Featured Work
Selected projects across three states.
New Residence — Sloping Site · Terranora, Tweed Shire NSW
Terranora Residence
A new residence for a sloping site in the Tweed hinterland. Sloping ground rewards design that works with the fall and punishes documentation that leaves retaining, drainage and access to be discovered during construction — so those questions were treated as design inputs, not construction problems. The documentation was prepared to the level a builder can price from, because on difficult sites the most expensive drawings are the incomplete ones.
Townhouse Development · Caboolture, Moreton Bay QLD
Caboolture Townhouses
A multi-dwelling townhouse development for a growth-corridor site north of Brisbane. At this scale the design questions are planning questions: setbacks, private open space, parking provision and the relationship between dwellings decide whether a scheme survives assessment, and they were resolved before documentation rather than negotiated afterwards. The drawing set was prepared to stand up to council scrutiny — because in a growth corridor, the approval timeline is part of the investment case.
Specialist Disability Accommodation · Rosebud, Mornington Peninsula VIC
Rosebud SDA Housing
Specialist Disability Accommodation on the Mornington Peninsula, designed as a Class 3 dwelling under the NDIS SDA framework. Accessibility to AS 1428.1, fire sprinklers and acoustic separation were documented from the first drawing rather than retrofitted under certifier pressure, and every certifier question was resolved and re-documented through to approval stage. The full case study further down this page sets out the approval pathway in detail.
Rooming House · Eumemmerring, VIC
Eumemmerring Rooming House
A purpose-designed rooming house in Melbourne's south-east, planned around the Class 1b / Class 3 classification question that determines fire safety, room sizes and registration for this building type. The brief followed the studio's standing position that a compliant ninth room is worth more than a refused tenth, and the documentation was prepared against Victoria's rooming house registration framework from the outset rather than adapted to it late.
Apartment Development · Airlie Beach, Whitsundays QLD
Airlie Beach Apartments
An apartment development for Airlie Beach, a market where the outlook is the asset and the climate is a design input. Tropical apartment design carries obligations a southern scheme never faces — ventilation, shading and outdoor living treated as necessities rather than features — and the scheme was developed with those demands alongside the yield. Density in a town that trades on its setting has to earn its place, and the documentation was prepared accordingly.
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From single decks to multi-dwelling sites.
Dual Occupancy / Duplex · Robina, Gold Coast QLD
Robina Duplex
A dual occupancy development in Robina on the Gold Coast. Dual occupancy succeeds or fails on the details shared between two dwellings — separate entries, private open space, parking and the boundaries of responsibility between them — and those were resolved within the constraints of the site before the drawings were finalised. The documentation was prepared for the dual occupancy assessment pathway that applies on the Gold Coast, at a level builders can price without assumptions.
Rooming House · Craigieburn, VIC
Craigieburn Rooming House
A rooming house design for Melbourne's northern growth corridor. The requirements that catch conversions and new builds alike — room sizes, shared amenity ratios, fire separation and the permissibility of the use itself — were resolved before documentation began rather than after a certifier raised them. What reaches the drawing set is a scheme intended to support the investment case while remaining registrable under the Victorian framework that governs this building type.
Multi-Dwelling — Triplex · Ivanhoe, VIC
Ivanhoe Triplex — Oriel Road
Three dwellings on a single Ivanhoe lot, in an established suburb where neighbourhood character carries real weight in assessment. Clause 55 shaped the scheme from the first sketch rather than the last amendment — the difference between infill that gets argued through objections and infill that answers them in the drawings. Distributing three homes across one site is a planning exercise as much as a design one, and this project was documented as both.
Multi-Dwelling — Triplex · Sandringham, Bayside VIC
Sandringham Triplex — Buff Road
A triplex development in bayside Sandringham, where land value demands yield and the planning scheme demands restraint. Overlooking, overshadowing and the amenity of neighbouring properties are the points where bayside multi-unit schemes are most often won or lost, and the design was developed with those assessment tests in view from the outset. Each dwelling was planned for a genuine address and usable private open space rather than leftover ground between buildings.
Community / Club Building · Tallebudgera, Gold Coast QLD
Tallebudgera Club Amenities
An amenities building for a sporting club at Tallebudgera on the Gold Coast. Buildings like this are judged on durability and function: they serve weekend crowds, take hard use, and are maintained by volunteers, so material and detailing decisions carry operating consequences for years. The design was documented with that service life in mind — because community buildings rarely receive design attention proportional to how heavily they are used, and this one deserved it.
New Residence · Blue Johanna Road, VIC
Blue Johanna Road Residence
A new single residence in Victoria, documented from concept through permit drawings. Siting, orientation and outlook were resolved before the plan was fixed rather than adjusted after it, and the drawing set was carried to the level of detail a builder can price and a certifier can assess without repeated requests for information. A straightforward brief, treated with the same documentation discipline as the larger developments on this page.
Extension & Addition · Currumbin, Gold Coast QLD
Currumbin Extension & Carport
A front extension and carport addition to an existing Currumbin home — the studio's own stretch of coastline. Additions at the street face change how a house meets its neighbourhood, so the approval questions arrive early: setbacks, driveway gradients and the pathway for building forward of the existing line were resolved in documentation rather than negotiated on site. Additions succeed when the paperwork is as considered as the design, and this one was documented that way.
Deck Addition · Croydon, VIC
Croydon Deck Addition
A deck addition in Melbourne's east, extending the living area of an existing home into the outdoors. Small projects still carry real approval obligations — structure, balustrades, boundary setbacks and overlooking — and this one was documented so the builder and the certifier had answers rather than assumptions. Modest in scope, but treated with the same drawing discipline as a full residence, because approval processes make no allowance for good intentions.
Case Studies
Advisory & feasibility work, documented.
Featured Project — Specialist Disability Accommodation
NDIS-Compliant Class 3 Dwelling
Rosebud, Mornington Peninsula VIC (Mornington Peninsula Shire) · SDA / NDIS Housing · Design Documentation · Coordination With All Consultants
Certifier-ready SDA documentation, taken through every question to approval stage.
- Project Type: Specialist Disability Accommodation — Class 3 dwelling (NDIS)
- Location: Rosebud, Mornington Peninsula VIC
- Services Provided: Full design documentation; coordination with all consultants
- Approval Pathway: Building permit with design-stage SDA assessment (VIC)
- Key Design Considerations: Accessibility to AS 1428.1, fire sprinklers, acoustic wall ratings, shadow analysis
- Project Outcome: Every certifier question resolved and re-documented through to approval stage
Feasibility Study — Multi-Unit Development
Four-Townhouse Development Assessment
Moorabbin VIC (City of Kingston) · Townhouse Development · Development Feasibility · Clause 55 Analysis
Pre-design feasibility that found the deal-breakers before documentation money was spent.
- Project Type: Four-townhouse development feasibility
- Location: Moorabbin VIC (City of Kingston)
- Services Provided: Development feasibility; planning rules (Clause 55 / ResCode) assessment
- Approval Pathway: Planning permit through council (VIC)
- Key Design Considerations: Street setback shortfall, private open space deficits, no visitor parking, driveway too steep
- Project Outcome: Clear written advice on what the site can support — before drawings were commissioned
Feasibility Study — Rooming House
Rooming House Development Assessment
Ringwood VIC (Maroondah City Council) · Rooming House · Development Feasibility · Zoning & Permissibility
Permissibility answered first — the stage where rooming house projects are won or lost.
- Project Type: Rooming house development feasibility
- Location: Ringwood VIC (Maroondah City Council)
- Services Provided: Zoning and permissibility assessment across two adjoining properties
- Approval Pathway: Planning permit triggers and building classification (Class 1b vs Class 3) tested
- Key Design Considerations: Use permissibility in the zone, scale thresholds, fire safety implications of classification
- Project Outcome: Written advice on the compliant pathway before any design spend
Feasibility Study — Subdivision & Rooming House
Site Development Pathways Assessment
Belmont VIC (City of Greater Geelong) · Rooming House / Subdivision · Development Feasibility · NRZ Analysis
Two competing pathways tested against a restrictive zone — answered with one clear recommendation.
- Project Type: Rooming house and subdivision feasibility
- Location: Belmont VIC (City of Greater Geelong)
- Services Provided: Site development pathways assessment
- Approval Pathway: Neighbourhood Residential Zone permit triggers and minimum lot sizes tested
- Key Design Considerations: Restrictive zone schedule, use permissibility, subdivision potential
- Project Outcome: A clear answer on which pathway the site genuinely supports, before money was committed
Completed project photography and further case studies are added as projects reach approval and construction. For references relevant to your specific project type — SDA, rooming house, development or house raising — get in touch and we'll walk you through comparable work.
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