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Office of Regional Architect

Locality: Brookton, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9699 6474

Address: 2 Lennard Street 6306 Brookton, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.regionalarchitect.com.au

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25.01.2022 Great discussion about Architect - Client collaboration and design process, with a great house as an outcome of that process.

25.01.2022 Helpful and reliable information when bushfire smoke is an issue, and when planning for the bushfire season.

25.01.2022 We now have our monthly newsletters available to read on our website! Head on over to https://www.regionalarchitect.com.au/ora-news/ and have a read! #Officeofregionalarchitecture #wheatbelt #CoffeewithanArchitect

25.01.2022 Brookton Noongar Youth Group and the Shire of Brookton are moving forward with the Pump Track project, with approval to proceed on the Recreation Reserve site and support in kind from the Shire for earthworks to build the first stage being obtained. Great community leadership, collaboration and co-operation all round!

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23.01.2022 The extremely modest and underserviced 1950s premises of the Shire of Brookton were substantially improved in functionally by the part demolition, additions and alterations. A number of staff offices, and an extended visitor and reception area were incorporated, together with a substantial enlargement of the Chambers to accommodate community attendance at Shire Meetings. The needs of administration staff, community and Councillors were considered and met during the briefing and design process. Universal access and all services (electrical, communications, hydraulic and mechanical) were upgraded to meet current requirements, including hot water provision in the kitchen and toilets for the first time, and air conditioning.

22.01.2022 Make yourself a cuppa and enjoy having a read of our first Monthly Newsletter hot off the press from the ORA office! #Architecture #Wheatbelt #Building #ora_rpecheva

21.01.2022 Are you coming to the Dowerin Field Days this week? You will find us at site 115 in the Lifestyle Pavilion, together with Melissa Welsh Style & Design. Stop by and run your ideas past us, have a chat and see what we can do for you! #DowerinFieldDays #melissawelshstyleanddesign #community #wheatbelt

20.01.2022 Our little town of Brookton and all our local businesses have been sponsored by Belmont Forum and Visual Inspirations with new-to-us festive decorations in a city-rural partnership which helps regional communities spread the joy of Christmas far and wide through the Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions. Thank you to Brookton Community Resource Centre for this amazing, feel-good initiative!!! Thanks also to Jessie Spark for the joy of her ode to an Australian Christmas window painting...

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20.01.2022 Gift Vouchers, Design Packages, Coffee with an Architect, and a special gift for visitors to site 115 in the Lifestyle Pavilion at the Dowerin Field Day second and final day. Call in and discuss your dream design needs!

20.01.2022 OUR BARN, YORK, WA 'Our Barn' was completed in 2017 for Girl Guides WA. The building was originally built in 1849 and is now heritage listed. It shows you can create modern spaces even in historic buildings if you apply intelligent design thinking. This project was only possible due to the hard working, communicative and skilled contractors, consultants and client team members.... Thank you to Natalie Davy Photography for the amazing photos of the completed design. HISTORY This information has been adapted from Girl Guides WA website: https://www.girlguideswa.org.au/GG/Campsites/OurBarn.aspx Our Barn was originally built in 1849 by pioneer Mr John Henry Monger as a coach house, stables and storehouse for his home 'Faversham House', in the historic town of York, Western Australia. The property remained in Mr. Mongers family until World War II, when it was handed over to the Commonwealth Government and used by the Red Cross to house recovering servicemen and then War Veterans. During much of the 1950's, the property was uninhabited and became almost derelict. In 1963 the Uniting Church purchased the property and after some renovations, used the property as a conference centre. The barn and coach house was left to its own devices and became more derelict. In 1970 the York Girl Guides Unit was granted permission to begin a restoration effort on part of the barn complex to use as their meeting hall. This project however, was far larger than they initially thought, and in late 1971, the project was taken over by Mrs Ida Lloyd a Girl Guides Western Australia State Executive Committee Member.The project was then expanded and taken on by the State organisation. Members throughout the State worked and fundraised, first to purchase the property and later to re-build and renovate the building. Finally on May Day 1977 His Excellency Governor of Western Australia, Sir Wallace Kyle, officially opened Our Barn.

19.01.2022 Merry Christmas from the ORA team! Rosalie, Alex, Marco & Natalia

18.01.2022 ORA is happy to have played a part in making sure the Bike Track happened; we worked with the Youth Group to put their ideas on paper for a plan to submit to the Shire of Brookton.

17.01.2022 Are you looking for a unique Christmas gift idea? At ORA we offer Gift Certificates for 1/2 hour, 1 hour and 1.5 hour consultations with one of our helpful architects to discuss design solutions for your upcoming project. Consultations can be offered face to face or online to suit your needs. ... Coffee (or tea!) and treats provided for in-office consultations! If you would like to know more, or to pick up your voucher pop in to the office today or call us on (08)9699 6474 By supporting our small business you are also supporting your local community! #smallbizwa #mysmallpledge #christmasgift #brooktonwa #architecture #shoplocal #community

16.01.2022 St Marks Anglican Church, Brookton (c1895) 2001 The preparation of a Conservation Management Plan in association with Ian R.D. Watson & Associate Architects for a building of heritage... significance. The CMP provides an appropriate framework for conservation management and works, appropriate maintenance, and allows the Church Committee to access grant funding to progress works as needs arise. Photo Credit: Greg Davis

16.01.2022 Our April newsletter is here! This month's article written by Jessie Spark, gives us a look into the history of the Aldersyde Hall, and it's importance amongst the Aldersyde and surrounding communities. https://mailchi.mp/ae782ec36822/april-ora-news-6879230

15.01.2022 The Brookton Pump Track is an exciting community project driven by local young people to form part of the Youth Precinct included in the Shire of Brookton’s Reserve Management Plan. The track has been constructed by the Shire of Brookton Works Team following a design initiated by the Brookton Noongar Youth Group. The official opening date of the Track is set for the 16th October 2020. Photo Credit: Wheatbelt Cycling Collective... www.regionalarchitect.com.au #landscaping #architecture #brooktonnoongaryouthgroup #wheatbeltcyclingcollective #pumptrack #shireofbrookton #brooktonyouthprecinct

14.01.2022 We are feeling pretty festive here at the ORA Office today, with our staff Christmas Lunch in full swing! We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a safe and Merry Christmas, and we look forward to another successful year in 2020! Please take a moment to see our holiday closure times.

13.01.2022 Do you want to design a home that will grow with your family? Do you feel the existing spaces in your home could be reconfigured to suit stylish contemporary living, but youre not sure where to start? ... Are you looking to replace your dated, tired, and lets face it grotty existing kitchen with something modern and stylish to suit your lifestyle? We welcome you to come and have coffee with an architect (by appointment) to discuss your needs and bring your ideas to life! Call our office to make an appointment on 9699 6474 or pop in and see us in the Lifestyle Pavilion at the Dowerin Machinery Field Days, 28th & 29th August..there may be chocolate too!

12.01.2022 The Gnowangerup Memorial Hall was a significant and much loved, dignified, but dilapidated landmark in the region, which now benefits from a planned and appropriate approach to restoration and maintenance via a Conservation Plan and restoration work to ensure it remains relevant to the Great Southern community it was designed to serve. Conservation Plan and Conservation Works in association with Ian RD Watson & Associate Architects 2000, Shire of Gnowangerup www.regionalarchi...tect.com.au Photo Credit: Gordon Stuart

12.01.2022 A very proactive P&C at Brookton District High School initiated the planning and construction of a wonderfully engaging Nature Playground in accordance with the guidelines for WA Schools provided by the Centre for the Built Environment at the University of Western Australia, KidSafe and Nature Play WA. Each of the elements (the lake, the fort, the rocky outcrops, the climbing structures) we conceived by members, together with donations of goods and materials from local farmers, building services from local contractors, and play materials created by the Brookton Mens Shed. Photo credit Natalie Davy Photography #architecture #natureplay #natureplayground #brooktondistricthighschool #wheatbelt #wheatbeltarchitect #nataliedavyphotography

10.01.2022 We are very busy here at ORA preparing for the 2019 Dowerin Machinery Field Days! Why not pop in and run your ideas past us while enjoying coffee with an architect!

10.01.2022 February Newsletter - Our Director talks about bush fires, and how this is factored into our designs - Have a read about some of Australia's Architects, and how they've contributed to architecture in Oz - See how an architect can save you money on your project!... https://indd.adobe.com//aa4d59ea-c533-4275-afb9-8778263130

10.01.2022 This current ORA project might inspire you to see new opportunities over where you are! Our client intends to repurpose a small, well-crafted stone cottage into a reading and relaxing space. The architectural response is to give the cottage a distinctly new 'floating' roof that protects the stonework and allows natural light and ventilation into a covered space. The stonework is to be faithfully restored by a skilled stonemason, to be enjoyed by future occupants.... We think the project is a great example of re-imagining places, celebrating craft and heritage, and adaptive reuse. Projects like this, we believe, contribute to regional WA's rich sense of place. www.regionalarchitect.com.au #architecturewa #architecture #stonework #cottage #repurpose #australianarchitecture #wheatbelt #restoration #stonecottage

09.01.2022 Thank you to the young guys from our Brookton Nyoongah Youth Group who visited the Office of Regional Architecture in downtown Brooky this week to share ideas for the proposed Pump Track, lead by the wonderful Charlene Hayden and Tarlah Seaman. Big congratulations to young Bryce who not only enthusiastically drew complicated plans for the Pump Track, but also of the Brookton Aquatic Centre. Thanks guys!

09.01.2022 Can you believe that Christmas is almost upon us? At ORA we are busy as we work towards a great finish to the end of 2019, and put things into place for an equally exciting start to the New Year! Have a read of our December Newsletter to see what we've been up to! https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track

09.01.2022 The Brookton Bike Track openen on October 16th, 2020 with a cracking event for #BikeMonth, funded by the Department of Transport & WestCycle. Thank you to every...one involved in delivering or attending the event and a special mention to the #WheatbeltCyclingCollective & #BicylesforHumanity for the amazing donation of 15 bikes. The Shire of Brookton are in awe of your generosity. See more

08.01.2022 Rosalie worked with us to take ideas from an original brief full of sample photos and clippings and measurements, onto a plan on paper. The result was an amazing kitchen and family room that took our 1920s farmhouse into the 20th Century ensuring that the changes worked with the style of the rest of the house. It was then simple to take Rosalies plans and drawings and make my internal cabinetry selections, creating the look within the room that I was aiming for. Rosalie was very detailed in her work, ensuring that the smallest measurements were correct to enable my cabinet-maker to easily interpret the plans. She even gave me advise on the best height to hang my dining chandelier! - Tim & Cassandra Beeck, Glenorchy House Photos by Natalie Davy Photography

08.01.2022 CAN YOU HELP US?? We have two canvas prints ready for collection from North Perth to be brought back to Brookton this week. If anyone is headed that way and able to help us out please let us know! ... Thank you

07.01.2022 We are getting ourselves prepared for some up and coming site visits. Being on site and coordinating with builders is an important part of what we do.

07.01.2022 Here's an inspiring Architect and small business owner making a difference in the regions: Gioia Gianniotis of GPG Architecture & Design from Wagga Wagga, NSW. We are out here! #OfficeofRegionalArchitect #Wheatbelt #GreatSouthern

07.01.2022 Here we are ready and waiting for the crowds to descend on this beautiful sunny day at the Dowerin Field Days. Hope to meet you there!

07.01.2022 This time last year we were gearing up to attend the GWN7 Dowerin Field Days. COVID-19 may have put a hold on that for this year, but we would still love to chat to you about your project ideas. Why not give us a call and arrange a time to have Coffee with an Architect to and see how we can help bring your project to life! (08)9699 6474... www.regionalarchitect.com.au See more

06.01.2022 If you haven't already, its time to RSVP for the Business After Hours coming up this Wednesday. Hope to see you there!

05.01.2022 Where in the Wheatbelt is there an international standard turf hockey field that is in need of new clubrooms to complete the facility? ORA has proudly partnered with the Bruce Rock Hockey Club and The Shire of Bruce Rock to design new Clubrooms as a natural progression to the hard work already undertaken by the Bruce Rock Hockey Club Committee and members. Watch this space for updates on this exciting project!... #brucerockwa #communityproject #architecture #design #wheatbeltwa #ora_rpecheva

04.01.2022 ORA March Newsletter is out! Read about the population imbalance between regional and metropolitan areas, the history of our office building and more. https://mailchi.mp/4eed33223067/february-ora-news-6269157

04.01.2022 The Sensory Garden was designed for the Shire of Pingellys proposed Age Appropriate Accommodation development which enables the elderly to continue living independently in a familiar and safe environment. It was an opportunity to provide an oasis of green, with climatically appropriate planting, connecting the modular housing units designed by Iredale Pederson Hook Architects. The garden is a shared circulation space (a Street) with communal outdoor living opportunities (a... Backyard), in a setting which incorporates the familiar landscaping and utility elements from country gardens, a superb selection of trees which create a structure for the micro climate and attracts bird-life, as well as a wide range of favourite, hardy plants to provide interest, colour, texture, and evocative scents of a lifetime spent in the garden and the bush. It was very satisfying to collaborate with the Shire and the Somerset Alliance as aged care stakeholders, and keen local volunteer gardeners, to create a place which could accommodate a range of living and access criteria. www.regionalarchitect.com.au #ageappropriateaccommodation #independentliving #architecture #landscaping #pingellywa See more

03.01.2022 Thank you #ourlittlecandleco for our lovely cheeseboard and diffuser, personalised with the ORA logo! #smallbusiness #personalised

02.01.2022 Brookton DHS Nature Playground, planning and construction initiated by a proactive band of volunteers to create an inviting and safe space for all ages. #nataliedavyphotography #architect #brookton #natureplay #wheatbelt

02.01.2022 We recently took a drive with local photographer Natalie Atkins out to the Kondinin Community Recreation Centre, which is a project we are proud to have been involved with. This project involved working closely with the KCRC Inc. Committee and liaising with the Shire of Kondinin to realise the brief, carry out design, design development and contract documentation for the additions and alterations to the c1977 ugly red brick, flat-roofed sports pavilion. As you can see, Natalie captured some great photos of the building, showcasing what is now a modern social hub! @nataliedavyphotography #kondinincommunityrecreationcentre #nataliedavyphotography #community

01.01.2022 Updating the logos on our office windows, with thanks to Jaz Locke of LockeMess Design. Looking great!