Expertise
Our team of skilled professionals are innovative and technical designers who push the limits in design, sustainability and technology with every opportunity. Our Best Practice Certification ISO9001 covers design services including architecture, urban design, master planning, heritage, interior design, landscape design and industrial design. We are currently undertaking the process AEO accreditation.
Our team works as one, and we work across several portfolios of expertise.
INFRASTRUCTURE
ENHANCING USER EXPERIENCE FOR COMMUNITY BENEFIT
Infrastructure is vital in shaping our cities and supporting their life. Our approach to infrastructure ensures that a ‘whole of place’ strategy informs design outcomes and balances impacts with benefits for the public. We work within multi-disciplinary teams to create a legacy of benchmark and award-winning projects.
Key expertise
+ Roads, motorways & tunnels
+ Bridges & shared paths
+ Transitways & light rail
+ Noise walls, retaining walls & associated furniture
+ Signage & wayfinding
ADAPTIVE REUSE
SUSTAINABILITY FOR PEOPLE, PLACE AND CULTURE
The environmental, social and cultural advantages of recycling a valued heritage place makes adaptive reuse of historic buildings an essential component of sustainable development. As development pressures increase and availability of land decreases, communities have much to gain from the viable regeneration of historic buildings.
Key expertise
+ Architectural design & delivery of adaptive reuse projects
+ Heritage masterplans
+ Heritage impact assessments
+ Interpretation strategies
+ Conservation management plans
UNIVERSITIES
TRANSLATING ACADEMIC OBJECTIVES INTO BUILT FORM
Our expertise in educational design has developed over 40 years working with major universities and schools expanding existing campuses, developing new sites and designing facilities for the future. With a strategic urban design approach, we align academic objectives to structured development plans and create places that meet the challenges of a changing educational environment.
Key expertise
+ Strategic planning
+ Campus masterplanning
+ Academic facilities
+ Campus accommodation
COMMUNITY & DEVELOPMENT
VISIONARY PLACES AND SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY
We partner with our clients, consultants and colleagues to design buildings and spaces that are tailored to their unique locality, context and commerciality. With a strong record in obtaining authority approvals, optimising
Key expertise
+ Mixed use
+ Residential
+ Commercial & retail
+ Community facilities
+ Seniors living & aged care
PRECINCTS & PLACEMAKING
PLANNING AND CREATING PLACES FOR COMMUNITIES AT ALL SCALES
We undertake significant urban design masterplans for cities and town centres, universities, retail centres, waterfronts, tourist precincts, resorts, residential and mixed-use developments. Understanding the critical issues for each opportunity generates unique, creative and functional planning solutions, setting the framework for quality and sustainable development.
Key expertise
+ Strategic transformation
+ Mixed use precincts
+ Waterfront activation
+ University & student accommodation
+ Residential & seniors living
+ Public domain placemaking
TRANSPORT
QUALITY TRANSIT DESIGNS WITH A CUSTOMER FOCUS IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE GROWTH OF CITIES
With a dedicated transport portfolio we understand the importance of transit design, the socioeconomic impacts and the environmental footprint. We are successful in collaboration with wider teams to deliver transport projects in urban design and architecture. We have capability to support clients, ranging from transport authorities, stakeholders, operators, asset owners, consultants and design joint venture partnerships from business case, concept design to delivery. It is vital to us that our designs will adapt, retain their relevance and continue to be attractive to the end user and client.
Key expertise
+ Inter modal transport design
+ Transit station design
+ Transport facilities building design
+ Strategic planning & sustainable design