ABOUT
Dear client, collaborator, or curious observer,
Welcome to March Studio.
Most architectural statements are either dull or dishonest. Usually both. This is an attempt to be neither. We could tell you we are design leaders, problem solvers, innovators. That we deliver intelligent, efficient, sustainable outcomes every time. The truth is more complex. Every project is a negotiation between budget, regulation, ambition and expectation. Success depends as much on the client’s engagement with the process as it does on anything we produce.
What we actually do is this:
March Studio designs systems that produce space.
We work with organisations, individuals and communities to develop spatial frameworks that can be deployed, adapted and repeated. Architecture becomes less about singular objects and more about the logic that generates them.
All projects are systems responding to an identity; personal, collective or organisational.
A house is a system shaped by a way of living. A workplace is a system shaped by how people gather and operate. A civic or community building is a system shaped by shared culture and use. Each project is a response to identity, translated into space through a set of rules, constraints and relationships.
In this sense, we are not simply designing and delivering buildings.
We are designing how buildings happen; repeatedly, coherently, and across contexts.
The outcome might be a single project, but the thinking behind it is always transferable. Systems are tested, refined and iterated. Each project is a version, not a one-off.
We work at the scale of networks, not just sites. This requires a different kind of engagement. The best work emerges when the brief is allowed to evolve, when assumptions are challenged and ideas are pushed beyond the obvious.
Sustainability is not something we apply to projects. It is embedded in the system itself—how something is made, how it performs, how it adapts, and how it can be reused or dismantled. Too often the term is reduced to a sales device, used by architects and developers as a layer of reassurance rather than a genuine commitment. We are not interested in that. We are interested in longevity. A building’s future life matters as much as its first.
We are not interested in spectacle for its own sake. We are interested in systems that embed into daily life—into routines, habits and use. Sometimes that produces something quiet. Sometimes it doesn’t. Either way, it is intentional.
We prototype, test and build, often literally. Since 2007, we have completed over 100 projects, large and small. Each one feeds back into the system.
If this resonates, we should talk.
If not, that’s fine too.
Either way, thanks for reading.
March Studio
RECOGNITION
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2021 National Commendation | Australian Institute of Architects National Awards | (Small Project)
2021 Winner | Australian Institute of Architects VIC Awards | (Small Project)
2020 Winner | The Alan C Walker Award for Public Architecture | Australian Institute of Architects | TAS Awards
2020 Winner | Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture | Australian Institute of Architects | TAS Awards
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2019 Winner | Victorian Emerging Architect | Australian Institute of Architects National Awards
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2020 Winner | Award for Excellence | Design & Development Awards City of Port Phillip (Non-Residential Development)
2020 Winner | Good Design Award Gold | Architectural Design | Good Design Australia
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2018 Winner | Architecture Masterprize Award | Los Angeles
2018 Winner | Residential Award | Australian Institute of Architects National Awards
2018 Winner | Harold Desbrowe-Annear Award | Australian Institute of Architects | VIC Awards
2017 Winner | 12th Annual Bayside Built Environment Awards | Best of the Best
2017 Winner | 12th Annual Bayside Built Environment Awards | Best New Building
2017 Winner | 12th Annual Bayside Built Environment Awards | Most Creative
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2019 Winner | AGDA Design Awards | Spatial Category
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2018 Shortlisted | Houses Award | New House over 200sqms
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2018 Winner | Commercial Interior, Public Space & Hospitality | Dulux Colour Awards
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2017 Winner | Houses Award Apartment or Unit
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2016 Commendation | Dulux Colour Awards Commercial Interior | Public Space & Hospitality
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2015 Winner | World Architecture Festival & INSIDE World Festival of Interiors
| World Interior of the Year2015 Winner | World Architecture Festival & INSIDE World Festival of Interiors
| Hotel Category2015 Winner | Interior Architecture Award | Australian Institute of Architects National Awards
2015 Winner | Interior Architecture Award | Australian Institute of Architects
| ACT Awards2014 Winner | Interior Architecture Award | Australian Institute of Architects National Awards
2014 Winner | W Hayward Morris Award for Interior Architecture | Australian Institute of Architects | ACT Awards
2014 Winner | Art in Architecture Award | Australian Institute of Architects
| ACT Awards2014 Winner | Intergrain Timber Vision Awards | Best Commercial Interior
2015 Finalist | A+ Architizer Awards
2013 Shortlisted | Great Indoors Awards | Hotel Category (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
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2014 Winner | Residential Architecture Award | Australian Institute of Architects VIC Awards
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2014 Shortlist | World Interiors News Awards | The Greatest Restaurants
2013 High Commendation | Eat-Drink-Design Awards High Commendations | Best Restaurant Design
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2012 Winner | Alterations & Additions Award | Australian Institute of Architects VIC Awards
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2012 Shortlisted | Melbourne Design Awards
2012 Winner | RIBA Bar and Restaurant Awards (Oceanic Category)
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2012 Winner | Best of Retail Category | Contractworld (Hannover Germany)
2011 Winner | Show and Sell Category | Great Indoors Awards (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
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2010 Shortlisted | Residential Design | National Interior Design Awards
2010 Winner | Residential Award | Australian Institute of Architects National Awards
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2010 Commendation | Installation Design | National Interior Design Awards
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2007 Winner | Australian Interior Design Awards | All Categories
2007 Winner | Australian Interior Design Awards | Hospitality
2007 Shortlisted | The Great Indoors Awards | Drink and Relax Category (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
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2006 Runner-Up | Idea Awards | Hospitality
TEAM
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Rodney Eggleston | Director
Julian Canterbury | Associate
Matt Stanley | Associate
Zephyr Cravino
Karen Mcwilliam | Practice Manager
Olivia Li -
Anne Laure Cavigneaux
Chris Adams (DireTribe)
Garth Ancher
Fiona Burns
James Carey (DireTribe)
Maylis Collet (DireTribe)
Laura Courtney
Tim Cousins
Jack Crocker
Jamie Danino
Wilko Doehring
Campbell Drake (DireTribe)
Lewis Edwards
Geoff Farquhar-Still
Ellery Forrest
Stephanie Griffin
Haslett Grounds
Belinda Hajdini
David Henderson
Mona Ho
Ginny Hodgkinson
Andrew Hunting
Sarah Isaac
Jenny Kan
Peter Knights (DireTribe)
Joyce Kwong
Tahlia Landrigan
Charlie Lane
Thuy Le-Butt
Jaime Levin
Farzin Lotfi-Jam (DireTribe)
Patrick Macasaet
Toby McElwaine
Ben Milbourne (DireTribe)
Tanja Milbourne (DireTribe)
Nicole Miller
Asako Miura
Nicholas Paley
Nicola Placella
Mark Raggatt (DireTribe)
Ralf Rehak
Joseph Reyes (DireTribe)
Sam Rice
Jack Seedsman
Adilah Shah
Lauren Steller
Jason Tam
David Thomas
Dmitry Troyanovsky
Jono Ware
Ben Waters
Charlie White
Julien Ybert
Rayal Yelemarthi
Hannah Zhu
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