This state-of-the-art international sporting facility is between two hockey pitches, providing world-class player facilities. The dramatic butterfly roof reaches over the tiered spectator stands, while Tasmanian timbers dominate the internal material palette of the bar and function centre.

Split over two levels, the lower level comprises change-rooms, ice baths, medical facilities, storage and other players’ and officials’ amenities with direct level access onto the two pitches. Devoted to spectator engagement, the upper level includes 600 covered grandstand seats, dining/café, corporate hospitality areas, function rooms, kitchen and kiosk.

Built in 1885-87, Maylands has long been an architectural icon on the fringe of Hobart’s cityscape, with Philp Lighting employing skillful and sympathetic adaptive reuse strategies to repurpose it into an urban luxury lodge.

Originally designed by the pre-eminent Tasmanian Architect, Henry Hunter, Maylands was previously a grand family home, the Hobart Girls’ Industrial School, the Salvation Army Home for Girls and the Salvo’s State Headquarters. All have left substantial marks, and in some instances, scars, on the building.

Creating a clear delineation of old and new was fundamental in celebrating the cultural significance of the built fabric. Twelve stately ensuite bedroom suites, a restaurant dining room, commercial kitchen and cocktail bar, complete with basement cellar, have been fashioned into the building envelope. Together with the refurbishment of all other spaces, the Lodge has been reinterpreted with a refreshed contemporary, yet sympathetic, colour palette, fittings, fitments and amenity.