Timothy Court's involvement in the equine industry began in
1980 with the design of William Inglis and Sons' Thoroughbred Selling Ring at
Newmarket in Randwick whilst he was working with a large firm of Sydney based
Architects.
In 1986 two years after the establishment of his private
practice, Tim was awarded both State and National Restoration awards by the
Royal Australian Institute of Architects for the restoration of the Big Stable
at Newmarket.
In 1987 the firm was listed by the Heritage Council of
New South Wales as recommended Heritage Architects.
Newmarket
Selling Centre
Following the success of the restoration project the
firm was engaged to Masterplan the progressive upgrading of the entire Newmarket
Complex at Randwick which covers more than 12 acres.
The Masterplan began with the redesign of the functional
layout of the complex with defined routes for patrons and horses, the condensing
of the stabling layout of 600 boxes and the creation of open spaces for parade
rings and landscaping.
Stage 1 involved the detailed design of buildings to house
200 stables and the development of a new demountable modular stabling system
together with associated equine and VIP facilities.
Hunter
Valley Equine Centre
In 1989 the firm was engaged to masterplan the Hunter Valley Equine Research
Centre at Scone. This centre incorporates a completely new 1700m turf Racetrack
and Grandstand, an Equine Research Centre, an Equine TAFE College, Racing Museum
and Stabling for 300 horses .
The new state of the art track was completed in 1992 and
the revolutionary design of the Grandstand and Day Stalls was completed in 1994
to coincide with the first race meeting.
In 1997 the Research Centre including Laboratory's, Seminar
Rooms, Accommodation and Service modules was completed to provide Australia's
first, purely equine research establishment.
Randwick
Equestrian Clinic
During this period TC&Co was also commissioned to design a new equine hospital
and diagnostic laboratory for renown racing vet Percy Sykes, this included full
operating theatres, knock down rooms, X-ray suites and nuclear medicine facilities.
In 1991 in what seemed a natural progression, Tim and
his wife became the proprietor and owner of the Highlands Equestrian Centre
one of Australia's largest centres located in the Southern Highlands of New
South Wales.
This hands on experience provided a unique knowledge of
the specialised requirements of Equestrian Sporting facilities in the three
Olympic disciplines of Dressage, Jumping and Eventing as well as the day to
day running and viability requirements of an equestrian business.
New
Sydney Showground
In 1996 TC&Co formed a consortium known as Pavilion Architects with two
Sydney based Architectural firms, SJPH Design Partnership and Scott Carver Architects
to successfully bid for the design of the Animal Pavilions at the New Sydney
Showground.
This project involved the design of 15 exhibition buildings
based on passive environmental design and natural light and ventilation principals
that could house up to 1,000 horses, 1,000 cattle, sheep, goats and alpacas.
The project was completed on time and within its $67mil
budget for the opening of the 1998 Royal Easter Show the largest rural exhibition
in the world. The buildings have since won both Environmental and Interior design
awards by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects