Interchange

What Interchange does

Note on data integrity: the firmographic header labels this entity "Interchange," a Collingwood, Australia management consultancy (founded 2013, 11–50 employees) focused on flexibility, culture transformation, well-being, and leadership development. However, essentially all source-backed evidence in the dataset describes a different organization, "Lyons," an Australian architecture and urban design practice headquartered at Level 3, 246 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria. The substantive analysis below is grounded in the sourced Lyons material, since the "Interchange" descriptors carry no supporting source evidence; the discrepancy should be reconciled before any transaction reliance.

Lyons is a creative architecture and urban design firm that delivers public and institutional buildings across Australia, concentrating on the education, healthcare, government/civic, and cultural/commemorative sectors. Representative work includes the University of Melbourne Student Precinct (37,000 sqm across five refurbished and two new buildings), Western Sydney University's 19-storey Bankstown City Campus (10,000 students, 1,000 staff), Murdoch University's Boola Katitjin (the first large-scale mass engineered timber building in Western Australia), The Alfred Hospital's Victorian Melanoma and Clinical Trials Centre, Prahran Square, and Yagan Square. The practice operates from a single Melbourne studio and works across Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory.

The firm monetizes through project-based professional services—schematic design, design development, documentation, and tender/construction administration—priced via competitive tendering with government and institutional clients; no standardized pricing tiers are publicly disclosed and contracts are typically multi-year. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, secured through direct business development, competitive tenders, and community consultative committees, and frequently executed via joint ventures and design-team collaborations with landscape architects and other practices (e.g., ASPECT Studios, Rush Wright Associates, Haworth Tompkins, Silver Thomas Hanley, iredale pedersen hook). Differentiation rests on specialist design talent, a "Designing with Country" Indigenous-engagement methodology backed by a formally endorsed Reconciliation Action Plan, mass timber construction expertise, and a strong awards and publication record.

Name

Interchange

Legal name

Lyons

Website

https://theinterchange.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lyons (labeled "Interchange" in firmographic metadata) is a Melbourne-based Australian architecture and urban design practice delivering public and institutional projects—universities, hospitals, civic squares, and cultural facilities—for government, education, and healthcare clients nationally via competitive tendering.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Retail & Mixed-Use Commercial Construction (IMAFACAB)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Public architecture
• Urban design services
• Heritage refurbishment
• Sustainable building design

Headquarters

HQ city

Collingwood

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional architecture services including schematic design, design development, documentation, tender and construction administration for public buildings, educational facilities, healthcare institutions, and urban design projects. Revenue is project-based, typically secured through competitive tendering with government and institutional clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Interchange is an Australian architecture and urban design practice delivering public architecture projects across healthcare, education, public spaces, and cultural sectors. The firm provides architectural design services including schematic design, design development, documentation, tender, and construction administration for institutional buildings, campuses, and urban spaces. The practice emphasizes ideas-driven design that integrates geography, history, and cultural recognition into built form, with specialized expertise in mass timber construction, heritage adaptive reuse, and Indigenous 'Designing with Country' methodology.

Product overview

Lyons is an Australian architecture and urban design firm offering a portfolio of public architecture and design services. The firm operates as a single integrated design practice delivering specialized projects across healthcare, education, public spaces, and urban design sectors. The named offerings are individual architectural projects rather than modular products or software offerings. Key projects include hospital redevelopments, university campuses, community hubs, and public squares throughout Australia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Redevelopment A hospital redevelopment project featuring adaptive refurbishment and heritage conservation elements, delivering a specialized healthcare facility for the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.
• Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre A specialized cancer treatment and melanoma care center combining hospitals, healthcare, life sciences research, and workplace design.
• Bankstown City Campus, Western Sydney A vertical campus building at Western Sydney University designed for education, public spaces, and urban design with sustainability focus, accommodating 10,000 students and 1,000 staff across 19 storeys.
• Boola Katitjin, Murdoch University The first large-scale mass engineered timber building in Western Australia, designed with Country and sustainability principles for education and learning at Murdoch University.
• Devonport Living City Stage Two A community and public spaces urban design project in Devonport, Tasmania featuring waterfront development including the Devonport Library.
• Student Precinct, University of Melbourne A 37,000 square metre project improving five existing buildings and adding two new buildings, emphasizing cultural recognition and student experience at the University of Melbourne.

Quantifiable outcome

• Projects regularly recognized with industry awards including Victorian Premier's Design Awards, IFLA Asia-Pacific Awards, and PIA Urban Design Awards

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• ASPECT Studios / ASPECT LandscapecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration on urban design and public space projects including Prahran Square (award-winning), Yagan Square, and Springvale Community Hub. ASPECT Studios provides landscape architecture services integrated into Lyons' architectural designs.
• Rush Wright AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on healthcare projects including Victorian Melanoma and Clinical Trials Centre at The Alfred Hospital, providing landscape architecture services.
• Haworth Tompkins and Silver Thomas HanleymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture collaboration on ECU City campus project in Perth, combining expertise for boundary-breaking tertiary education facility.
• KoningeizenbergcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on University of Melbourne Student Precinct project, led by Lyons with Koningeizenberg and other design partners.
• iredale pedersen hook architectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Yagan Square project, bringing combined architectural expertise to this iconic public space.
• MvS Architects, NMBW Architecture Studio, Harrison & White, Maddison ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign team collaboration on RMIT New Academic Street project - award-winning campus transformation featuring multiple architectural firms working together.
• Walker CorporationminorOthersDeveloper partner on Western Sydney University Bankstown Campus project, responsible for development delivery alongside Lyons' architectural services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BVN: Australian architecture practice with strong education, healthcare and research portfolios including university and hospital projects. Competes with Lyons on similar institutional tenders across Australia.
• Bates Smart: Melbourne-based architecture practice with 170+ year heritage across commercial, healthcare, education and adaptive reuse projects. Highly comparable on heritage/institutional design methodology and Victorian public-sector work.
• Cox Architecture: Major Australian architecture firm with extensive education, healthcare, civic and cultural portfolios. Competes head-to-head with Lyons on large university and public-sector commissions across Australian states.
• Hassell: Australian architecture practice headquartered across Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth with deep public-institutional portfolio across universities, healthcare and transport. Directly comparable in sector mix, scale and design-led positioning to Lyons.
• Fender Katsalidis: Australian architecture firm known for major cultural, education and residential towers including Melbourne university and cultural precincts. Directly comparable in typology (education, cultural, public) and Australian-only footprint.
• ARM Architecture: Melbourne-based architecture firm recognised for cultural, educational and public architecture including libraries and civic projects. Comparable in design philosophy and Australian institutional client mix.
• Architectus: Australian architecture and urban design practice with portfolios spanning education, healthcare, transport and public infrastructure. Directly comparable on civic/public typology and project scale.
• John Wardle Architects: Melbourne-based design-led architecture practice with award-winning education, residential and cultural projects. Comparable on design-quality positioning, Melbourne base and institutional clientele.

Broad incumbents

• Woods Bagot: Australian-founded global architecture firm with significant education and healthcare practice. Broader geographic footprint and larger scale make it a broader incumbent peer rather than a direct domestic-only rival.
• Grimshaw Architects: UK-headquartered architecture firm with strong Australian operations and notable institutional and transport portfolio including education precincts. Comparable on design-led public-sector commissions but operates at a larger global scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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