Local and International teams shortlisted for Bays West Design Competition

The NSW Government has announced the teams for the Bays West Design Competition, which seeks to create Sydney’s newest waterfront suburb, including thousands of new homes close to jobs, transport and the heart of the city.

Bays West is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver up to new homes, including at affordable and essential worker housing, alongside parks, community facilities and beautiful new public spaces on Sydney Harbour.

Six leading Australian and international design teams have been shortlisted to help shape the future of Bays West, following a highly competitive assessment process by the independent Design Advisory Panel, which comprised leading Australian and international experts in architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, planning, development and infrastructure that attracted 165 submissions from around the world.

The shortlisted teams:

• Allies and Morrison and Bates Smart, who have worked on some of the world’s most acclaimed regeneration projects such as King’s Cross in London, and closer to home, the Parramatta Metro Precinct
• Aileen Sage, MAKO Architecture, Studio Zanardo and Gallagher Studio who transformed Suttons Zetland, a former industrial site being reimagined as a residential precinct with generous public spaces (small team)
• BVN, Cobe and LUDO Studio: Cobe led the transformation of Nordhavn in Copenhagen and BVN and team members of LUDO worked on the new Sydney Fish Market
• Karakusevic Carson Architects, Breathe Architecture, SMM and lahznimmo: Karakusevic Carson Architects delivered the Hackney Housing Program, Breathe led Melbourne’s Nightingale Village and SMM and lahznimmo’s the Charles Street Square waterfront precinct in Parramatta
• Herzog & de Meuron, Silvester Fuller, Michel Desvigne Paysagiste and Buro Hapold: Herzog & de Meuron worked on London’s Tate Modern, and with MDP delivered the Holterberg District in Amsterdam and Grasbrook in Hamburg
• Mandaworks, BKK Architects, Offcuts and Merri Studio: Mandaworks transformed Kolkajen in Stockholm and developed the Hiedenranta Bay masterplan in Finland (small team).

The shortlisted teams bring experience delivering some of the world’s most acclaimed urban renewal projects, with the competition set to help create a vibrant, connected and distinctly Sydney waterfront community.

Led by the Bays West Delivery Authority in partnership with Government Architect NSW, the Bays West International Design Competition will develop an Urban Framework for Sydney’s newest waterfront suburb, guiding the future development of the White Bay Power Station and Glebe Island precincts.

Competition Progresses to Next Stage

Over the coming months, each team will develop an Urban Framework for Bays West that will help shape the future character of the precinct and inform the next stage of planning.

Community feedback has already played an important role in shaping the vision for Bays West through consultation on the Place Strategy and Stage 1 Master Plan and will continue to help guide the future of the precinct as the masterplanning process progresses.

The shortlisted design submissions and winning entry are expected to be publicly exhibited in early 2027, providing further opportunities for the community to engage with and help shape the future of Bays West.

By unlocking Bays West, the Minns Labor Government is delivering new homes in the right places, close to jobs, transport and public open space, while preserving Sydney Harbour as both a working and living harbour connected to Country.

For more information visit: nsw.gov.au/bays-west-design-competition