About the SWAA Team

SWAA is built around the premise that design is a collective enterprise. We believe the best architecture comes about through collaboration, dialogue, iteration, and refinement. To achieve excellent outcomes, the SWAA team is comprised of talented designers and careful thinkers who approach every project with rigour, curiosity, and creativity.

Our work is produced in an open studio environment where ideas can be readily shared and tested. Facilitated by digital tools, we collaborate with all project stakeholders in an agile and dynamic manner, ensuring feedback loops are incorporated and communication is timely.

Above all, our team aims to produce architecture that will exceed the goals of each client and brief. Through collaboration with the client and other key project members, we seek out the hidden potential of each project opportunity to maximise the value and contribution to our collective built environment.

Directed by Rory Spence and Chris Knapp, the office is a high qualified group comprised of registered architects and graduates from Bond University, Princeton, the University of Michigan, RMIT, the University of Melbourne, Queensland University of Technology, and Griffith University.

Chris Knapp PhD RAIA is the Registered Nominated Architect for Studio Workshop Architects + Associates with registration in Queensland and New South Wales (BOAQ #5922 and NSW ARB #11997). 

If you are interested in joining the team, please forward your CV to contact@studioworkshop.com.au.