heritage Architecture Award June 2009 for Wiston Gardens house
2009-Mosman Council Heritage Conservation Design Awards – Commendation for Bradleys Head house
2008-Woollahra Conservation Award 2008
2008-Waverley Council Civic Pride Awards Heritage & Design 2008
2007-Mosman Good Design Awards 2007
2007-Guest speaker for the Annual Architectural Conference RAIA NSW Country Division, Coffs Harbour, September 2007
2007-Invited to present a lecture at the Art Gallery of NSW
2006-Awarded RAIA Wilkinson Award Outstanding Residential Architecture Single Housing 2006 for Mt Minderoo house 
2006-Invited to present a lecture on “Art & Architecture” at the National Art Gallery, Canberra as part of the Contemporary Lecture Series.  Lecture on “Mt Minderoo” for the Building Bookshop, Sydney
2005-Invited to speak on “Domestic Architecture” at Eryldene, Gordon,  during an exhibition on drawings of Prof Leslie Wilkinson Sept 2005
2005-Invited to RAIA to present a lecture on Bayview Avenue house
2004-Shortlisted for IDAA 2004 Award for Hospitality Interior Design
2004-Shortlisted for IDAA 2004 Award for Public or Institutional Interior Design
2004-Shortlisted for IDAA 2004 Award for Retail Interior Design
2004-Awarded RAIA Commendation for Outstanding Architectural Work for Mosman house
2004-Awarded Domain/RAIA People’s Choice Award for Mosman house
2004-Interview for Radio Televisione Italiana Channel 3 Travel Section
2001-Interviewed by SBS Italian program
2001-Invited to present a lecture at Interbuild, Sydney
2000-Exibited model in Pyrmont Competition “Harbour Metropolis” exhibition at Museum of Sydney
2000-Juror for Antron Dupont Awards, Melbourne
1999-Selected as one of “40 Up” Australian Architects Next Generation exhibition, Sydney and Berlin
1999-Invited to present a lecture on restaurant design and conservation architecture at the Sydney City Council “City Space” in Customs House
1990-Juror for “Commercial Furniture Industry Awards” Sydney
1998/89-Interviewed on “The Comfort Zone” Radio National ABC Radio
1998-Invited to present a design lecture to the Restaurant and Catering Institute of Australia
1998-Invited to Institute of Designers to lecture on Restaurant Design at the Australian Museum
1997-Invited to RAIA to give a detailing seminar on Restaurant design
1996-Won 3rd prize in RAIA competition for “Mary Mc Killop Interpretive Centre”
1996-Invited to the RAIA to give a lecture on Restaurant design
1996-Invited to Newcastle University to give a lecture on recent works
1993-Selected by the History Chair at Sydney University as one of the ten emerging Sydney architects below 40 years
1993-Collaborated with Andrew Metcalf Publication “Thinking Architecture: Theory in the Work of Australian Architects”
1992-Awarded the Sydney Morning Herald Architecture Award for the Hawkesbury River House
1992-Juror for the Australian Capital Territory Architecture Awards
1990-Won 4th prize in the international competition for the “Square of the Swiss Living Abroad” in Brunnen, Switzerland
1985-Exhibited in Venice Biennale with a bridge on the grand canal of Venice
1985-Opened Luigi Rosselli Pty Ltd practice in Surry Hills, Sydney
1984-LR graduated with a First Prize thesis “Simpleon-Chelsea Hotel Master of Architecture from Ecole Polytecnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland,
1981-LR moved to Canberra with six colleagues of Mitchelll Giurgola and Thorp to establish the office in Canberra for the new Parliament House Project
1980-LR worked for Mitchell Guirgola in New York on the design of the competition scheme for the new Parliament House in Canberra
1979-LR offered a position in leading Swiss Architect’s office of Mario Botta and worked on the Bank of Friburg project for one year

Commercial Projects - selected

2008-Renovation to commercial premises Surry Hills
2006-Edward Meller Collins Street, Melbourne
2005-Casella Winery, Griffith, Winning competition design with Tanner Architects
2004-Giallo, Shop fit outs, Paddington, Melbourne Central, Brisbane
2004-Art Gallery of NSW Café and Restaurant, Sydney
2001-Art Gallery of NSW Café and Restaurants, Sydney
2002-George Gregan coffee shops, Sydney
2001-Federation Fountain, UTS, Haymarket
2000-Loft Café, University of Technology, Sydney
1999-Office building refurbishment at 107 Pitt Street, Sydney
1999-Vault Restaurant & Bar in George Street, The Rocks
1998-Newsbar, Cantinetta, Grace, Bittersweet Restaurants and Cafes Myers Grace Bros, Sydney City
1998-Good Manors Landscaping, new office building, Rozelle
1996-Bel Mondo Restaurant, Argyle Department Store, The Rocks
1996-Edward Meller, Collins Street, Melbourne
1996-Verona Cafe, Verona Cinema, Darlinghurst
1996-La Mensa Cafe, The Australian Centre for Photography, Paddington
1995-Nanostructure Laboratory UNSW
1993-Monte dei Paschi di Siena Bank fit-outs in Brookvale, Fairfield, Leichhardt, Sydney
1993-Cicada Restaurant, Challis Avenue, Potts Point
1992-UNSW boardroom fit-out, Sydney
1991-Barrister’s Chambers office fit-out, Phillip St, Sydney
1989-Kerry McGee Fashion Warehouse, Office and Manufacturing premises, Alexandria
1988-Frank Moore shop fit-out, San Francisco, USA
1986-Leo Schofield’s offices fit-out

Residential Projects - selected

2009-Alterations to Napier house, Fairfax Road, Bellevue Hill
2009-New residence in Fletcher Street, Tamarama
2009-Two new homes Little Bay development
2008-Alterations to a Leslie Wilkinson designed house in Wiston Gardens, Double Bay
2007-Alterations to Williams’ home, Bradleys Head Road,Mosman
2007-Alterations to Negus home Point Piper
2005-Mt Minderoo, country house Mittagong
2005-Holmes à Court residence in Martin Road, Centennial Park
2004-Walton residence in Coolong Road, Vaucluse
2004-New residence Bayview Avenue Mosman
2000-Alterations to ‘Berowra’ at Lavender Bay
1999-O’Connell Street Penthouses in Sydney
1997-Vogliotti residence in Wunulla Road, Point Piper
1995-Watermark Apartments, Manly
1990-INXS musician’s house in Cowans Creek, Cottage Point

Working with Luigi Rosselli Architects

Architecture exists in time, place and space.  Each time is different, each place has its own opportunities and challenges, and so each space must respond uniquely.

“I believe it is possible to settle a building on its site, create a marriage and a dialogue with that site. … I don’t think the building needs to fly over the site …I think there should be a strong connection between the building and the land.”              Luigi Rosselli

A building is the result of collaboration between client and architect.  An architect who dominates the relationship, who imposes a style on the client does not understand the nature of the relationship.  The architect should listen as much as speak, question as much as state.

“In general throughout the years, I have produced a great variety of buildings and this is because they respond to different environments and different clients.  In designing a house, my motto is – ‘it takes two to tango’”  LR

A great building, be it house or school or church, is more than the sum of its material parts.  The architect should add another element – call it soul, call it poetry, or call it personality. Whatever it is called, without it, any building merely takes up space.

The does not mean a building should shout to be looked at, or jar in its streetscape or environment.  It means finding the spirit of the place and locating it in the building.

“Any art has a certain lyrical quality and poetic tension, this is what creates great buildings”  LR

This would not happen without an experienced team of architects that can deliver a result on time, on budget, and one which is as practical as it is beautiful in every detail.

“With my colleagues we are a very tight knit team, with common beliefs and goals in building sustainable, humane and well constructed architecture, efficiently”  LR

Finally, architects – and their buildings – are the sum total of their mentors, the cities in which they have worked and lived, and the influences they have absorbed and synthesised.

“After many years spent seeking wisdom and knowledge from the world, the places where I have worked, and the distinguished architects such as Mario Botta, Alvaro Siza and Aldo Giurgola with whom I have studied and worked, I settled in Sydney.  For me, it is the best place to live.  It is here that I am able to share that wisdom and knowledge with skilled and creative collaborators.  I have brought my cosmopolitan pebbles to lie among the varied and colourful pebbles of Australian architecture.”  LR