Interior Design has been an integral part of Swanbury Penglase since 1998 and eighteen years on they’ve grown from one person to a team of seven. Co-led by Director Elizabeth Swanbury and Senior Associate Felicity Hope, the team is a significant and recognised part of the Swanbury Penglase multi-disciplinary approach, last year receiving an Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) Interior Architecture Award and Commendation for their efforts. This follows success in earlier years with Gold and Silver Awards from the Design Institute of Australia (DIA).

The team is a great mix of youth and experience, with Zoe Avon the next most senior member and project leader having been with SPA since 2004.  We are also pleased to announce Zoe has accepted a position as Associate and we look forward to her taking on this role. Working alongside her are Erin Depledge and Jasmine Brooksby with three and four years experience respectively whilst new graduates Matthew James and Rebecca McMillan joined us this year.

Early involvement in the planning stages of a project to assess both current and future needs is critical to the delivery of high quality interior spaces. The “hand-in-hand” approach of architecture and interiors together ensures all aspects of the user experience have been thought through and that both work seamlessly together.

In addition to working closely with our architecture and landscape teams, the interiors group is regularly involved with our Heritage group, their expertise and experience with colour and materials playing a crucial role in the delivery of these challenging and sensitive projects.

The team is currently working across a broad range of projects including schools: St Peters Girls and St Andrews, the Adelaide Town Hall with the Adelaide City Council, the University of South Australia’s Health Innovation Building with BVN Architecture as well as numerous other projects, both commercial and residential.

Please get in contact with Elizabeth or Felicity should you have a project to discuss or if you want to know more.

Swanbury Penglase won the AIA Interior Architecture Award for the Margaret Ames Centre and AIA Commendation for the New Mental Health Hospital at Glenside. In 2012 the team received a DIA Gold Award for Australian Red Cross Blood Donor Centre in Regent Arcade and in 2010 and DIA Silver Award for the University College London fitout in the Torrens Building.