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The Warburton Recreation Precinct is the transformation of the once derelict Warburton Swimming Pool area into a stunning water play splash park and playground areas, set in the beautiful landscape of the Warburton hills and the Yarra River.

St Bernard’s College is an independent Catholic boys school in Melbourne’s north-west. A new chapel, designed as part of a series of upgrades to the school, required a new landscape and forecourt. The design successfully resolves a number of complex topographical challenges whilst retaining a beautiful existing Jacaranda tree.

This garden responds to its predominantly native bush neighbourhood landscape and the sloping angular nature of the property, creating a stunning setting for the Client’s new house. The main design idea that drove the eventual layout of the rear garden was to separate the rear yard into two distinct spaces and levels, with the excavation of a generous lower lawn and garden area that matched the level of the main rear room and outdoor deck area.

We are currently working with ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects on the development of a significant state-of-the-art aged care facility in Cheltenham. To be located on the grounds of Monash Health’s existing Kingston Centre site, the new facility will provide for new aged care residencies set across four stories with extensive gardens and external activity areas.

This forecourt within La Trobe University’s Bundoora main campus which was completed in 2016 is a vibrant and beautiful space addressing the front of  the Thomas Cherry Building and integrating with the campus’ main bus interchange area. What was once a denuded space is now a well-used plaza with a number of different landscape spaces and connections.

This garden in St Kilda was the result of a unique and distinctive brief from the Client in addition to the Client’s own design input and passion for purchasing specimen plants online. The brief involved creating a garden with a sense of lush sub-tropical plantings from Sydney’s Palm Beach area (where they had owned a holiday home for a time) whilst also having a distinctly St Kilda character.

The Seville Water Play facility was the first project of its kind for the Yarra Ranges Shire – the re-imagining of what had been a closed and broken public swimming pool into a new all-year round water play facility.

The quadrangle for Parade College’s Preston campus was completed in 2014 and resolved what was a complex arrangement of diverse connections to different campus buildings, set at different levels whilst also uniting the overall quadrangle space. What had been uninviting and mainly unusable space for many years now provides for a range of play opportunities and better access to school buildings and recreation areas.

Officer District Park is a 10-hectare adventure and nature park located on Lansell Ave, Officer. Designed in collaboration with Cardinia Shire and the local community. Papworth design has been involved in the concept stage, through to construction with stage one set to be complete in early 2025.

The park is located on a site of a large pastural hill, sitting as a focal point in the landscape for the surrounding region. The design plays upon the natural landforms of the site, embracing and celebrating its steepness while also molding the land in key locations to enable universal access throughout.

Director, Brendan Papworth, has led the design of Rivervue Retirement Village for the past 12 years since the early Master Planning of the site and through several stages of design development as the project has gradually emerged and grown on the edges of the Maribyrnong River in Melbourne’s inner north-west.