Perversi-Brooks Architects was established in 2014 and has since developed a reputation as a design focused practice that works collaboratively, and hands-on with each and every client to ensure a great outcome for all involved.
We specialise in:
- Architecture
- Interior Architecture & Design
- Urban Design & Master Planning
- Custom Furniture
PHILOSOPHY & APPROACH
We pride ourselves on being an adaptable, agile, emerging architectural practice where our ideas are refined and enriched through the course of each project to create rich, meaningful, contemporary, carefully considered, exceptional design outcomes - regardless of the size, scale, complexity, or budget of the project.
We believe in embedding a rich set of ideas, narratives and meaning that are gleaned from working closely with our unique clients and their individual project requirements; the site, the context (physical & conceptual), and the culture within which the project exists. We are interested in creating an architecture driven by the specificities of each individual project. We are fundamentally not interested in 'style' for style's sake.
Our architecture is contextual. We believe in context - in the broadest sense of the word - and often look for ways to subvert, distort or adapt this context, in order to create a 'radical-contextual' response to the physical site, the history of the place, the community, the culture, and the needs of a particular place and time.
We believe good ideas can transcend any particular scale. We are interested in providing exceptional design outcomes of all sizes. We are interested in design outcomes from the scale of the door handle, to the scale of a city. We are interested in the spaces between things, often at the periphery to a projects intent, above-and-beyond - and in addition to - the clients basic needs, aspirations and dreams for the project. Our work is driven by well researched, tested and implemented strategies to produce exceptional design outcomes.
We are passionate about what we do. We are passionate about architecture, and the potential it has to affect change on your world. On The World. We are in the business of turning ideas into reality. Creating something real and tangible out of dreams.
OUR CAPABILITIES & RESOURCES
We truly believe Perversi-Brooks Architects are capable of delivering all types of projects. We have previously been involved in:
- New Residential
- Residential Alterations & Additions
- Multi-Residential
- Commercial
- Educational
- Research
- Healthcare
- Cultural & Civic Projects
- Master Planning & Urban Design
We believe our professionalism, quality design and documentation can save our clients significant stress and cost over-runs through construction.
We have established successful working relationships with external consultants and contractors of all scales (from $150K - $30M) and believe these relationships are critical to delivering great built outcomes, delivered on time and within budget.
Perversi-Brooks Architects actively fosters a collaborative business model, working with a large network of creative and talented individuals and businesses to provide the capability to successfully, and efficiently, deliver projects large and small.
SERVICES
Perversi-Brooks Architects offer a complete package of Architectural services from Feasibility Studies through to Contract Administration:
- Feasibility Studies
- Pre-Design & Briefing
- Concept Design
- Schematic Design
- Design Development
- Town Planning Applications
- Construction Documentation
- Contract Procurement & Tendering
- Contract Administration
SUSTAINABILITY
Perversi-Brooks Architects believes that climate change is the single biggest challenge of our era, and acknowledges that currently the built environment contributes massively to the total greenhouse gas emissions within Australia.
Perversi-Brooks Architects believe that we all play a critical part in progressively making positive change, we are committed to getting projects built well, and building them to last. We actively engage with employing an Environmental and Sustainable approach through our built work through the integration of:
- Passive Design
- Thermal performance
- Energy Use
- Material Selection
- Water harvesting
- Solar collection
- Building & programmatic orientation
- Passive & active building systems
- Cross ventilation
- Grey-water harvesting
- Sustainable Material Selections
- Landscaping & green space
- Low environmental impact design
- Adaptive re-use of existing structures
- Low maintenance material selections
- Specification of energy efficient fixtures and fittings
AWARDS | PUBLICATIONS | EXHIBITIONS
2016 | Parlour essay 'Class and Creed in Australian Architecture'
2014 | Dulux Study Tour - 2014 Shortlist
2013 | VYAG 'de/Develop'- Pop-Up Exhibition at Federation Square for the National Arch
