About Us
Founded in 2015 with offices in Sydney’s Northern Beaches and Sutherland Shire, we are a small architectural practice with an emphasis on site specific and climate responsive design. If you plan to build your dream home in the Northern Beaches, North Sydney, Sutherland Shire or Illawarra regions give us a shout to learn about our collaborative approach to bringing your project to life, on time and in budget.
Why Choose Ironbark Architecture?
Expertise and Experience: With years of experience across the Sydney region, we bring expertise and experience to every step in the process.
Personalised Approach: We tailor each design we create to meet your specific needs, ensuring that your home fosters the lifestyle you want and accommodates all your routines and daily rituals.
Commitment to Quality: We are dedicated to delivering the highest quality in every aspect of our work, from design to construction.
Sustainable Solutions: Our focus on sustainability ensures that your project is environmentally responsible and future-proof.
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Our ethos:
Less But Better
Reduced footprint doesn't mean reduced functionality. By designing smarter, we aim to transform limited spaces into expansive experiences. Every design from Ironbark Architecture is the embodiment of efficiency and creativity, ensuring that all life's rituals and activities find their place, often in multifunctional settings.
Connection With Place
A connection with nature is primal. Drawing on an extensive knowledge base of passive design principles, we craft spaces that are in harmony with their environment. These are designs that respect the sun's path, the wind's dance, and the land's embrace.
Detail-Oriented
The making of a building is no small undertaking and at Ironbark, we are both detail-oriented and technical-oriented so that our designs not only look good but also work good too.
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What our clients say:
“Chris, just wanted to you to know how lovely it was last night in the house... as exhausted as I was, I was beyond sleeping... I laid awake watching the trees in the moonlight. So connected to the outdoors and tranquil - I don’t think I want curtains!”
“We used Ironbark Architecture on our rebuild/renovation, after receiving positive recommendations from another Ironbark project that was completed nearby. It was a pleasure working with Chris to bring our ideas and his expertise together and we are delighted with the outcome. Chris spent the time to understand what we were trying to achieve and the combination of his design skills and his attention to detail ensured we got there. Chris’ project management and clear communication was appreciated not only by us but by the builders and other trades involved in the project.”
“I highly recommend Chris from Ironbark. He was an amazing architect and thoroughly understood the brief for our renovation, taking it well beyond our imagination. From the beginning, Chris asked us to list our problems and said they were no longer ours, they were now his to resolve. And I really liked that approach. Now that we have brought his vision to life, we could not be more thankful.”
“Chris designed the renovation to our mid century home. We really wanted to keep the timeless mid century lines and iconic architecture of the era, but we also wanted something modern. We are so glad that we had Chris on our side, he walked us though the bushfire compliance issues, worked with us to come up with a design that suited our family needs as well as kept the mid century design aspects that we desired. We couldn’t be happier with the result and honestly believe the money we spent on great design saved us thousands in the build process.”