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About JAM Architects
Buildings of integrity, quality and beauty
A multi-disciplinary practice of architects, interior designers and 3D visualisers, with studios in Melbourne and Geelong, since 1998.
In short
JAM Architects is a Victorian architecture practice founded in 1998 by Chris Manton and Kathryn Alexander, with studios in Richmond and Geelong. It provides architecture, master planning, interior design and 3D visualisation for residential, multi-residential, mixed use, retail and commercial projects for public and private clients.
Our practice
Since 1998, director-led
Since 1998 JAM Architects has created buildings and spaces that are contextually resolved, environmentally conscious and commercially grounded. Our work spans residential, multi-residential, retail and commercial projects for public and private clients.
We are large enough to take on whole precincts and small enough for our directors to stay personally involved with every client. That combination of design excellence, technical expertise and personal leadership is at the heart of the practice.
Architects, interior designers and 3D visualisers work side by side in our Richmond and Geelong studios, so every project has the full range of skills it needs.
What we offer
Four disciplines, one studio
Master Planning
Precinct and site plans that consider environment, heritage, movement and community.
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Residential, hospitality, retail and workplace interiors and fit-outs.
Learn more3D Visualisation
Renders, animation, VR and AI-enhanced visualisation in house.
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Six principles we design by
Exceptional client service
We balance the interests of clients, users, councils and communities and build long working relationships, such as our work with Banco Group from Smith & Co to East Brunswick Village.
Context
Every design responds to its urban or natural surroundings: the street, the landscape, the heritage and the people around it.
Environmentally sustainable design
Best-practice ESD from brief to post-occupancy, with projects assessed under Green Star and NABERS.
Material integrity
Materials chosen for beauty, durability, sustainability and ethical supply.
Beauty in detail
Restrained architecture, carefully resolved in its details.
Respect for the past, vision for the future
Heritage kept and given new life, as at The Mill, Bakehouse Terraces and Coventry Place.
Next step
Tell us about your project.
A site you are buying, a planning permit, a new home or a full precinct: start with a conversation with one of our directors.
Contact
Start with a conversation
Tell us about the site and what you have in mind. A director from our Melbourne or Geelong studio will come back to you to talk it through.
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Geelong studio