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After a highly successful 20 year career as a Leading Project Draftsman and Site Manager in the Mining and Engineering industries, I decided to act on my long neglected interest in Residential Architecture by designing and building a major transformation of my own home in Avalon in the late 80’s ( see image below - this house was regularly featured in the Australian television show "Home and Away" ). This led to numerous design projects predominately in the Northern parts of Sydney, and eventually to a new and even more successful full time architectural career.

Since then, I have designed approximately 90 major projects and currently have over $30,000,000 worth of projects in various states of progress, and have won 41 design awards as of October 2011, making me the most awarded Building Designer in New South Wales.

I am a Chartered Building Designer and a member of Building Designers Australia  ( www.bdansw.com.au ), and am currently the president of the Sydney Branch. I am also a founding member of the Australian Architecture Association ( www.architecture.org.au )

design philosophy

Every site is individual and so are it's owners. Therefore every house has to be unique, designed to maximise the good aspects of the site while minimising the bad. To date, most of the projects that I have submitted for awards have won at least one. I design every project with the intent of keeping this record intact.

I believe that one of the reasons for my success is the fact that I specialise in residential work ( single residences and the occasional duplex ), and do all the design work myself.

Another reason is that the coastal locations that I frequently work on attract interesting adventurous clients who love contemporary beach house design, and do not hinder the design process with traditional ideas.  In the last couple of decades, Australian architects and designers have thrown off the shackles of cold climate design that we inherited from England, so many of the architectural features found in these homes are dedicated to embracing the natural environment and the Aussie lifestyle.

some clients' comments

"Peter continuously surprises me with his lateral thinking and futuristic design ideas"

"You are a legend and the design is really fantastic"

"Outstanding result, what a brain!"

"After two architects submitted very disappointing and predicable options, we struck gold with Peter"

"Peter’s design is not only unique but our house has a WOW factor"

'We are delighted with our result and would have no hesitation in recommending him, particularly where elements of ‘spice’ and excitement are needed"

"A brilliant performance"

"You came up with a unique design that was exactly what we wanted"

"Thanks Peter. We absolutely love the design"

"We are completely delighted with the amazing design that you have come up with"

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