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CLIENT FOCUSED

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‘We pride ourselves on being innovative and intuitive… making your project as efficient and pain free as possible.’

– Hugh Gordon, Director

We make it easy.

Our company has been designing homes, apartments & townhouses for the past three decades in ACT and NSW. Our in-house Town Planner ensures a quick and painless development application process, saving time and money. With our head office based in Canberra we are centrally located and conveniently placed to service Sydney, the South Coast and Victoria.

With our lead Architect and director having spent his early career designing sustainable housing, we have continued to foster our firm’s focus for sustainability and sensitive environmental design. We desire to push the boundaries of sustainability past that of simple ad hoc devices. Our design philosophy is to produce buildings that react to both the client’s desires and also to their surrounding environment.

Just ask our clients.

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As soon as we met Hugh we knew the design of our beach house would be a success. Hugh listened really well and rapidly interpreted our requirements to design our fabulous house. The site visit was critical. We watched as Hugh moved some design boxes around on his iPad to incorporate the views and the aspect. It was fun and easy working with Hugh. Highly recommended.

— David Holt

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Hugh Gordon Architect and his team were very helpful and responsive, providing professional advice whilst allowing us to input to the project design. Hugh is very competitively priced, working on big and small projects in rural, city and coastal areas around Canberra. We are looking forward to building our sustainable home!

— meljezzo

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We went to Hugh with strong ideas about what we wanted, and the ambition to build a straw bale house, with good passive solar heating and cooling. Hugh was very sensitive to our budget limits and happy to go back and forth with major and minor modifications right through the process. He always answered our questions in a straightforward, reassuring manner. He also recommended our builder, who we have been very happy with.

— Melissa Benyon

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I have worked with Hugh Gordon on a number of projects including my home.. It is a stunning, light, airy with great passive solar attributes.. we have been living in it for a few years and love it.. I recommend Hugh and his team to anyone in this area, for houses, industrial work and apartment living.

— Kate Davy

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Hugh has been excellent in helping us out with our container home design. Responsive to our requests, very supportive of eco-friendly ideas. He knows the region well, particularly where our build project is, and has taken the plans to the council for approval. For the work undertaken we think he is is very good value for money.

— Marlon McCarthy Butler

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My wife and I engaged Hugh to design our ‘forever house’. Hugh undertook a number of modifications to the plan to achieve the desired design and to achieve the brief that we sought to achieve. We have recently moved into our house and it is a wonderful house that was affordable due to simple and efficient design. Hugh recommended a number of builders and the builder chosen, BCT Constructions, did a wonderful job of delivering on the quality and the design that we had hoped for. Very happy.

— Paul Middleton

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We had the pleasure of working with Hugh Gordon Architect for a new house we are building. In the brief we told Hugh everything and anything we wanted to include, expecting Hugh to tell us that some of what we wanted wasn’t possible. In fact, Hugh responded with “anything is possible!” He and his team were great to work with.

— hcarmona

Or ask the industry.

2007 ACT AIA Award for Residential Architecture

2007 ACT HIA Greensmart Home of the Year

2007 ACT AIA Residential Architecture Commendation

2008 HIA National Award Finalist

2007 ACT HIA Greensmart Home of the Year

2011 ACT HIA Greensmart Home of the Year

2012 ACT MBA Heritage Restoration & Refurbishment Award

2012 ACT MBA Remodelling Award > $400,000

2012 ACT MBA House of the year Award Finalist

2015 ACT HIA Townhouse/Villa of the year award

2016 Houzz Award: Best Customer Service

2017 Houzz Award: Best Customer Service

2017 ACT MBA Townhouses & Villas of the year award

2022 ACT AIA Commendation for Residential Architecture

Residential Design

Whether it be the perfect home for you and your family, or your next investment property, let us, a leading Canberra architect, make the process as simple and pain-free as possible. Our set fee structure ensures all projects, big and small, are charged at a fair and competitive rate.

Apartment Design

The dedicated combination of architect and town planner means Hugh Gordon Architect can help deliver your development on time, and on budget. With a set fee per unit we can help you maximise the site’s yield, and receive an excellent return on investment.

Commercial Design

No matter the size or scale, Hugh Gordon Architect is interested in being involved in your commercial project. We have completed hospitals, schools, transport hubs and more. You’ll be working with one of the largest networks of builders and consultants in the Canberra region.

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‘Our aim is to provide you with a design solution that marries both your needs and desires with a truly beautiful and sustainable piece of architecture.’

– Hugh Gordon, Director