Social impact
We aim to make a positive impact through our support of community groups and initiatives. One of our key focus areas is reconciliation – and how to make it more tangible in our practice, our design process, and our built work.
Advancing reconciliation
At Architectus we are acutely aware that we design places and spaces that occupy the unceded lands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and that these First Peoples maintain the greatest connection and knowledge of place.
We prioritise integrating reconciliation into our practice and design process by working together with First Nations designers and collaborators.
Workshopping ideas with our long-term collaborators Yerrabingin
Philanthropic and pro bono work
Architectus supports a number of grassroots and not-for-profit organisations contributing to communities in Australia.
Our practice partners with the Property Industry Foundation, which builds housing for homeless youth around the country.
We also aim to strengthen communities by designing places like the Ruah Centre for Women and Children – Western Australia’s first safe, purpose-designed centre for families fleeing domestic violence – and new Specialist Family Violence Courts in Geelong and other locations around Victoria.
Ruah Centre for Women and Children, winner of the Jeffrey Howlett Award for Public Architecture and the Brian Kidd Enabling Architecture Prize at the 2025 AIA WA Architecture Awards
Strengthening our industry
Architectus promotes and supports our industry through sponsorships and memberships with organisations such as the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat and the Green Building Council of Australia.
Our Student Hub and our contributions toward university programs such as graduate exhibitions foster the next generation of designers.
