Christmas Trees
Partridge a crucial role in ensuring the safety and stability of Melbourne’s iconic Christmas trees. Across Victorian shopping centres and the airport, our Melbourne team was on-site to oversee installations, manage challenges, and resolve any issues that arose, even though we weren’t involved in the initial design. Given the complex rigging design and demanding Christmas […]
Big Sculpture
The BIG Sculpture St Kilda Trail made its debut in December 2024 and ran throughout Australia’s oldest and longest-running music event, the St Kilda Festival. Partridge is proud to have supported the presentation of works by 20 contemporary Australian sculptors, thoughtfully positioned along the Upper Esplanade and within the historic, leafy streets, parks, and plazas […]
Museum Reception Desk
Furniture design and fabrication isn’t typically where you’d expect to find structural engineers, but at Partridge, our expertise extends far beyond concrete and steel. This desk’s unique design was created by joiners H Dallas for the Museum of Sydney reception area. Featuring a flared, convex, and corrugated hardwood veneer façade, it required a robust structural […]
Madjeri Canoes Suspension
Partridge played a crucial role in ensuring the safety and integrity of these suspended madjeri, installed over the reception desk at the Museum of Sydney. These bark canoes use traditional techniques and were hand-made by Uncle Ron Mason and the Gamay Rangers. The unique challenges posed by their variable properties and long-term durability required innovative […]
Frigate Bird II
The Catalina flying boat Frigate Bird II is a piece of living Australian history and has been the centre of the Powerhouse Museum transport exhibition for more than 30 years hanging, high from the roof of the Boiler Hall. Part of the museum upgrade included a plan to bring the Catalina down close to ground […]
Footprints
The Sydney Metro Waterloo Station, a new three-storey facility by John McAslan and Partners, opened in late 2024 as part of the Sydney Metro City line. Partridge was engaged by mili mili on behalf of Aboriginal artist Nicole Monks to design the steel framework for a mirrored triangle wall façade and fixings for a 16 […]
You Are Here
This art installation was designed by artist Juan Pablo Pinto and Lachlan Brown from Cave Urban, and features two towering steel sculptures that represent the Parramatta River’s history. The sculptures, constructed from recycled steel calibration samples from Infrabuild Steel Mill, depict the river’s shape and geology through layered sedimentary patterns. The challenge for our engineers was to […]
Signal Fire
A striking new public artwork celebrates Australia’s Indigenous history and the enduring traditions of its First Nations people. Created by artist Nicole Monks with First Nations art and design studio Mili Mili, the landmark piece is part of the Northern Beaches Council Coast Walk Public Art project and pays homage to the historic significance of […]
Hearth Dome
Off Avoca Street, between Sydney CBD and the coast, lies an 8,000-year-old Aboriginal hearth discovered during excavations at the new Prince of Wales Hospital Acute Services Building. Archaeological findings indicate Indigenous evidence by the discovery of these stones. Partridge worked with Tilt Industrial Design to design a structure which would ensure the safe long-term storage […]
Galara
Partridge was engaged to design the structural framework for Galara – a monumental Aboriginal spear sculpture at the Wee Hur Regent Street student accommodation project in Redfern. The 12-story spear is a symbol of the First Nations people’s deep connection to the region’s waterways that once ran through the area. Galara means ‘fish harpoon’ in […]
Pride Square Beacon
A rainbow centrepiece now marks Pride Square in Newtown, NSW was unveiled by the Prime Minister, Mr Anthony Albanese on Saturday February 11, 2023. The beacon, celebrating diversity, was designed by Trigger and fabricated by AGFABS. Partridge provided the structural design for the artwork, and its aluminium welded frame and concrete footing. Trigger’s self described […]
Exmouth Pyramid
We had the privilege of working on McLeod Street Beach in Exmouth, in collaboration with The Round Table, an innovative company specializing in immersive events. Our team was tasked with calculating the wind forces on the site and using this information to determine the requirements for the timber framing inside a pyramid structure that was […]