Switching Prisons

iredale pedersen hook architects are driven by design excellence and is passionate about how architecture can make a positive impact on people’s lives and contribute to Australian communities, towns, and cities. We are motivated by a belief that all people should have access to excellent affordable design in their homes, workplaces, schools, recreational and cultural precincts and have built a reputation for delivering projects with a focus of the triple-bottom-line sustainable design - that is, environmental, social and economic sustainability. Our architecture is drawn from a landscape that is dominated by the horizon. In Australia, the desert and the ocean operate as constant counterpoints to the occupation of land by built objects and our work shares an understanding of landscape within the pragmatics of context. We reject the idea of a ‘signature style’ to our architecture and seek to make a considered response to the specific and unique conditions that are presented by each project.

Matt is a founding director of Twelve Architects, responsible for the design direction of the office. He has specialist experience in facilitating stakeholder engagement, developing strategic briefs, feasibility studies and designs our clients. Matt is the design director for the redevelopment of the Grade II listed Bodmin Jail into a leading visitor attraction and hotel. He has strong design leadership skills and has a broad range of experience of award-winning, innovative and delivered projects. His experience and current role combine a blend of exciting and highly considered built projects with a fresh and innovative approach to new proposals.

The founder and owner of UArchitects, Misak Terzibasiyan, is personally and professionally focusing on an international context as well as on the influence of cultural themes. This is mainly based on his ethnical background, whereas Misak Terzibasiyan was born 22-09-1964 in Helsinki (Finland), his mother Finnish, his father Armenian. He studied at the University of Technology in Eindhoven (The Netherlands) on the department Architecture, Building Technology, and City Planning. He has been working at international architectural offices before founding in 2003 in the cultural architectural icon, the city of Eindhoven. UArchitects is an international office which welcomes different nationalities. He is also involved in commission work regarding the judgement of architecture plans in several municipalities in the Netherlands. At this moment he is also involved at the academy of fashion and design (ArTEZ) in Arnhem as a part-time tutor for the master architecture students. He writes on the regular base also for de Architect with his actual critical vision about architecture and society. This symbioses between the reality of architecture in his office and the reflection with theoretic discourse of architecture give a deeper meaning regarding the actual architecture profession. The architecture of modesty and humanity are key words in his approach. This is only achieved in communication with the users and clients in open dialogue.

TAG Architects were established in 2001 as a design-focused practice specializing in high quality, innovative and environmentally and socially responsible projects. We create well designed, appropriately scaled architecture which responds to the client brief and contributes to the built environment and associated landscape. Founding Directors, Jurg Hunziker, and Michael Spight share a passion for delivering architectural solutions which “make a difference”. A significant number of projects undertaken have been public & community facilities requiring a substantial commitment to social issues beyond the scope normally expected of design consultants. Our work has won a number of design excellence awards through the Australian Institute of Architects, WA Chapter, including the state’s highest award, the prestigious George Temple Poole Award. The practice currently works in a wide range of building types, including projects in educational, justice, custodial, residential and heritage fields. Works undertaken by TAG Architects in the past ten years have been predominantly in the public realm; where projects have continued to increase in scale and complexity. TAG Architects also enjoy working collaboratively with other like-minded design practices, preferring to establish the strongest and most appropriate team for any given design program. This allows the practice to undertake larger, more complex projects from a modest base, and to further develop design skills and excellence.