Hayball is a Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

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Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 architectural practice offering architecture, interior design and urban planning services.
Hayball works include residential, commercial, education and institutional projects, as well as urban design

Urban design

Urban design concerns the arrangement, appearance and functionality of towns and cities, and in particular the shaping and uses of urban public space. It has traditionally been regarded as a disciplinary subset of urban planning, landscape architecture, or architecture and in more recent times has...

. The practice currently employs approximately 120 staff.

History

The practice was established in 1983 as Hayball Leonard Stent and re-branded as Hayball in early 2008. The firm is led by six directors - Len Hayball, Richard Leonard, Robert Stent, Tom Jordan, Sarah Buckeridge and Luc Baldi. Currently, Tom Jordan is managing director.

Awards

Hayball is a multi-award winning practice, including the Australian Institute of Architects' Award for Residential Architecture and the Melbourne Prize for the redevelopment of the Canada Hotel on Swanston Street

Swanston Street, Melbourne

Swanston Street is a major thoroughfare in the centre of Melbourne, Australia. It is historically one of the main streets of central Melbourne, laid out in 1837 as part of the Hoddle Grid, the layout of major streets that makes up the central business district...

, Carlton. The design for Dandenong High School

Dandenong High School

Dandenong High School is one of the largest co-educational government schools in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school caters for students from Years 7 to 12...

won the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Best School and Best Secondary School at the 2009 awards.