WHAT WE DO

We knew there was a better way to serve clients who want a product that sticks to budget, is delivered on time, is fit for purpose, helps achieve financial goals, builds the brand, and ultimately exceeds expectations—all while having a good time. In fact, we built our business on a foundation of feedback from clients like you.

Over our 30+ years working in residential and hospitality development, we have heard the same feedback from our clients time and again. You were frustrated that you’d meet us at the pitch and then end up working with someone else, often with less experience. You want designers that can work with all your other contractors and site teams in an open and egoless way. You want experienced professionals who know the difference between the feasibility and viability of a project and can support you in closing your deals. You need designers that can design well no matter the budget and that saves you time and money in the process. And you want to know that all of the above can be delivered in a way that strengthens your reputation and brand.

WHO YOU SEE IS WHO YOU GET

We know how frustrating it is to meet experienced people at the pitch stage and never see them again. You want to know that your budget is being put to good use by experienced professionals who know how to wring every cent out of the design.

We meet with every client and are your only point of contact. We are available to you consistently throughout the project and are only ever a phone call or email away. The way we work also means that we want to see you. A lot. We work in a progressively transparent way which means you are constantly seeing the development of the scheme, and we don’t go too far down the road without your feedback.

We have over 25 years’ experience in residential and hospitality design across Australia, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America, and Latin America. We’ve learnt a lot over the years and bring our accumulated knowledge to each project. We’ve cultivated relationships with suppliers, craftspeople, manufacturers, and consultants to develop a strong supply chain and we know where you can save budget without compromising on overall product quality.

The mix of our experience and commercial awareness means that you get a great design, by top tier talent that can be delivered on budget and on time. We multiply your budget’s potential by leaning on our relationships and knowledge of how to ‘short’ the process.

WE PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS

We know that for a project to be a success all the consultants involved need to be pulling in the same direction. We’ve worked with professionally diverse teams in countless countries, where sometimes we were the lead designer and other times, we took a backseat. It’s never about us, it’s about the project and the client’s vision.

Our progressively transparent process thrives on the input of others. We designed it specifically to respond to the logistical challenges facing multi-consultant projects with the aim to find and leverage opportunities and efficiencies in the budget and timeline. We are curious and love meeting new people – we are yet to meet a person who we haven’t learnt something from. So, the more we can work with your wider team the broader our perspective gets and that ultimately means we can deliver you the most creative and efficient design.

We’ve worked with a broad spectrum of collaborators in our time ranging from royalty, celebrities like Elle MacPherson, Kate Moss and Jade Jagger and international mega designers like Philippe Starck and Carlos Ott to labourers in Mumbai, local architects in Limassol and general contractors in Sydney. We pride ourselves on our ability to communicate openly and honestly with anyone, and we are always solution-focused.

GETTING IT ACROSS THE LINE

We know that the future of your project relies on how much value you can uncover in those early feasibility stages. Often designers don’t understand the feasibility process, and as a result don’t recognise their golden moment of opportunity to add considerable value to the development. In those early days you need to know that all your consultants have enough experience and technical knowledge to future-proof their work for decisions that will be made down the line. A failing on either front could cost you the deal, or even under value your asset.

We approach every project as if the conditions are perfect. There are two things that give us the confidence to do that. Firstly, we know what it takes to design for feasibility - experience, commerciality, and a willingness to throw out the rule book to ensure the success of the project. Secondly, we have time. We are small, knowledgeable, and nimble which allows us to spend 100% of your fee on problem solving through design and time to explore your asset from every angle. That time allows us to develop creative ideas that are executed with precision. What we deliver is always appropriate for a variety of outcomes and has the primary aim of achieving the greatest yield possible.

We’ve been able to uncover millions of dollars’ worth of value for clients and at the same time increase appeal for the buyer. We’ve also reduced the risk of future variations by knowing how back of house goes together and anticipating the needs of hotel operators (to deliver an appropriate level of service) that ultimately doesn’t compromise on yield.

ALWAYS FIT FOR PURPOSE

Frank Lloyd Wright was on the money when he said, ‘form and function are one’. There’s no point in great form that fails to function in the real world. We understand that hotel corridors need to cope with a never-ending stream of wheeled objects and human movement. We know that residential developments need to deliver for the families living in them well beyond the defects and liability period and that your reputation and brand are dependent on the quality of the homes you build. We know all this because we’ve worked for you, or versions of you all over the world.

Having spent periods of our careers working developer-side we’ve learnt how to design for a specific target market and focus on the areas of greatest perceived value. We’ve also learnt from a maintenance and customer care point of view where your biggest challenges and post-completion costs are.

We’ve created hotel brands from the ground up, delivering brand guidelines and technical standards that have shaped our ability to really put our design through its paces. We consistently evaluate the viability of the design, to make sure that maintaining the finished product is as operationally cost effective as possible.

Our residential schemes always start with the ‘who’. We understand your target market and design real value into the development that makes a difference to your buyers so you can achieve your sales targets. We create spaces that work with key points of difference, so your buyers see themselves living their best lives in your homes.

ITS ALL ABOUT THE BRAND, MAN!

Someone once said that a brand is name with the power to influence. And boy they right! We know that in an ever increasingly noisy market it’s getting harder and harder to be heard by your customers. Hotel brands and residential developments are benefitting from brand partnerships and associations to help them reach their audiences and stay top of mind. Curating these brand partnerships and leveraging them to resonate throughout your product offering takes experience, skill and connections. We have a demonstrated, successful track record of making brand partnerships work in real estate.

Bringing brand partnerships into the design process is one of our most unique service offerings. Between the two of us we’ve worked with some pretty spectacular brands in our time, weaving them into hotel and residential developments all over the world. We’ve worked with Aston Martin Racing in London, Tesla in Miami, Harrods across London and the Middle East and celebrities like Kate Moss and Elle MacPherson to create a point of difference in market.

By leveraging brand partnerships well in our design we’ve been able to create narratives that allow your communications agencies and marketing teams to generate millions of dollars’ worth of PR coverage. Whilst advertising is a key part of any brand strategy, nothing sells your product better than an endorsement from a trusted 3rd party publication like the Sydney Morning Herald, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal or South China Morning Post – all publications we’ve been able to achieve coverage in thanks to clever use of brand partnerships.