Australian Equine and Livestock Centre

Client: Tamworth Regional Council
Location: Tamworth, Australia
Size: 20 hectares
Project Value: $AUD30,000,000

Timothy Court and Company won a design competition for the role as lead architects for this national icon project, with involvement from site selection, brief development and masterplanning through to construction, commisioning and completion.

The Australian Equine and Livestock Centre, is a nationally significant project, with “icon status” and draws on national and global ideals of western pleasure sport, as well as including elements of Australian bush architecture. The project is intended to not just compete nationally for events, but to become the centre of Equine and Livestock activities for western disciplines in Australia.

The centre includes:
5,000 seat indoor arena with an 80 x 40 m competition surface
A 1,000 seat Sales Ring that is used as a warm up arena for the Indoor facility.
700 stables and associated wash bays, laundry and toilet facilities.
220 Truck and Float Parking Bays with power & water
TAFE teaching facilities
Stock Yards with 700 head capacity
Cattle Pavilions and showing lawns
Sheep Pavilions
6 stand Shearing Shed
Poultry & Pig Pavilions
Breed Society Office sites with full services
Equine & Stock Museum

With key stakeholders involved in workshops, brief development and design signoff including:
National Cutting Horse Association of Australia
Australian Bushmen’s Campdraft and Rodeo Association
Australian Quarter Horse Association
Australian Professional Rodeo Association
Tamworth Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Timothy Court and Company have developed both masterplans and building designs that sensitively sit within the site and the region. With cost being of paramount importance to the project, Timothy Court and Company have worked hard to ensure a development that satisfies the brief, makes use of new technology, evokes a sense of rural character and above all provides a safe environment for the horses and stock on show in the venue.