Client
Tim & Kim Berwick
Location
Lambton, Newcastle
Project
Design & Construct
Level 3, 11 Buckingham Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, Australia
Nominated Architect, Ben Berwick NSW ARB 11650
Humanity's project is one of creating order in a universe that favours disorder. We build our complex world by consuming energy. For too long, we’ve done this recklessly, using methods that destabilise the very systems that support us.
Architecture is at a turning point. Its new purpose is not just to build, but to act as an intelligent agent of balance.
At Prevalent, we see our role as planetary housekeepers. We work to shift our methods from destructive to restorative. Our focus is on the critical problems of the now, creating transitional projects that act as a bridge to a more sustainable future.
We engage directly with the "negative layer" of our industrial past - turning pollutants into products, increasing the efficiency of our renewable systems, and designing for a circular economy. The ultimate success of our work will be when these interventions are no longer needed.
Our goal is a future built not just on efficiency, but on sufficiency: a world designed to be rich in experience but lean in its energy and material footprint. We don't just design structures; we design the framework for a lighter and more intelligent human presence on Earth.
We run solgami.com in parallel.
Enquiries.
Publications
2025 - INTRO Magazine
2025 - Architecture AU x 2
2025 - NSW Architecture Bulletin
2025 - QANTAS Magazine
2024 - Dezeen
2024 - Yellowtrace
2024 - The Fifth Estate
2024 - Australian Financial Review
2024 - FRAME Magazine x 2
2024 - The Monthly
2024 - Dezeen
2024 - The Fifth Estate
2023 - FRAME Magazine (Netherlands)
2023 - GREEN Magazine (Australia)
2023 - FRAME Magazine (Netherlands)
2023 - Archdaily
2022 - Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
2022 - Architecture Bulletin (Australia)
2022 - STIR World (India)
2022 - Gooood (China)
2022 - Newcastle Herald (Australia)
2022 - Archdaily
2021 - Architecture AU (Australia)
2020 - July Issue Architecture Australia Magazine
2020 - Architecture Bulletin (Australia)
2020 - Vattenfall, Spokesperson (Sweden)
2020 - Lexus Design Award, Spokesperson (Global)
2019 - June Issue FRAME Magazine (Netherlands)
2019 - Forbes Magazine (New Jersey)
2019 - Bauwelt Magazine (Germany)
2019 - Wired Magazine (USA)
2019 - GQ (USA)
2019 - INVERSE (USA)
2019 - TechRadar
2019 - WWD Magazine
2019 - Core77 Online Magazine (USA)
2019 - Gizmodo (Australia)
2019 - Indesign Magazine (Australia)
2019 - Wide Magazine
2019 - CNN (USA)
2018 - INDE Shortlist, Best Social Space in Asia/Pacific
2018 - Archdaily, Top 100 Social Spaces of the Year
2018 - FRAME Magazine (Netherlands)
2018 - DOMUS Magazine (Italy)
2018 - Divisare Magazine (Italy)
2018 - Plazatio (Spain)
2017 - Archdaily
2017 - Australian Architecture (Australia)
2017 - IGNANT (Germany)
2017 - Lexus Magazine (Russia)
Awards, Talks, Exhibitions
2025 - Design Speaks Architecture Symposium
2025 - Exhibition at DDDArt Tokyo
2024 - Good Design Award for Product Design
2024 - BOYD Foundation - Found in Translation Keynote
2024 - APEN (Architecture Practice Educators Network) Conference Keynote
2024 - Monumental Imaginaries Exhibition at the Tin Sheds Galleries
2024 - Perspectives, Keynote, Darlinghurst Playhouse
2024 - The AIA National Architecture Conference, Keynote, Melbourne International Conference Centre
2024 - Milan Design Week, Fuorisalone, Solgami ALS launch exhibition
2024 - Panel discussion on the future of energy and design, at Milan Design Week, with Vitra
2024 - Exhibition on the future of energy and design, at the Vitra Design Museum
2023 - Public talk for EmAGN at the Sydney Powerhouse Museum
2023 - Exhibition at MIL Gallery Jingumae (Tokyo)
2023 - Talk at The University of Tokyo (Tokyo)
2023 - NSW Architecture Awards, Commercial, Commendation
2023 - Emerging Australian Interior Design Practice, Commendation
2023 - Newcastle Architecture Medal, Winner
2023 - Newcastle Architecture Awards, Commercial Architecture, Winner
2023 - Newcastle Architecture Awards, Sustainability, Commendation
2023 - Newcastle Architecture Awards, ColourBond Award for Steel Architecture, Commendation
2023 - Newcastle Architecture Awards, Interior Architecture, Commendation
2022 - NSW Clean Tech R&D Grant, Finalist
2021 - dWell competition, Finalist for Ambient House.
2020 - Lexus Design Award, Spokesperson (Global)
2019 - Bauwelt Award, best first work by designer or architect, globally, second place for SUSURU.
2019 - Lexus Design Award, Prototype Winner for Solgami.
2018 - INDE award, shortlist for best social space, Asia Pacific for SUSURU.
2017 - Dyson Innovation Award, Runner up for Solgami.
Selected Awards, Talks, Exhibitions & Publications.
We acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the traditional custodians of the country on which we practice. We pay respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging.
If you would like to have a chat about anything at all - you can reach us here:
info@prevalent.archi
0498 286 188
