Join our team!
Join our team!
You’ve got your Masters (or you’re finishing it) and have around 18 months of real studio experience behind you
You have built a solid foundation, but you are keen to take on more responsibility
You are looking for variety across the projects you are working on
You are capable enough to run with real work and motivated enough to keep growing into it
Why Reddog Architects
We are an open studio — you’re in the room with the architects making the calls
Our projects span different sectors, scales and project stages, so you’re not stuck doing the same task on repeat
We are a truly collaborative office environment – we want to hear your ideas
We genuinely want you to enjoy coming to work
What you’ll actually be doing
You’ll work across the full project lifecycle—from design and documentation through to procurement and construction
This includes coordinating consultants and stakeholders, interpreting planning requirements and codes, preparing project information, and managing your workload across multiple projects and deadlines
What you’ll need
- A Bachelor or Masters degree in Architecture, or currently completing your Masters
- At least 18 months’ professional experience in an architectural practice
- Hands-on experience in design, documentation and delivery
- The ability to juggle multiple projects and timelines without dropping the ball
- Working knowledge of relevant building codes, standards and planning requirements
- Archicad proficiency highly regarded
- Exposure to different project types, sectors or scales
- An understanding of how design and documentation actually become a built project
- Confidence communicating with clients, consultants and other stakeholders
- Strong written and verbal communication
- The judgement to work independently and the character to still be a team player
How to apply
Email the following to email@reddogarchitects.com:
- A cover letter — tell us why Reddog, specifically
- Your CV, including education, degree, year of completion and professional experience
- A portfolio showing your design and documentation experience
- Names and contact details for your nominated professional referees
Applications close 24 September
No recruitment agencies.
Due to volume, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
Happy 25th birthday to us!
25 Years of Reddog Architects: Thank You for Building This With Us
In 2001, Reddog Architects opened its doors in Brisbane with a simple belief: that great architecture comes from great relationships. Twenty-five years later, that belief hasn’t changed. If anything, it has only been proven true, project after project, year after year.
This month, we’re celebrating our 25th anniversary (although are taking the opportunity to celebrate right across 2026!) While milestones like this invite reflection on buildings and portfolios, what we keep coming back to is something less tangible but far more important: the people.
To our clients Thank you for trusting us with something deeply personal, whether that was a family home, a community space, or a commercial vision years in the making. Every brief you brought us became a conversation, and every conversation shaped the architects we are today. Your trust is the reason we’ve had the privilege of doing this work for a quarter of a century.
To our consultants and collaborators Thank you to all the engineers, builders, planners, and every specialist who has sat around the table with us.
To our employees, past and present Thank you for all your efforts, the sketches that became something real, and the care you’ve brought to every project, big or small. Reddog is not a building or a logo; it has always been about the people who have shown up, day after day, to do thoughtful, considered work.
Twenty-five years is a long time in any industry, but it feels like a beginning as much as a milestone. We ae proud of where we have come from, and even more excited about what is ahead.
Thank you for being part of the last 25 years. Here’s to the next chapter.
— The Reddog Architects Team
Congratulations Linton
Congratulations Linton!
Congratulations on your registration Linton! Linton started at Reddog Architects as an aspiring architectural student who exuded enthusiasm, an inquisitive mind about architecture and creative ideas. Working towards his registration he has contributed to many projects, many of which have been award winning. He is a wonderful mentor to many students and at the same time been a great father to two beautiful children. He has grown seamlessly into a leader of the practice. Linton juggles the role of being a design and project architect into being part of the senior leadership team, with great energy and enthusiasm. Achieving registration is wonderful reward not only for him personally but also for our practice. So thank you and congratulations Linton!
Designing with the client, not for them
Designing with the client, not for them
At Reddog, we have built our practice around a simple philosophy: that the best thing an architect can do for a client isn’t always to have the loudest design opinion in the room. Sometimes it is more important to be the most attentive person in the room. We believe it is important to listen, to ask questions, and to resist the urge to impose a solution before the problem is properly understood.
We call it walking beside the client. It is less a methodology than a disposition. It is our way of approaching every project so that the client’s goals get put ahead of our own design ambitions.
Client Advocate
The architecture profession has a long tradition of the visionary architect where a singular creative voice designs a building that announces itself as a statement. While there can be real value in that tradition, it doesn’t suit every client or every project. Many of our clients come to us not because they want to be told what their building should look like, but because they want someone who will genuinely help them figure out what they need. That is a subtly different relationship and it requires a different kind of approach.
Being an advocate for a client means being curious about their world before being creative about design. It means understanding the pressures they are navigating. What things exist as constraints that aren’t in the brief but shape everything? Who are the stakeholders they are accountable to?
One of the greatest challenges in taking a client-centric approach is balancing creative vision with client expectations. There can be a tension between the client’s direction and the recommendations for excellent design. We have found the best way to navigate this tension is through discussions with the client to understand what is driving their directions and then using tools like mood boards, sketches and precedent images to help clarify the design.
CASE STUDY – Cannon Hill Anglican College
Our work with Cannon Hill Anglican College is a great example. When we worked with the College school, the buildings were only part of what was being delivered. CHAC, like most schools needed to manage the sometimes-competing interests of parents, teachers, students, and governing body. All of whom had their own set of expectations. In this case, our role wasn’t just to design a good building, it was to help our client navigate a complex process and arrive at an outcome that works for all the stakeholders. That required listening first and designing second.
Attentive from the Start
The tendency in architecture is to arrive with answers. Clients often expect it, and architects often oblige. But the costliest mistakes in our industry tend to happen early, when assumptions go unchallenged and the brief is accepted at face value rather than interrogated.
We have learned that the most valuable thing we can do in the early stages of a project is to ask questions and then ask more questions. What does success actually look like for this client? What are they worried about that they haven’t said out loud? What might change between now and completion that we should be designing for?
Active listening reveals more than what’s explicitly stated. A client might ask for “open, airy spaces,” but what they are really seeking could be a sense of freedom, or calm, or connection to the outdoors. Reading between the lines and actively listening to their answers can give us insight into what will make the design work for the client.
Clients’ needs can evolve over the course of a project, and we have found that it is important to stay agile enough to adapt without losing design integrity.
The clients who have stayed with us over the years (and many have, project after project) often tell us that it is this consistency that they value most. Not just good design, but the feeling of being genuinely looked after.
Design that serves
None of this means we approach design timidly. We are deeply passionate about architecture, and we push hard to find the best possible response to every brief. But we recognise that our design ideas need to evolve when something more right for the client emerges.
The best projects we have been involved in have come from genuine collaboration. Projects where our ideas have been tested and refined by the client’s knowledge of their own context, and where the client has been inspired and challenged by our knowledge of design. Neither of us gets there alone.
At its heart, architecture is about designing for people. Buildings may be celebrated for their beauty or technical brilliance, but the most enduring designs are those that respond thoughtfully to the needs and aspirations of their users. Understanding those needs is a fundamental part of the practice, requiring empathy, active listening, and the ability to translate human desires into built form.
That exchange is what we find most satisfying about the work. Not the finished building as an object, but the process of getting there together and the relationships that outlast the project.
Read more about Design Choices
Before and After BK House
Before -> During -> After
This is BK House. A family home in Carina Heights. We worked with the clients to develop a masterplan giving them the ability to steadily work through the stages of the renovations at their pace.
This first stage focused on the entry way and shared family spaces. The design prioritised natural light and privacy, giving the family a stronger connection to outdoor spaces.
2026 Biggest Morning Tea
Australia's Biggest Morning tea
20 May 2026
Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea is a community event that raises vital funds to make a big difference for those impacted by cancer.
This is the second year we are hosting our own morning tea so that we can help the Cancer Council help others.
Celebrating 25 years of Reddog
Celebrating 25 years of Reddog
Twenty-five years ago, Reddog Architects began with a dream to enhance the experience of place, to create memorable spaces, and to contribute in a positive way to our communities. That dream has far exceeded all our expectations. Since 2001, we have had the privilege of working with so many inspiring, enthusiastic, and creative people including our clients, consultants, builders, suppliers, and the team. Every project has its own story and characters, and so often these narratives define a successful project and provide everlasting memories.
This milestone isn’t just ours to celebrate, it belongs to every person who has been part of the Reddog story.
How It All Began
Reddog Architects was established in 2001 with a dream to enhance the experience of place, to create memorable spaces and contribute positively to our communities. From simple beginnings as a home-based practice, to a shared office space in Zig Zag Street, to our neon-lit warehouse in Prospect Street, and now our breezy home in Gotha Street, Fortitude Valley, the practice has grown steadily and purposefully.
Reddog has never been about one individual. It has always been about a group of people working collaboratively to create memorable spaces and places that reflect the aspirations and dreams of our clients and respond respectfully to context and climate. The journey has presented many challenges, but Reddog has always remained flexible and resilient in its design approach. We have designed both small and large-scale projects, collaborating, challenging pre-existing views, and seeing opportunities and possibilities.
Twenty-five years on, that founding spirit hasn’t changed one bit. Our journey continues and we are more excited about the future than ever.
When Paul founded Reddog Architects in 2001, he didn’t just open a practice, he wanted to create a firm that put people, place, and planet first. Paul has spent 25 years proving that great architecture is about so much more than buildings.
Graham joined the Reddog pack in 2006. He has since become a Director and a cornerstone of the practice, leaving his mark across a remarkably diverse portfolio including multi-residential housing and aged care to childcare centres and retail.
Jess, Linton and Simon become shareholders in Reddog
Thank you
To every client who chose Reddog , thank you. To every consultant, contractor, and collaborator who helped bring our designs to life, thank you. And to the brilliant people who make up the Reddog team, past and present — none of this happens without you.
Here’s to 25 wonderful years, and to everything still to come.
With gratitude and excitement,
The Reddog Architects Team
Designing with the neighbourhood in mind
Designing with the Neighbourhood in Mind
Every project begins with a discussion with our clients as we seek to understand what they want. They describe the spaces they would like and the feeling that they are after. We discuss their plans for now and their future plans for the building too. Almost always at some point the conversation turns to the street and the local neighbourhood.
Clients will comment on how much they enjoy the park at the end of the block they walk through every morning. How much they enjoy chatting over the fence with their neighbours and how familiar they are with the sounds of the neighbourhood. Our commercial clients may comment on the established lunch spots their staff love or the sense of a precinct that has its own identity and energy but the sentiment remains the same. Whether the project is a home or a place of business, clients are rarely just describing a street. They are talking about why they chose the place.
Context isn't a constraint. It is a starting point
Often the temptation is to think about the site as a series of problems to overcome in pursuit of the end goal. Is it a narrow lot? Is the orientation awkward? But framing the design choices like that can be limiting.
Every site we work on is part of a broader neighbourhood. The history of the neighbourhood shows up through the fences and planting and the way current and previous owners have used their street and the surrounding areas. For us, the building forms part of that neighbourhood’s narrative. It is about just blending into the surrounds but it is about choosing elements that matter. It could be choosing a material palette that responds to the neighbourhood. It could be more deliberate choices such as orientating the home towards a nearby park or opening the front of the business to invite conversations from the community. When a building fights against its context, it can feel like the building is out of place or even be jarring.
Suburbs and neighbourhoods have a specific character
Working as architects for 25 years means we appreciate what has changed and what has stayed the same over that time. Brisbane has changed significantly is that time. Trends in design have come and gone. However, there are some constants that always need to be recognised and considered.
The benefits of passive design are always important. Managing the amount of sun a building receives (whether to achieve cooling or heating) as well as considering access to views and cooling breezes are all part of the process. Site location and orientation are factors that are considered at very beginning of the design process, to ensure that the building effectively responds to its unique site and context.
The relationship between indoors and outdoors is important too. Brisbane homes have always negotiated the threshold between interior and exterior using the verandah and the covered outdoor room as traditional options. We can live outside for most of the year and that shapes the design choices. Additionally, many of our neighbourhoods have parks and green spaces. The creek corridors, lookouts and reserves form part of the surrounds. Designing with these spaces in mind, can mean the difference between a building that sits apart from its neighbourhood and one that builds a relationship with the surrounding the green space.
The street is a public asset, even when you’re designing a private home or place of business
Something that is not often acknowledged is the responsibility a building has to its street and surrounding neighbourhood. Whilst the building may be a private dwelling or a commercial premises, it is also part of the narrative of the neighbourhood. People walk and drive past every day, experiencing the building regardless of whether they are invited in or not.
This doesn’t mean that every building needs to be open or transparent. Privacy is important, and for many commercial clients, so is security and brand control. However, we find that where the design balances these needs with a genuine generosity toward the street, we can achieve an outcome that exceeds expectations.
Some of the design choices include planting that contributes to the neighbourhood canopy, and a fence line or boundary treatment that doesn’t feel hostile. For commercial projects, this might mean a façade that is active and engaging at street level, even where the interior needs to remain private. Additionally, material choices matter for every project type. Materials that age well and add something to the block are valuable design choices whether the building is a family home, a boutique retail space, or a professional office.
The balance between privacy and neighbourhood is an important conversation to have with all clients, and one that often unlocks design possibilities they hadn’t previously considered.
What context-led design actually looks like in practice
In practice, designing with the neighbourhood in mind means considering the site as a whole well before any drawings are begun. This is often part of the masterplanning exercise. It means understanding the history and the narrative of the neighbourhood. It means understanding where the noise comes from and where the light falls in summer and winter.
As part of the collaboration with clients, it means understanding not just what they want inside their building, but also how they want it to feel to approach and arrive. For residential clients, that might be the sense of calm or warmth that greets them at the end of a working day. For commercial clients, it is the impression made on staff arriving each morning, on customers approaching for the first time, or on the broader community passing by. What does the building communicate before anyone has stepped inside? Does it feel like it belongs here, or like it has been dropped onto the site without introduction?
These are important questions for any project type, and they help to separate a building that could be anywhere from a building that can only be in this neighbourhood.
Read more about Design Choices
Drawing inspiration from the colours of the surrounds
Drawing inspiration from the colours of the surrounds
In designing the Administration and Wellness Centre at CHAC, colour was considered as a fundamental part of the architectural language. The internal palette is structured around three guiding elements – earth, canopy and sky – creating a clear narrative across the building’s levels.
The upper floor draws on the tones of the sky, with lighter blues and warm golden hues suggesting sunrise and sunset above the tree line. Below, soft greens reference the canopy and its connection to filtered light, establishing a calm and restorative environment. At ground level, warm, earthy tones anchor the building, symbolising a sense of protection and guardianship for students as they enter.
These finishes extend consistently across walls, floors and ceilings, as well as fixed joinery and loose furniture, ensuring the colour story is experienced as a cohesive whole throughout the centre.
Townhouse design shaped by landscape
The new Townhouses in Stuart Street are designed to be a imulti-residential development shaped by its landscape and neighbourhood context.
The design prioritises green space across the site, establishing a strong relationship between private courtyards and shared planting. Living areas are oriented towards the park opposite, capturing a generous green outlook and reinforcing a sense of amenity.
