We are SBD studio, also known as Shire Building Design, an award-winning design studio based in the Sutherland Shire, crafting modern and functional homes around Sydney. Our purpose is to enhance our clients' lifestyles through spaces that are authentic to their household and style.

SBD Studio Team

Our practice

Core to our practice is collaboration, propelling each project forward with our collective thinking, and as an energetic group of forward-thinkers, a constant drive to push boundaries when crafting timeless homes lives in every moment, whilst modernity exists in our execution.

Our commitment to a seamless journey extends throughout every phase of each project, from planning and design to management and development, ensuring our processes remain flexible to unique requirements and guidance is given to our clients through any complexities.

From a small studio, home to a sole designer in 2017, now to a growing team of seven, we’ve become a place of multidisciplinary expertise, with building design and interiors as a balanced practice. Our experience ranges from town-house dwellings to luxury homes, accommodating small renovations to new custom developments and collaborating with first-time homeowners to adept developers.

As a studio our satisfaction is derived from our clients feeling like their home truly expresses their style, embodies their household, and is a result of a frictionless journey and joint practice.

our people

Jake French
Jake French

Managing Director

Joshua Smith

Senior Designer

Josie Potter

Designer and Interior Designer

Katerina Koutsoullis

Graduate of Architecture

Tyler Westcott

Designer

Alexa Scotton

Draftsperson

Lucy French

Director and Administration

Core client and design values

A Sense of place Materiality Functionality Sustainbility

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