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Cumulus is an award-winning architecture and interior design studio with offices in Hobart, Launceston, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney.

The offices operate as one combined studio, providing flexibility in the size and scope of work undertaken and ensuring a cohesive and collaborative approach to all projects.

The studio consists of more than 40 team members, including 17 registered architects with specialities in tourism, residential, commercial, heritage, urban design and interior architecture.

Cumulus also regularly collaborates with a number of external specialist consultants from across Australia for the coordination of a broader range of services from feasibility studies and brand management to contract administration and post-occupancy evaluation.

Cumulus respectfully acknowledges the First Peoples of Australia, their Elders past, present and emerging, who were and are the keepers of their cultural and spiritual knowledge and traditions, and the traditional owners of the land on which we live and work.

Our Practice

Cumulus Studio was formed out of a desire to investigate ideas collaboratively and an understanding that great ideas are developed through sharing and workshopping with others.

From the Latin word for ‘heap’ or ‘pile’, Cumulus believes that through working together a critical mass of ideas can be accumulated quickly – forming idea clouds. These ideas can take on any size or form and be manipulated to suit conditions.

Collaboration is more often discussed than it is practised. It is our experience that, like a good conversation or delicious recipe, the result of mixing good ingredients is often greater than any one of the individual components.

Through workshopping and discussions we are able to generate shared inputs on aspects of budget, program, site, the environment, marketing & brand advice, specialist information, feasibility, people, financial return, user requirements and time-frame. During this process Cumulus also examines how to value add to the project by interrogating the brief, analysing precedents and looking for efficiencies and value for money. All of these ingredients are then refined into a design while strategically working through issues with the client and relevant stakeholders.

Our Awards

2022

  • Tasmanian Architecture Awards Winner
    Award for Urban Design Goulburn Street Housing
  • Tasmanian Architecture Awards Winner
    Ray Heffernan Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
    Goulburn Street Housing
  • Architizer A+ Awards Popular Choice Award
    Winner Best in Australasia Cumulus

2021

2020

  • Victorian Architecture Awards -
    Winner Award for Small Project Architecture Protagonist
  • Australian Institute of Architects Awards, Tasmania
    Stillwater Seven
    Chapter Award for Commercial Architecture
  • Australian Institute of Architects Awards, Tasmania
    Symmons Plains
    Commendation for Steel Architecture
  • Tasmanian Architecture Awards - Commendation for Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions) Symmons Plains
  • Tasmanian Architecture Awards - Commendation Residential Architecture - Houses (Alterations and Additions) Symmons Plains
  • National Architecture Award - Small Project Architecture Commendation
    Protagonist
  • Eat Drink Design Awards
    Best Installation Design - Commendation
    Protagonist
  • Tasmanian Architecture Awards - Commendation Colorbond Steel Architecture
    Protagonist
  • Tasmanian Architecture Awards
    - Commendation Commercial Architecture Stillwater Seven

2019

2018

  • Lonely Planet’s Best New Places to Stay
    Thousand Lakes Lodge
    Ranked number three in the world
  • HIA CSR Tasmanian Housing and Kitchen & Bathroom Awards
    Renovation/Addition Project of the Year
    River House

2017

  • Architizer A+ Awards
    Pumphouse Point
    Hospitality, Hotels & Resorts, Finalist
  • Australian Institute of Architects Awards, Tasmania
    Lady Gowrie Tasmania
    Sydney Blythe Award for Educational Architecture.
  • Tasmanian Architecture Awards
    Sydney Blythe Award for Educational Architecture
    Lady Gowrie

2016

  • Australian Institute of Architects Awards
    Devil’s Corner
    National Commendation for Commercial Architecture
  • Australian Institute of Architects Awards, Tasmania
    Devil’s Corner
    Colin Philp Award for Commercial Architecture
  • Australian Institute of Architects Awards, Tasmania
    Devil’s Corner
    Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture
  • Architizer A+ Awards
    Devil’s Corner
    Commercial Mixed Use, Jury Winner
  • API Excellence in Property Awards
    Devil’s Corner
    Property Development Award (Tasmania)
  • Australian Timber Design Awards
    Bento
    Finalis
  • National Architecture Awards
    Commercial Architecture - Commendation
    Devil’s Corner
  • Tasmanian Architecture Award
    Colin Philp Award for Commercial Architecture
    Devil’s Corner
  • Tasmanian Architecture Awards
    Colorbond Steel Architecture
    Devil’s Corner
  • Architizer A+ Awards
    Commercial Mixed Use - Jury Winner
    Devil’s Corner
  • API Excellence in Property Awards
    Property Development Award (Tasmania)
    Devil’s Corner
  • Australian Timber Design Awards
    Finalist
    Bento Moonah
  • Australian Timber Design Awards
    Finalist
    Bento Harrington Street

2015

  • Australian Institute of Architects Awards, Tasmania
    Pumphouse Point
    Award for Commercial Architecture
  • API Excellence in Property Awards
    Pumphouse Point
    Property Development Award (Tasmania)
  • API Excellence in Property Awards
    Pumphouse Point
    Heritage Property Award (Tasmania)
  • Gourmet Traveller
    Pumphouse Point
    Regional Hotel of the Yea
  • Tasmanian Architecture Awards
    Commercial Architecture
    Pumphouse Point
  • API Excellence in Property Awards
    Property Development Award (Tasmania)
    Pumphouse Point
  • API Excellence in Property Awards
    Heritage Property Award (Tasmania)
    Pumphouse Point
  • Gourmet Traveller
    Regional Hotel of the Year
    Pumphouse Point

2014

2012

2011

Our Accreditations

Registration
All Cumulus Studio Directors and Architects are legally registered to practice either under the authority of the Architects Registration Board of Victoria or the Board of Architects Tasmania, or both.

Registered Building Practitioner
Cumulus Studio’s in-house Registered Building Practitioner entitles Cumulus Studio to design and document buildings of all classes of an unrestricted size in accordance with the Victorian Building Authority and the Tasmanian Occupational Licensing Determination.

Insurance
Cumulus Studio holds a high level of insurance cover relating to professional indemnity, public liability and workers compensation compliant with large scale Australian commercial, government and residential project requirements.

State Government Pre-qualification
Cumulus Studio’s second party certified Quality Management System complies with the requirements of the Department of Treasury and Finance for large-scale building and construction projects in Tasmania.

Our Memberships

Australian Institute of Architects
Cumulus Studio is an A+ member of the Australian Institute of Architects. The AIA advances and advocates the value of architecture to the sustainable growth of the Australian community, economy and culture. A+ members are preferred architecture industry employers which are required to uphold the future of the architectural profession, while also committing to professional benchmarks upon which A+ membership is contingent.

Association of Consulting Architects
Cumulus Studio is a member of the Association of Consulting Architects. The ACA is the key body representing architectural employers in Australia. ACA members lead the discussion on all matters relating to the business of architecture in Australia.

Tourism Industry Council Tasmania
Cumulus Studio is a Brand Partner of the Tourism Industry Council Tasmania. TICT works with the Tasmanian Government to progress key strategies guiding the growth and development of tourism in the state. TICT preferred partners ensure industry and design services are relevant and provide maximum value to TICT members.

Brand Tasmania
Cumulus is Studio is a Brand Tasmania Partner. Brand Tasmania is the first statutory place-branding authority to be established in Australia. Brand Tasmania Partners are a selected group of businesses that help define the representation of Tasmania in external markets.

Property Council of Australia
Cumulus Studio is an Associate Member of the Property Council of Australia. The Property Council is a national body that exists to ensure the continued prosperity of the property industry through building strong communities, jobs and investment. Cumulus Studio’s role as the associate member has included staff leadership positions on various Property Council regional committees in recent years.

Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Cumulus Studio is a member of the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The TCCI is an independent membership organisation that positively leads the Tasmanian business community. TCCI members represent the Tasmanian ‘voice of business’ at all levels of government.

Launceston Chamber of Commerce
Cumulus Studio is a member of the Launceston Chamber of Commerce. The LCC is the leading independent voice representing and supporting business in the greater Launceston region. LCC members represent the city as a region of choice for people to live, work and invest.

Destination Southern Tasmania
Cumulus Studio is a member of Destination Southern Tasmania. DST is the peak tourism body for Tasmania’s southern region. DST members work together to increase visitor awareness and opportunities for local tourism businesses in Tasmania’s south.

Services
Tourism Architecture, Design & FeasibilityResidential Architectural & DesignCommercial Architecture & DesignMasterplanningInterior Design

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Professional Reviews

“Cumulus have been such a pleasure to work for, every job has its ups and downs, but from the perspective of the guy trying to pull the job out of the ground you guys take a constructive / collaborative / team approach that is awesome to work with!”

- Adam Anstie, Project Foreman, Anstie Constructions