Edwards + Simpson

30/09/2026

Small Wonder Cellar Door + Restaurant | Australian Design Review

Small Wonder W**es Cellar Door + Restaurant by Kerry Hill Architects and Edwards + Simpson is featured in Australian Design Review.

Read the full article on ADR at the link below 👇🏼

https://www.australiandesignreview.com/interiors/kerry-hill-architects-designs-small-wonder-w**ery/

Design by KHA and Edwards + Simpson
Built by Anstie Constructions
Engineering by Verto Engineers
Building Services by JMG Engineers
Certification by pitt&sherry
Landscape by Lange Design

Small Wonder Cellar Door and Restaurant by Kerry Hill Architects recently opened in the Tamar Valley in Tasmania.

18/09/2026

Opening of Small Wonder Cellar Door + Restaurant

The Edwards + Simpson team had a really rewarding day at the opening of Small Wonder Cellar Door + Restaurant in the Tamar Valley yesterday.

After six years of work it was a pleasure to experience the finished building and to see the space being enjoyed by the incredible people who dedicated themselves to bringing the project to life.

Thank you to the entire Small Wonder W**es team for an amazing day.

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07/09/2026

Cosgrove High Revitalisation | LET Learning Tour

A selection of photos from the latest learning tour of Cosgrove High School Revitalisation project by LIMINAL Studio

A really successful combination of big design ideas incorporated at all scales and detail driven ex*****on throughout the architecture and interiors.

20/08/2026

Small Wonder | December 2025

Book-ending the restaurant and tasting area are two curved steel and woven bronze mesh screens, enclosing the W**e Store at one end at the Service Bar at the other.

The large steel screens are key organising elements and one of the most complex parts of the build to design, and resolve for fabrication, requiring extensive prototyping and testing from early May to installation in December, working in collaboration with Anstie Constructions, ModelTek, Crisp Bros. & Haywards, Associated Welding, and A2 Kitchens and Joinery.

There was also a quick trip away to Sydney in mid-December, to select each of the CDK Stone quartzite slabs for the Cellar Door joinery and to select the final Axolotl liquid-applied metal ceiling finish from the Matraville-based architectural surfaces manufacturer.

Back on site, protective coatings were applied to the steel verandah overlooking kanamaluka and large format screen-printed structural glass roof panels were craned into place and sealed.

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Architecture by Edwards + Simpson with KHA
Interiors by Edwards + Simpson with KHA
Built by: Anstie Constructions
Engineering by Aldanmark
Building Services by JMG Engineers
Certification by pitt&sherry Building Surveying
Landscape by Lange Design Landscape Architecture

17/08/2026

Nightingale Umarkoo Wayi | Open House Melbourne

Without a doubt, the highlight of this year’s Open House Melbourne was Nightingale Umarkoo Wayi by Kennedy Nolan. This is such an amazing project and a precedent for what architect-led, equitable housing models could look like in Tasmania.

11/08/2026

Small Wonder | November 2025

The main space at the cellar door feels a little more intimate following the installation of acoustic insulation and black felt that will eventually be covered by a custom slatted Tasmanian Oak ceiling.

A little detail you can see starting to come together in this month’s photos is the solution we developed to coordinate all of the ceiling mounted services fixtures into just two recessed channels that work exactly with the module of the timber slats to achieve a clean and uncluttered aesthetic.

In the w**e library, the dark stain on the Tas Oak glulams was looking great. Tas Oak really takes up dark stains well and brings out the
texture and direction of the grain. With matching walls, ceiling and joinery this is going to be an amazing space.

Elsewhere, the shadow line detailing of curved plasterboard wall-ceiling interfaces and curved ceiling recesses in the amenities was executed with precision.

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Architecture by with KHA
Interiors by with KHA
Built by:
Engineering by Aldanmark
Building Services by JMG Engineers
Certification by
Landscape by

10/07/2026

Balfour Street House | Residential

The generous entertaining area at our Balfour Street House, elevated above the garden of an interwar home in Launceston.

A raised brick hearth, exposed steelwork, painted timber linings and custom timber windows and glazed doors by Redburn Joinery combine to create a warm, relaxed and light-filled space to share with family and friends.

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Design by Edwards + Simpson
Built by James Rogers
Joinery by Craig Redburn
Structures by D1 Consulting Engineers
Certification by Worthington Building Surveying

08/07/2026

Small Wonder | October 2025

The sequence of arrival at Small Wonder is something we explored from the very earliest stages of the design, all the way back when we started work on our competition winning entry for the project.

In late September, removal of the old visitor entrance was competed and landscaping and rehabilitation works commenced.

The new entrance is located only a short distance from the existing one but takes a more direct route through the remnant bush between Auburn Road and the vineyard, immersing visitors in the vines before arriving at the Cellar Door.

By mid-October, the site was drying out and we were spending more time on site resolving the detailed design of some of the more complex components of the build to enable thier fabrication and installation.

It was pleasing to see the ex*****on of more of our construction details, including the super-deep steel window reveal that allows both the top of the projecting surround and sill to drain, while maintaining a slender appearance.

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Architecture by Edwards + Simpson with KHA
Interiors by Edwards + Simpson with KHA
Built by: Anstie Constructions
Engineering by Aldanmark Pty Ltd
Building Services by JMG Engineers
Certification by pitt&sherry Building Surveying
Landscape by Lange Design Landscape Architecture

17/06/2026

St Marys Multipurpose Centre | Community

St Marys Multipurpose Centre is the second community project by Edwards + Simpson in the Fingal Valley funded by the Australian Government in response to the Black Summer bushfires.

The centre is located at St Marys Recreation Ground and replaces the role of the post-war Exhibition Hall, which was well utilised by local groups for community health and wellbeing activities, including fitness classes and gym programs.

The design is organised around a program space at the centre of the plan with a gymnasium and store at one end and supporting spaces and amenities at the other. The gymnasium and program space are divided by large sliding/folding doors that allow both spaces to operate independently or together.

The program space also functions as the foyer and provides circulation between the main entrance, outdoor areas and supporting facilities, including a commercial kitchen, multi-use office, showers and amenities, and adjoining activity rooms that can be opened up to form a single space, and can also function as individual change rooms with direct access to/from outside.

The selection of corrugated galvanised steel cladding and roofing, weatherboards and structural plywood linings, draws on the robustness and practicality of the vertical sawn timber boards, hardwood flooring, and galvanised iron of the nearby Exhibition Hall.

Architecture by
Built by Moorey Constructions
Structures by Collective Consulting
Services by Engineering Solutions Tasmania
Certification by

Photography by

11/06/2026

Small Wonder | September 2025

While spring had technically arrived, the Small Wonder site was still looking pretty damp and muddy in early September.

The stonemasons were making good progress despite the weather, as more sections of wall were completed to the underside of the roof.

Following the delays of the previous month, the installation of plasterboard linings was finally able to commence, giving definition to spatial qualities, and openness vs enclosure.

The massive program of external works was continuing with progress on landscape structures, fencing and removal of the existing main entrance.

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Architecture by with KHA
Interiors by with KHA
Built by:
Stonework by
Engineering by Aldanmark
Building Services by JMG Engineers
Certification by
Landscape by