Chindarsi ArchitectsStory
Designing houses in Perth since 2003.
A small architecture studio in Highgate, working mostly on houses, and mostly on making the ones already standing work better than they do.
Chindarsi Architects was founded by Joe Chindarsi in 2003. The practice works predominantly on residential architecture across Perth: new houses, renovations, additions, and heritage and character homes, alongside a continuing line of commercial, local government and education projects.
The studio is small by choice and takes a limited number of projects a year.
Every person employed here is an architect or a graduate of architecture.
There are no draftspeople, because separating the drawing from the design is where quality goes missing.
Director and Architect
Joe Chindarsi
“A house asks harder questions than a building fifty times its size.”
Joe graduated with Honours from the UWA School of Architecture in 1994 and registered as an architect in 2001. Before starting the practice he worked on universities, hospitals and airports at a large commercial practice, and found that a house asks harder questions than a building fifty times its size.
He started Chindarsi Architects from his home in Mount Lawley in 2003, and is on every project from the first conversation to the last day on site.
- Registered architect
- ABWA Reg. 1873
- Also registered in
- Victoria, ARBV Reg. 19692
- Practising in Perth
- Since 2003
- Design and build
- Director, Dovetail Building Co.
The studio
Every person here is an architect
Design and build
Our sister company, Dovetail Building Co.
Joe has designed and built houses, and is a director of Dovetail Building Co., which shares our office. It is why the numbers at the start of a project come from experience rather than a rate per square metre.
You can tender the build, bring your own builder, or design and build with Dovetail. Whichever you choose changes nothing about how we work with you on the design.
Affiliations
Registration, education and community
Joe is a rare thing: a talented architect who is also an exceptional listener. Nothing about the house was off the shelf. We were involved in every decision, and every suggestion we made was genuinely considered.
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