Technical & Creative Design Solutions
Protégés is a Sydney-based consultancy founded by Dilon Wong, specializing in technical and creative solutions for architecture and industrial design. Over the past decade, he has played a key role in the success of diverse projects, bringing tailored creative and technical solutions to unique challenges across a range of scales and disciplines.
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![The New Sydney Fish Market as a vibrant public waterfront destination, its iconic building connecting the city to the harbour with expansive promenades, jetties, and a grand staircase for civic gathering.]()
New Sydney Fish Market
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![Modern school buildings with fluid, curved forms wrap around a central playground. The buildings' facades are defined by a screen of dark vertical fins, punctuated by playful, brightly colored window shrouds.]()
Santa Sophia Catholic College
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![An architectural intervention in a heritage streetscape. The urban infill building features a bespoke screen of backlit copper tubes, creating a striking juxtaposition with the adjacent masonry facades.]()
55-59 Wentworth Avenue
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![The Philadelphia skyline showcasing a striking architectural contrast, where the sleek, modern glass of a supertall skyscraper rises in dialogue with the ornate, historic masonry of the central City Hall tower.]()
Comcast Technology Center
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![The entrance to a public hospital, where the building's facade creates a vertical rhythm with an artful composition of earthy-toned terracotta, charcoal, and precast-look panels.]()
Prince of Wales Hospital
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![A pair of sleek, crystalline glass towers rise above the eclectic urban fabric of the city, creating a striking juxtaposition with the surrounding post-modern residential blocks and historic structures.]()
Wanda One Nine Elms
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![Night view of a modern building with a sleek, curved wooden overhang and large glass windows for a commercial space, with people walking by and entering.]()
The Grand
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![The facade of a slender residential tower defined by the sweeping curves of its ribbon-like, wraparound balconies. The building's organic form is highlighted by the warm glow of a sunrise.]()
Infinity Park Residential
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![An example of adaptive reuse where a new, contemporary residential building with a textured, perforated brick facade emerges from behind the retained historic warehouse exterior.]()
Belmont House
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![Modern multi-story apartment buildings with glass railings and brick facades, surrounded by landscaped greenery and trees, under a clear blue sky.]()
Glenaeon Retirement Living
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![The expressive architectural concrete of a modern school, where angled slab edges are supported by large circular columns. The covered space is punctuated by unique, disc-shaped ceiling elements with circular skylights.]()
John Palmer Public School
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![The layered facade of a modern school building, with open-air corridors above a brick-and-glass ground floor. The composition is anchored by a prominent circular stairwell enclosed in a delicate, perforated metal screen.]()
Glenwood High School
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![A close-up of a massive mega-structure that functions as both a flood defense and a tidal energy generation plant. The powerful flow of water is harnessed for renewable energy below the inhabited architectural framework.]()
The Living Thames Barrier City
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![A bird's-eye view of a futuristic floating city designed as an offshore logistics and manufacturing hub. A network of waterways separates modular platforms supporting automated factories and corporate offices.]()
Marine Port Production City
The Process
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Smart Design & Simple Solutions
Thriving on the technical and creative challenges that come with delivering simple and smart design solutions. A passion for transforming ideas into reality and an understanding of the impact that thoughtful, well-executed design can bring to any project – whether architectural or product-based.
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Digital Modelling & Prototyping
Bringing ideas to life through a combination of hand sketching, 3D modelling, rapid prototyping, and precision fabrication. This process helps clients and collaborators fully refine the design intent, understanding material constraints, manufacturing requirements, and integration needs – optimising the outcome before final production.
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Tailored Detailed Documentations
Specialising in producing clear, highly detailed technical documentation to support seamless production, fabrication, and delivery. Whether for built environments or manufactured products, the documentation ensures designs are accurately constructed, manufactured, and delivered without compromise.