About

vision & SERVICES

Our vision is to transform peoples living environments to become ecologically sustainable, socially connected and affordable. This is exemplified by the many competition and award winning projects we have completed throughout Australia, China and the USA, many in collaboration with other studios. We offer a personalised service to clients, specialising in residential design, advisory roles to government and working in association with other architecture, urban design and place-making studios.

Residential design - build to rent housing, build to sell housing, affordable housing, social housing, independent living apartments, residential aged care and student housing.

Advisory roles to government - independent architectural, urban design and sustainable design advice to state and local government, in relation to design excellence, design quality and compliance

Practice collaborations - strategic design advice, planning approval expertise and major project capability through project associations and joint ventures with other specialist studios

For more information including a full resume, list of key projects by sector and selected references, please download the following PDF documents:

Download Peter’s resume

Download Peter’s list of selected projects

Download Peter’s selected references

background

Peter has worked as a creative design director for a variety of architecture and urban design studios in Australia, China and the USA for over 30 years. This has included leadership and design roles with Gensler in San Francisco, Architectus in Sydney and Mitchell Giurgola Thorpe in Canberra. Learning from the best architects early in his career, allowed Peter to develop his own approach to architecture that balances the environmental, social and commercial needs and opportunities of each project. His expertise includes all forms of residential living and the aged care, commercial and health sectors.

He holds professional degrees in environmental design, architecture and ecologically sustainable development and has completed advanced research in the area of design for climate mitigation and adaptation in association with staff of the University of New South Wales School of the Built Environment. He is a member of various design review panels including the NSW State Design Review Panel, National Capital Design Review Panel in Canberra, the North Sydney Design Excellence Panel, Ryde Design Excellence Panel and Canterbury Bankstown Design Excellence Panel. He is the Chairperson of the Lane Cove Council Design Excellence and Review Panels. He is a frequent mentor to young architects for organisations such as the National Association for Women in Construction and has participated in a variety of industry award juries including the RAIA 2023 ACT Chapter Architecture Awards.

RESEARCH & WRITING

Since first beginning his studies, Peter has been exploring the role of outdoor spaces in architecture, including the use of courtyards, laneways and gallery spaces. He is interested in the capacity of these “in-between” spaces to connect people, moderate climate and contribute to the physical and cultural landscape of cities. He is currently researching and writing a book titled the Secret Life of Courtyards, a study of morphology and design patterns drawn from a variety of urban settings and climate zones across Australia. This research and learnings are regularly applied to the studio’s design work in the form of courtyard homes, vertical verandahs and the fine grain laneways and public domain space of inner city developments.