Jost Architects was established in 2008 by Patrick Jost. With an enthusiastic approach at the beginning of the global financial crisis of that same year, and navigating the way through this challenging period it enabled the practice to move into the better years ahead. In the early days like many other practices, was based out the back of his house but it was only a year later that an office in St Kilda East opened, giving the practice a genuine identity and later moving further up the road to St Kilda.

From the inauguration of the practice, irrespective of the scale of a project, Jost Architects understand the importance not only of getting the design right but the essential requirement for exacting documentation for each individual project. The buildability of a project, the site and its constraints, are considered during this process. Costing and value management methods are also used at particular stages of the project to ensure the desired financial outcome.

While Jost and his team are perfectly adept at hand drawing, today everything produced from the office is through 3D modelling and presentation software from start to finish, assisting both clients and builders. The practice continues to renovate and extend period homes, design new homes, as well as work on larger projects such as apartment developments, cafes, office fit-outs and warehouses. It’s the process, as much as the diversity of the projects that continues to stimulate and enthuse the office.

At Jost Architects there isn’t a ‘practice style’ as treating each project as unique, the site, client’s functional requirements and preferred aesthetics results in distinct project styles. The practice produces strong contemporary designs that respond to brief, budget and location, along with the setting in which it’s found. The need to produce sustainable outcomes, irrespective of the scale of a project is a core value of Jost Architects, a focus since the practice was first established. Starting with the adoption of the basic principles of thermal passive design, sustainable systems are integrated within the building fabric to become unnoticed aesthetically. This results in projects which are comfortable to live in, economical to operate and of high-quality contemporary architecture.