This afternoon’s brainstorming session as we help develop a brief for a Church redevelopment. Undertaking these simple old fashioned relationship bubble diagrams led to a breakthrough in how to approach the project without the need for a design proposal. The time invested in getting the relationship of spaces right means a smaller more compact building and an outcome that will serve congregational interests in the long term. Pre-design is really such a valuable stage that architects and clients could further utilise.

We are currently working with the City of Frankston to explore the feasibility of converting an old supermarket into office space. Our campaign to re-life Melbourne continues!

Peter Sackett’s article on our Collingwood Warehouse refurbishment is now available from the MEDIA page.

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This 2-storey extension is all about improving the connection between house and garden. By incorporating a courtyard between old and new we attempting to provide greater internal space without cutting areas off from the landscape.

Our resident student Jim has recently been published in The Fifth Estate, an online property industry newsletter focussing on issues of sustainability. Check it out at The Fifth Estate

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To our friends, clients, colleagues, consultants, suppliers, people who drop in for coffee or just a chat and others.

Thanks for a great year. We have had fun and look forward to 2010.

Best Wishes for the festive season.

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Just got the photos back from our first nightclub project – in the basement of an Art Deco building in Melbourne CBD.

We were asked by a client to select finishes and furniture for a project home – who says a standard suburban house can’t be funky!