
APPROACHES
OUR WORKFLOW
Clarity, craft and care, from first conversation to completion.
1DISCOVERY
Dip In — Intro Call
A relaxed conversation where we explore your goals, constraints, style, and aspirations.
You get clarity. We get to understand you and your project. No pressure. No charge.
Dive In — Pre-Design Discovery
A focused, structured study of your needs, budget, and opportunities.
Here, one-on-one, we plumb the depths of your aspirations, uncover constraints, identify potentials, and chart a clear course towards design that calibrates the best outcomes for all concerned.
Think of this stage as a guided design coaching session that yields a clear, inclusive, and living brief.
2DESIGN
Dream — Concept Design
We shape the big ideas: form, function, atmosphere, materials, and the essence of your project.
Clear sketches, diagrams, and visual storytelling help you feel the space before it exists.
Develop — Design Development
Your chosen concept becomes a coordinated, resolved design.
Plans, sections, materials, and key details come into focus as the project gains depth, clarity, and direction.
Detail — Documentation
Everything needed for permits, pricing, and construction clarity.
This is where we translate design into instructions builders can confidently follow.
Note on Development Applications / Town Planning
Most projects will require a DA / Town Planning submission — depending on location, scale, and design typology.
This step may occur either before Design Development or following early concept work, depending on council requirements and the most strategic pathway.
Where needed, we prepare the full planning package and guide you through the approvals process with clarity and confidence.
3DELIVERY
Discuss — Builder Engagement & Pricing
We support conversations with builders and contractors, tendering, and pricing reviews so you can choose the right partner with clarity and confidence.
Direct — Construction Guardianship
Your design is protected as it moves into reality.
We engage with your chosen builders and contractors to ensure the project stays aligned with the vision throughout construction.
Dwell — Handover & Defects Period
Final walkthrough, practical completion, and post-occupancy support.
You move in, settle in, and we help fine-tune the last details so your home feels just right.
“Intentional… every bit of that effort is on display and clearly worth it.”
We welcome your inquiries and ideas. Let's create together.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters where we live, learn, and practice.
We honour their stories, kinship practices, and enduring connection to Country and Ancestral knowledge systems, and commit to designing in right relation, and in kind.
Confidentiality & Copyright
Unauthorised use, copying, or distribution is strictly prohibited.
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“You are here to remember that architecture is not merely the art of shelter, but the poetry of participation in a living world."
