The client brief, budget, site context and aesthetics all inform the concept.

We work closely with our clients in these initial stages to develop and distill ideas, often years in the making, to form the very beginnings of their own unique Home.

Aesthetically speaking, Tidal is not confined to particular style of architecture, instead preferring to work closely with our Clients, producing a Concept that responds to Site, Context and our Client’s own desires.

Whether you are yet to source your ideal piece of land, already have a site, or are renovating your existing Home, our process begins the same way, establishment of a detailed client brief.

Using the Brief and by referencing local planning controls specific to your site Tidal Architects undergo feasibility studies to help you maximise the potential for your Site.

Tidal will identify early the constraints and opportunities available, while at the same time testing form, views, materials and finishes of your Project.

As always the Client brief will help inform many decisions, including budget, functions, materiality, and sometimes even the site itself.

As part of our personalised service, Tidal Architects guide our clients through every stage of the design, selecting a Builder and the build process. This goes much further than just the production of a concept design.

Biophilic design principles combined with solid architectural principles of form, function and materiality create a great concept, but it is during the Design Development stage that a Concept is progressed into a much more detailed set of drawings for the purposes of pricing, to ultimately result in an architecturally designed Home that will serve to nurture the health and well being of it’s occupants.

With our experience in administering construction contracts on small to very large projects, we work hard to protect the interests of our clients every step of the way. Put simply, a poorly managed process can result in a project which not only falls short of expectations but also costs more than it should. Budget blowouts and extensions of construction program place owners in a very difficult predicament and are to be avoided at all costs.