History

2024 Named as one of Archello’s 100 best architecture firms in the world
2024 Named as one of Vogue Living Australia’s 50 best designers, architects, landscapers and artists for 2024
2023 The Local Project short film – Hearth in the Well
2022 The Local Project short film – Family Heritage
2022 The Local Project short film – Sandcastle
2022 Invited to present at the Italian Cultural Centre, Sydney for ‘Italian Day in the World’
2022 Interviewed on SBS Italian Network radio
2021 The Local Project short film – La Casa Rosa
2019  Invited by the AIA NSW to be a Juror for the annual Architecture Awards
2019  Invited by Houses magazine to be a Juror for the annual Houses Awards
2019  Invited by renowned landscape architect, Vladimir Sitta to present a lecture on the work of Luigi Rosselli Architects and its connection to the elements at the Czech Technical University in Prague
2018  The Beehive featured as a Focus Tour as part of Sydney Living Museums ‘Sydney Open’ festival 
2018  Invited by the AIA NSW to present a talk entitled ‘Working and Living at Increasing Density’ focusing on The Triplex Apartments
2018  AIA NSW Architecture Awards Award for Residential Housing – Multiple Housing – The Triplex Apartments
2018  Invited to present a lecture with Isabelle Toland as part of the Brickworks ‘DoubleTalk’ speaker series
2018  Invited by ARCHsharing to be a Juror for an international competition open to architecture students to design a community centre for a site in Nepal (June 2018)
2018  City of Subiaco Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Building Awards, Winner, New Building in a Heritage Streetscape – The Subiaco Oval Courtyard
2017  Invited by the Earth Builders Association of Australia to present a lecture on earthen construction at their International Earth Building Conference (November 2017)
2017  Invited by the AIA NSW to join a panel including Patrizia Moroso, Andrew Nimmo and Tim Phillips to discuss the ‘Interrelations’ between different design disciplines
2017  Invited by the AIA NSW to join a CPD seminar panel on Small Practice (May 2017)
2016  TERRA Award for Earthen Architecture, Winner, Collective Housing Category – The Great Wall of WA
2016  Archdaily Building of The Year – Housing Category – award for The Great Wall of WA.
2016  Judges choice award at the Architizer A+ Awards for The Great Wall of WA.
2015  Woollahra Design Excellence Awards 2015: Winner, Category B2, Alterations & Additions – Oculus House
2015  Woollahra Design Excellence Awards 2015: Winner, Category A2, Heritage Conservation Areas – Loggia in Arcadia
2015  Invited to present a lecture for “Architecture on Show” entitled “Heritage & Modernity: Council chamber music for two voices”, presented with John Oultram for Woollahra Council (March 2015)
2014  Invited to present a lecture for “Architecture on Show” entitled “Heritage & Modernity” examining how changing transport infrastructure affects residential design. Mosman Library (November 2014)
2013  Invited to exhibit current and past works at “Icons by Icons” at the Tusculum AIA Headquarters, curated by Dale Jones-Evans.
2013  Invited to present a lecture at Randwick Council by the AIA on Randwick awards winning project – The Pool Pavilion.
2013  Randwick Coucil Design Awards – Residential Alterations and Additions – Winner.
2013  Randwick Coucil Design Awards – Residential Heritage – Runner up.
2013  Mosman Design Awards – Excellence in Adaptive Reuse – Winner.
2013  Invited to exhibit current and past works at “Icons by Icons” at the Tusculum AIA Headquarters, curated by Dale Jones-Evans.
2012  Interviewed on Channel 7 TV “Better Homes & Gardens” for Gordon Bay house.
2012  Invited to be a Judge for Waverley Design Awards
2012  Invited to present a lecture on “Balla” given at Retail Design Institute
2012  Invited to lecture on “Kirribilli House: Ramming Comfort” at Architectural Axis
2011  Invited to exhibit drawing and text at University of Sydney “After Images” exhibition opening
2011  Presentation at University of Melbourne for “The Reluctant Master – Romaldo Giurgola – Symposium”
2011  Australian Institute of Architects – the Milo Dunphy Award for Sustainable Architecture for Kirribilli house
2011  Waverley Council Civic Pride Award Recognising and Promoting Heritage Conservation and Outstanding Contemporary Design
2011  Mosman Design Awards – Streetscape Contribution and Sustainability – Commendation
2011  Mosman Design Awards – Residential Adaptive Re-Use Winner
2010  Guest speaker for Property Development Workshop, Sydney
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  Waverley Council Civic Pride Awards Heritage & Design 2008
2007  Mosman Good Design Awards
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 Professor 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 McKillop 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

Residential Projects

2024  Ode, Double Bay
2024  Giardino, Bellevue Hill
2024  FORMA + VIDA
2024  Pointe Living, Edgecliff
2024  Hidden – a Cryptic Estate, North Sydney
2024  Terra Firma, Longueville 
2023  Casa Figueira, Rose Bay
2023  Jardin d’Eden, Mosman
2023  Renaissance Villa Renée, Bellevue Hill
2023  Hearth in the Well, Mosman
2022  Upper Deck, Sydney Harbour
2022  Ladera, Bellevue Hill
2022  Family Heritage, Neutral Bay
2022  Earth Ship, Mosman
2021  Paddo Pool Terrace, Paddington
2021  Sandcastle, Point Piper
2021  Above Board Living, Bronte
2021  La Casa Rosa, Bronte
2020  Bondi Bombora, Bondi Beach
2019  Arch-Texture, Bellevue Hill
2019  Pacific View Point, Bronte
2019  Villa Nostalgia, Woollahra
2019  Hill House, Bellevue Hill
2019  Peppertree Villa, Bellevue Hill
2019  Homage to Oscar, Bellevue Hill
2018  Earth, wind and fire, Ku-ring-gai
2018  Bridge building, Hunters Hill
2017  Tama’s Tee Home, Tamarama
2017  The Books House, Mosman
2017  Triplex Apartments, Bellevue Hill
2017  Raise The Roof, Bellevue Hill
2017  The New Twin Peaks, Rose Bay
2017  Sticks and Stones Home, Hunters Hill
2016  Bourgainvillea Row House, Woollahra
2016  Martello Tower Home, Clontarf
2016  Hill Top Cottage, Wollstonecraft
2015  Duplex and the City, Potts Point
2015  Beach House on Stilts, Collaroy
2014  The Musterer’s (Great Wall of WA), rammed earth accommodation, Pilbara
2014  Harbour Front Row Seat, Point Piper
2014  The Subiaco Oval house, Subiaco, Perth
2013  Clifftop House, Queens Park
2013  High Country House, Armidale
2012 Rankin Residence, Woollahra
2012  Buch residence, Gordon’s Bay
2012  Minderoo Station, Pilbara
2012  Alterations and additions to a Victorian Villa in Woollahra
2012  Oculus house alterations and additions
2012  Quaterdeck House – new residence in Little Bay
2012  Birdcage Lift Residence – refurbishment of 5 story building in North Sydney
2012  Historical Homestead restoration, Pilbara, Western Australia
2011  New residence at Gordons Bay
2011  Alterations and additions to Lennox Street, Mosman
2011  New appartment block at Benelong Crescent, Bellevue Hill
2010  New residence in Kiribilli
2010  Alterations and additions to Curraghbeena Road, Mosman
2010  New Residence in Euralyus Street, Mosman
2009  Alterations to Napier house, Fairfax Road, Bellevue Hill
2009  New residence in Fletcher Street, Tamarama
2009  Two new homes Little Bay development
2008  New residence in Carlton Street, Waverley
2008  New residence in Henry Street, Queens Park
2009  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

Commercial Projects

2024  Verdical, Bondi Junction
2017  The Beehive, New Commercial Building, Surry Hills
2016  St Kilda high rise residential apartments for Linfox Property Group
2016  White Bay Power Station, site regeneration masterplan, with Kannfinch
2014  Elizabeth Street 40 storey residential apartment tower for CBus Property
2014  Pitt Street high rise residential apartment tower
2013  Rammed earth library, Freemantle
2013  Annandale Childcare Centre, for the City of Sydney
2012  Design of Multi Story Office Building in Fremantle, Western Australia
2011  Fitout to Osteria Balla Manfredi Restaurant, Crown Casino
2011  Fitout to Pompei’s Pizzeria, Bondi
2009  Adaptive reuse of a California Smash Repairs, Botany
2009  Fitout to UTS Marketing Offices, Sydney
2008  Renovation and alteration 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, University of Technology, 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