Services

our services

WHDA offers full architectural services; from project brief establishment to delivery, and privilege the BIM blueprint as the locus of project information between the client, consultant team and builders. We guide you through each stage of the project life cycle to help you realise your architectural ambition. Consulting, collaborating and harnessing our curiosity and problem solving skills to deliver architectural that meets your strategic, operational and aspirational desires in the spaces where you live, learn, work and play.

“Through our design skills, we try to see the world through the eyes of our clients to advocate for common sense solutions to complex problems.”

We offer:

  • Architectural Design


  • Interior Design

  • Tendering & Builder Selection


  • Construction Documentation


  • Contract Administration


  • Feasibility Studies
and Strategic Master Planning

“WHDA embraces collaboration with all our project partners. We all have a role to play. ”

Design Considerations

Architecture is an act of refinement. The simplest solutions are often the best.

It’s all about people and place.

Our clients and project partners are involved in deciding what the most important considerations are within this framework. Often they include:

  • Giving agency to our clients and stakeholders

  • Respecting construction ecconomics, adaptive reuse and making more with less.

  • Nurturing social sustainability as well as environmental sustainability.

  • Context matters, and so does the environment, culture, local histories and urban identity.

  • Buildings are permanent, yet fashions and trends are transient.

  • What life with the project offer well beyond the construction completion.

Project Life Cycle of Services

Strategic planning and discovery

We initiate projects with workshops or detailed briefings specific to your needs – defining objectives, operational goals, user requirements, budget parameters, and program scope collaboratively.




Feasibility Studies

We develop tailored concept directions addressing feasibility against budget, program, site constraints, future adaptability, and regulatory considerations as a realistic foundation for the potential of your project.


Concept and Schematic Design

Collaborate on creating conceptual ideas that explore layout, form and material direction — testing possibilities and opportunity.


Design Development

In conjunction with the consultant team, resolve complex technical aspects through a process of refinement benchmarked against concept, site and budget.


Town Planning Applications

In conjunction with the planning consultants and relevant authorities, we prepare and coordinate the required information for planning and regulatory approvals.


Construction Documentation

In conjunction with the consultant team, document the entire project to confidently

  1. apply for a Building Permit and

  2. seek accurate pricing from prospective builders

Construction Period Services (Construction Administration)

We provide essential oversight during the build phase – reviewing details against design intent, managing complex contractual administration tasks, coordinating across disciplines, and maintaining design quality throughout construction.

“When you work with WHDA, we listen.”

Practice niche Services


Education (Early Learning, Primary and Secondary)

  • Strategic Master Planning

  • Feasibility Studies for Capital Grant Applications

The practice has had extensive experience on working with independent schools to prepare capital works grant applications to the Victorian Independent Schools Block Grant Authority (VISBGA).


COMMUNITY

  • Site Feasibility and Scoping Studies

  • Master Planning

  • Community Engagement


bespoke Residential

The practice enjoys working on challenging projects that make the best use of space to maximise spatial and functional opportunities.