Excellence in planning and design

“It is our privilege to have the calibre of clients that this practice has had the opportunity to serve.”

“a keen respect for historical precedent”

Geoffrey Brown

I am so fortunate as to have built up a practice that has had the opportunity to create some of Australia’s most beautiful houses and interiors.

I have always been susceptible to my built environment. As a child I was the kid that explored the houses of my parent’s friends and thenn their gardens. It always fascinated me the choices they made whether the floral carpet, the difference of decor in the main bedroom, usually pink to that of the rear sleep-out. As a child the Myer Mural Hall transported me into a different world. It was one of the very few glamorous interiors in my world at that time, (aged 4). Gradually, as I explored more of my city I found other buildings and interiors to further pique my interest. Not many. This starvation became a driving force. Then in the 1960’s the rebuilding started. The growing awareness of what was being demolished by ‘Whelan the Wrecker’ transforming a wonderful city of Victorian and Art Deco architectural heritage into a Brutalist Wasteland. All of a sudden what was taken for granted bounced to the front of conciousness and threatened the equanimity of mine and many other a Melburnian’s life. A keen respect for historical precedent was born. The romance of all styles of architecture and the feeling that proportion, romance, elegance, intellectualism was being destroyed in a frenzy of ‘modernisation’. I garnered an excitement in architectural invention of my time and of our European past. I wanted to have a go! Architecture and decoration, they go hand in hand , are like music. Our spirit resonates to the quality of the buildings that surround us just like when we here music. The logic of architecture and interior design is the same as in the creation of music. Rhythm, light and shade, diminuendo and crescendo, surprise, repetition and variation ion a theme. We easily recognise dross and the boredom and stress it spawns as we recognise brilliance. I seek to create in my buildings a reflection of our age. I search for a perfection, while adding a dollop of joie de vivre – my clients are beneficiaries of this philosophy I create by and my effort.

I am a native of Melbourne, Australia, educated at Melbourne University and The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

I have conducted my own practice since 1984 after working for some of Melbourne’s most highly regarded designers: Tas. Phelan, Synman, Justin and Bialek and Denton, Corker and Marshall. Some of my other major influences include the architects Sir Edwin Lutyens, Hugh Newell Jacobsen, even Mc Kimm Meade and White and Robert Mallet-Stevens.

Adding Value to Investment

Good design costs the same as bad design. By investing in good professional advice, there is an immediate value gain in your property far greater than the costs expended.

Don’t take a risk with your investment, gear your property to maximise ROI.

Lifestyle choice or not, it’s still an investment: you can have both the lifestyle choice and maximise your investment for future gain – simply by using the best of design. Mistakes cost the same to manufacture but become more costly with time.
Experience and understanding of this concept is what we offer to our Clients at Geoffrey Brown Design.

Exceptional Quality
We create buildings that are of exceptional quality whether the budget is large or small.
Challenging Design
We create buildings that lift the spirit, challenge the mind and enhance the locality in which they are placed.
Excitement & Inpiration
We create buildings that will excite over time becoming more appreciated as the years roll on and inspire generations of Australians to come.
Beauty & Stillness
We create buildings of beauty in spaces, proportion, detailing and resolution of the demands of the brief, both internally and externally.
Architectural Heritage
We create from the clients ideas an elegant reality and valid contribution to the architectural heritage no matter the style.

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Services

House Design

Geoffrey Brown Design strives to attain an excellence in planning and design paying attention to authenticity, proportion, detail and the contemporary aspirations of the clients.

Geoffrey Brown Design work with our Clients as a team.

Geoffrey Brown Design is privileged to have the calibre of clients who have given this practice the opportunity to serve.

Geoffrey Brown Design recognises the necessity to research styles and precedent in order to create and interpret in a unique and inspiring manner.

Quality is paramount.

Geoffrey Brown Design will always strive to optimize the value of the investment you are making.

It is with clever and knowledgeable solutions in which we design the parameters which result in the most economical use of your resources

Cost control management begins at the projects inception, after the initial design is accepted. Total provision of detailed documentation allows for better design, accurate pricing and budget discipline due to the elimination of variations. Please refer to our methods below.

Interior Design

At Geoffrey Brown Design, we will provide a comprehensive interior design & decoration service. This enables us to achieve a far higher standard & cohesive design for our Clients by having this control over the total project.

Our interior design service is already incorporated in all our new houses – apparent when one sees the finished product. All cabinet work, light fixtures, floor patterns, stair details are designed specifically for the style of the house if necessary.

Our internal decoration service enables us to bring projects to fruition to the same standard as originally conceived. The interior design and even the decoration being considerd/created by Geoffrey Brown Design from the conception reinforces the quality of the concept and clear understanding of Client’s requirements.

Geoffrey Brown Design has a vast knowledge of decoration for authentic design and method of all soft furnishings to curtains, upholstery, pattern, spacing, textures and materials, art, antiques, objet d’art. Creativity founded on a very broad knowledge. long experience and confidence making the right decisions to once again protect our Client’s investment as well as to make the end result really resonate with excitement. grace and charm.

The incorporation of the interior design and decoration at concept and development throughout the design stages, Geoffrey Brown Design are able to save many hours of shopping time and confusion of being offered irrelevant alternatives. Staying on script is vital.

Landscape Design

One of the main elements of any architectural project is the exterior space in which the building is situated.

The design of the landscape or the gardens of a project are of fundamental importance to designs created by Geoffrey Brown Design. The view from the interior of the building to the exterior needs to be complimentary and just as exciting as the internal spaces. The view from the garden or the landscape gives the creativity of the structure more meaning and beauty. The garden is always considered at the time of the initial concept. Gardens, the setting or landscape are intrinsic, not an augmentation to the style of the building.

If there is an existing garden structure then the building will be designed to compliment it.

Geoffrey Brown Design