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 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.
We understand your mission so deeply that we can advocate for outcomes you have not yet found the words to ask for. 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.
The tension between innovation and resolution is not a problem to be managed. It is where our best work lives.
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.
We work on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. As architects, we are mindful that we shape places on Country that has been cared for over tens of thousands of years. We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung as its Traditional Custodians and we pay our respects to Elders past and present.
Where We Work
What Our Clients Are Saying
“HATZ delivered exactly the outcome we needed ... a practical, sustainable result that directly supports our teaching mission, and that's the measure of success for us."
Johan Bahari
Senior Project Manager
Box Hill Institute
“I’ve always found you to be a careful listener, thoughtful in your approach and genuinely committed to resolving challenges in a practical way. That consistency is what makes working with HATZ so valuable."
Nez Goc
Associate Director, Infrastructure & Facilities
University of Melbourne
“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