Designing A Future Worth Living In™

Architecture has the power to make life genuinely better. Most buildings satisfy a brief. The best ones change how people learn, heal and live. That is the standard we hold ourselves to.

Designed for more than function. Designed to be worth living in.

Every project. Every decision.

Three lenses:  Client Success | Design Excellence | Inspired People

Extreme Houses USA

Our award-winning coastal retreat, Paradise House, was featured on Extreme House USA (Episode 510). Located at St Andrews Beach, 100km south of Melbourne, the home showcases bold design in harmony with its rugged coastal setting.

Our Values

Client Success

We exist to make clients successful.

It means your goals shape our ambition.  It means the relationship outlasts the project.

A brief tells us what to design. Knowing you tells us why it matters.

That trust cannot be manufactured. It is earned, project by project, decision by decision.

Design Excellence

Inspiration without resolution is decoration. Resolution without inspiration is just building. We refuse both.

Great architecture is never accidental. It is the product of relentless interrogation and of refusing the comfortable answer in favour of the right one.

Inspired People

Our ambition for our people matches our ambition for our buildings.

Most practices extract output. We build careers.

We are building the next generation of architectural leaders who will shape Australia's built environment for decades to come. That is a legacy we are proud to pursue.



What Our Clients Are Saying

C1 & C2 Flexible Teaching Space

“I’d like to drop notes to various people who made the new theatre happen, to thank them for the great space. The acoustics are amazing. Makes a huge difference.”

Associate Professor
School of Engineering
University of Melbourne

Monash Architecture School

“Your practice achieved both an exceptional outcome and exceptional practice management, for the new Architecture Suite. I liked the scheme from its inception, but it’s very pleasing that the more I see it, the more I like it.”

Professor
Dean of Faculty of Art and Design
Monash University

Berkeley Residence

“I am very lucky to have met Hatz who are highly scientific, professional and pleasant to work with. I expect more of my friends will cooperate with Hatz.”

“ 我感到非常幸运可以遇到Hatz建筑事务所这样科学,专业和令人愉快的团队。我非常期待未来会有更多的朋友与Hatz建筑事务所合作。”

Sophie
Residential Client

Hatz