An architecture office in Melbourne run by Stephen Thick and Olivia Peel, working on projects in Victoria and Western Australia; making buildings appropriate to their time, place, and purpose.
The practice is interested in expressing rich and concise ideas of domesticity, space, and tectonics that are formed through an integrated understanding of a project’s context, a client’s desires, and a specifically ‘Australian’ relationship to architectural language, history and culture.
The practice offers full architectural services – from feasibility and concept design to construction contract administration – for various project types and scales, including new houses, alterations and additions, multi-residential and mixed-use developments, small commercial and retail, and small civic and cultural buildings.
Stephen and Olivia both graduated with a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Western Australia.
Stephen then gained experience working with several renowned architects in Perth and Melbourne – including Ronald ‘Gus’ Ferguson, Gary Marinko, and Robert Simeoni – primarily working on highly architecturally-considered houses.
Olivia worked briefly in Perth before relocating to Melbourne, and has since worked on numerous highly awarded multi-residential housing, tourism, and retail projects for several respected practices, most recently Breathe Architecture and Kerstin Thompson Architects.
Stephen and Olivia have both taught architectural studios at the University of Western Australia, and frequently serve as guest critics for architecture studios at the University of Melbourne.
Both are registered architects with the Architects Registration Board of Victoria and the Architects Board of Western Australia.
a. PO Box 119, Brunswick East, VIC 3057 – Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country
p. 0422 389 112 – ST
p. 0403 471 185 – OP