Studio Polychrome

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations people today.
ABOUT US

polychrome

Polychrome was established in 2023 as a full-service architectural practice. Our goal is to create sustainable solutions for people and the planet by employing processes, technology & materials consciously. We are a practice that is curious, open and broad in its identification of concepts and solutions and deploy within a rigorous and critical framework. Adopted solutions are deemed appropriate by assessing the value of the idea and its execution with attention on the metrics in order to make informed decisions and choices.

We call this conscious design.

featured projects
Chirnside Park Preschool Yarra Ranges Council

Preschool Revitilisation

Repositioning 720 Bourke St


design

We are a process driven architectural practice believing that the best outcomes are achieved through an iteration and refinement of concepts and ideas adjusted to reflect the multiple influences and shifting perspective encountered during the evolution of a project. We do this in consultation with our project partners through the lens of finding optimal solutions.
Practice Behind the Name
what we offer

services

With 30 years of experience across all stages of the design process combining a passion for the initial ideation and conceptual stages together with a highly developed technical knowledge and understanding of how buildings are constructed, we are ideally positioned to deliver the full range of architectural design services.
pre design

  • Briefing

  • Feasibility Design & Pre-design Exploration

  • Due Diligence     
concept & urban design

  • Site Analysis

  • Site Assessment

  • Urban Assessment

  • Masterplanning

  • Site Massing

  • Rezoning Design

  • Concept Design
architectural & interior design

  • Schematic Design

  • Design Development

  • Contract Documentation

  • Site Attendance

  • Post Occupancy Evaluation

  • Peer review

behind the name

Polychrome brickwork is a style of architectural brickwork utilising bricks of different colours in patterned combination to highlight architectural features and was extensively employed in early Melbourne Architecture.

The brick firing kilns produced a variety of brick types ranging from quality ‘Faced’, ordinary ‘Commons’ through to ‘Callows’. ‘Callows’ or ‘Dough-boys’, the underfired or under burnt bricks, are produced by uneven temperatures in the kiln. Rather than rejecting the softer and often discoloured material, Polychrome brickwork embraced it all which embodies the ingenuity and resourcefulness of this design approach.

Polychrome draws it's identity from this proposition and values honesty of expression and scarcity of building materials reinterpreted as a guide toward a sustainable future for the built environment.