Crone在肯特街的办公场所已经有25年了，那里的员工分布在三层，诊所和来访客户之间几乎没有联系。因此，他们开始寻找一个新的地点。Crone认识到这个空间的潜力，它最初被指定为室内游泳池和健身中心。18层（仅高于裙楼高度，但可以看到乔治街北部的宏伟景观）被安永会计师事务所用作他们的邮件和储藏室已经超过10年。这里尘土飞扬，肮脏不堪，巨大的压实机点缀在楼板周围。
Crone had been in its Kent Street premises for 25 years where the staff was spread over three levels with little connection between the practice and visiting clients. So, they began to search for a new location. Crone recognized the potential for this space that was originally earmarked to accommodate an indoor lap pool and fitness center. Level 18 (just above podium height, but with grand views north down George Street) had been used by Ernst & Young as their mail and storage room for over ten years. It was dusty and dirty with giant compactors dotted around the floorplate.
虽然850平方米的面积和7.2米的落地高度并不是小规模的，但Crone在悉尼世界广场的新工作室是一个令人惊叹的建筑实践自我革新的隐喻。其巨大的空间和完全朝北的玻璃幕墙使其在建筑事务所中独树一帜，并成为Crone文化转变的物理模拟。
Although at 850 square meters with a 7.2-meter floor-to-ceiling height it is anything but small-scale, Crone’s new studio at Sydney’s World Square is a stunning metaphor for an architectural practice renewing itself. Its huge space and fully glazed north-facing façade make it unique among architectural offices and it acts as the physical analog to Crone’s cultural shift.
有限的装修预算导致了一个非常简单的设计方案，让空间来做大部分的事情。从电梯口出来，没有门厅，访客转过街角，令人振奋的双层高度、充满光线的空间就展现在眼前。单色的灰色地毯补充了其他的工业元素，随着参观者走过玻璃会议室和工作的建筑师，来到一个宽阔的终端空间，有一个大型的公共午餐桌，会议室在一侧。它常常被称为 “空中仓库”，给人一种置身于创造性、协作性空间的感觉，就像一个工业空间。办公室被设计成灵活的、以设计为中心的。装修看起来几乎是临时的。在这个空间里，每个人都能得到同等的光线，空间是灵活的，以适应不断变化的实践，这是一种轻松的感觉。
A limited fit-out budget led to a very simple design solution, allowing the space to do most of the talking. From the lifts, there is no foyer as such and the visitor turns the corner to have the exhilarating double-height, light-filled space reveals itself. A monochrome grey carpet complements otherwise industrial elements, along with the beautifully understated oak detailing as the visitor walks past glazed meeting rooms and the working architects to an expansive end space with a large communal lunch table and the boardroom off to one side. Often referred to as a “warehouse in the sky,” it gives you a sense of being in a creative, collaborative space, like an industrial space. The office has been designed to be agile and design-focused. The fit-out looks almost temporary. It’s a light touch within the space with everybody getting equal light and the space is flexible to allow for a constantly changing practice.
Architects: Crone Architects
Area: 900 m²
Year: 2017
Photographs:Katherine Lu
Lead Architects: Greg Crone, Sandra Furtado, Niall Durney
City: Sydney
Country: Australia