Lovell Chen is a multi-disciplinary practice with more than 40 years’ experience in architecture and heritage. Whether we are designing a new building or adapting an existing heritage structure, undertaking conservation works or assessing a heritage landscape, developing a master plan or carrying out detailed research, providing conservation management advice or thinking through a strategic direction for the managed change of a heritage place — our approach is imaginative, practical, informed and responsive.
We work collaboratively, with clients and project team members, to deliver a truly integrated service. Strategic thinking, design skills, research and experience are combined with a passion for heritage places and the built environment. We find solutions, intelligent creative cost-effective solutions that respond to client ambitions, site constraints, environmental conditions and statutory requirements.
Much of our work focuses on the integration of the old and the new, and this is reflected in the range of services we offer:
Architecture A full range of architectural services for new-build, adaptation and refurbishment Conservation works Repair, maintenance, preservation, restoration and reconstruction Building presentation Interior and exterior fabric treatments, fitments and furnishings Passive House Design to Passive House standards for new-build, adaptation and refurbishment Strategic + master planning Strategic planning for buildings and places with complex heritage issues Heritage advice + appraisals Advice, analysis and assessments for individual buildings and places concerning listing and works Heritage management planning Conservation management plans (CMPs) and heritage management plans (HMPs) Heritage studies Municipal heritage studies and planning scheme amendments Infrastructure Heritage planning, advice and permit co-ordination for major infrastructure projects Approvals + appeals Heritage impact statements, permit co-ordination, approvals submissions and appeals Heritage asset management Heritage strategies for the management of complex places or groups of places Landscape Assessments, management strategies and landscape architecture for heritage landscapes Site interpretation Strategies and plans, signage and panels, integration with adaptive works |
PETER LOVELL DIRECTOR AND FOUNDING PRINCIPAL
| Qualifications | BBld (Melb) |
| Professional Affiliations | Hon FRAIA MICOMOS |
KAI CHEN DIRECTOR AND FOUNDING PRINCIPAL
| Qualifications | BArch (Hons) (Melb) Registered Architect (Tas, Vic) |
| Professional Affiliations | FRAIA |
KATE GRAY DIRECTOR
| Qualifications | BA (Hons) (Melb) MA (Hist) (Melb) Grad Dip Heritage Planning & Management (VU) |
| Professional Affiliations | MICOMOS |
ADAM MORNEMENT DIRECTOR
| Qualifications | BA (Hons) (Brighton UK) M Cultural Heritage (Deakin) |
| Professional Affiliations | MICOMOS |
ANNE-MARIE TREWEEKE DIRECTOR
| Qualifications | BArch (Hons) (Melb) BPD (Melb) Registered Architect (ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic, WA) |
| Professional Affiliations | RAIA |
KATHERINE WHITE DIRECTOR
| Qualifications | B Soc Sci (Planning) (Hons) (RMIT) M Urban and Cultural Heritage (Melb) |
| Professional Affiliations | RPIA VPELA MICOMOS |
MILICA TUMBAS PRINCIPAL
| Qualifications | BArch Eng (Belgrade) Certified Passive House Designer |
| Professional Affiliations | APHA iPHA |
MICHAEL COOK ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
| Qualifications | MLA (Toronto) Registered Landscape Architect |
| Professional Affiliations | AILA |
STUART HANAFIN ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
| Qualifications | BBSc (Well) BA (Deakin) BArch (Hons) (Deakin) MArch (Research) (Deakin) Registered Architect (ACT, Vic) |
| Professional Affiliations | RAIA APT |
TINA TAM ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
| Qualifications | BArchDes (UQ) MArch (RMIT) Registered Architect (Tas, Vic) Certified Passive House Designer |
| Professional Affiliations | RAIA APHA iPHA |
SUZANNE ZAHRA ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
| Qualifications | BArch (RMIT) Registered Architect (Vic) |
| Professional Affiliations | RAIA MICOMOS |
LIBBY BLAMEY SENIOR ASSOCIATE
| Qualifications | BA (Hons) (Monash) MA Public History (Monash) |
| Professional Affiliations | PHA (Vic & Tas) |
MAXWELL BRACHER SENIOR ASSOCIATE
| Qualifications | BEnvs (Melb) MArch (Melb) Registered Architect (Vic) |
| Professional Affiliations | RAIA |
MICHELLE KNEHANS SENIOR ASSOCIATE
| Qualifications | BA (Heritage Management) (Hons) (LaTrobe) |
AUDREY ONG SENIOR ASSOCIATE
| Qualifications | BEnvs (Melb) MArch (Melb) Registered Architect (ACT, Vic) |
| Professional Affiliations | RAIA |
WILLIAM JAMIESON ASSOCIATE
| Qualifications | BD (Arch) (Deakin) BCM (Hons) (Deakin) MArch Registered Architect (Vic) |
| Professional Affiliations | RAIA APT |
MEIGHEN KATZ ASSOCIATE
| Qualifications | BA (Mills College, Calif) Grad Dip Museum Studies (Deakin) Grad Dip Arch Cons (Carleton, Ottawa) MA History (Monash) PhD (Monash) |
| Professional Affiliations | MICOMOS (NZ) PHA (Vic & Tas) SAHANZ |
LUCA TREZZI ASSOCIATE
| Qualifications | BSc Architecture (Milan) MSc Conservation & Protection of Historical Buildings (Milan) |
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