A borrowing of ideas and landscape

Collingwood’s intoxicating blend of rough urbanism and inner-city charm, makes it a hotspot for development. Alongside the warehouses and street-level cafés are new mixed-use towers, quickly transforming the suburb into a commercial precinct.MGAO’s latest commercial project on Peel Street, in the heart of this urban melange, gives rise to the firm’s rationalist approach, while being grounded in the surrounding context. Matt Goodman, founder and principal of MGAO, saw the