JPE Design Studio

What JPE Design Studio does

JPE Design Studio is a privately held, multi-disciplinary architecture and design practice headquartered in Adelaide, South Australia, tracing its origins to 1857. The firm operates across four integrated disciplines — architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and urban design — and serves government, institutional, commercial, and not-for-profit clients primarily across South Australia, with occasional interstate commissions. Its portfolio spans civic buildings (Adelaide Aquatic Centre, Space Discovery Centre, Payinthi Community Hub), workplace fitouts (WSP, Aurecon, Aon, HLB Mann Judd, Naval Group, Enzen), education facilities (Adelaide High School, University of South Australia's Pridham Hall with Snøhetta), and recreation infrastructure (Thorndon Park Super Playground, Bowhill Riverfront Precinct). The firm differentiates through Kaurna-led cultural co-design processes developed with Indigenous partners, and has delivered South Australia's first 6 Star NABERS Energy rated office building (50 Flinders Street) and the state's first heritage-listed 6 Star Green Star building (Allied Health Building, Lot Fourteen).

Revenue is generated through project-based commissions on a professional services basis, typically structured as a percentage of construction cost or fixed fee. The firm pursues work via competitive tendering, direct appointments, and repeat commissions from established government and institutional relationships. Distribution is direct-to-client enterprise field sales through the Adelaide headquarters, with no public pricing, no subscription or SaaS revenue model, and no disclosed venture funding. The firm is led by Directors Josephine Evans, Matthew Thomas, Simon Dodd, Tom Vinall, and Richard Kleinig, following a 2019 succession from long-time Director Adrian Evans. JPE actively pursues industry recognition through AILA, AIA, DIA, and SA Architecture Awards, and maintains a public-facing portfolio and email newsletter for client engagement.

Name

JPE Design Studio

Legal name

JPE Design Studio

Website

https://jpe.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1857

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

JPE Design Studio is a privately held Adelaide architecture and design practice (founded 1857) offering integrated architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and urban design services to government, institutional, and commercial clients across South Australia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural and Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (541410), Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141), Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC), Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD), Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Interior design studio
• Landscape architecture design
• Urban design services
• Multi-disciplinary design practice

Headquarters

HQ city

Adelaide

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architectural and Design Services: JPE Design Studio generates revenue through commissions for architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and urban design services. Fees are structured on a project-by-project basis, typically as a percentage of construction cost or fixed fee for professional design services. The firm serves government, institutional, and private sector clients across civic, commercial, residential, and community sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

JPE Design Studio is an integrated multi-disciplinary design practice in Adelaide offering architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and urban design services for civic, educational, commercial, residential, and recreational projects. The firm delivers end-to-end design — from feasibility, master planning, and conceptual design through to detailed documentation and construction oversight — for government, institutional, and private-sector clients across Australia. Its work is differentiated by a Kaurna-led cultural co-design methodology and a track record of market-leading sustainability outcomes, including 6 Star Green Star and 6 Star NABERS Energy ratings.

Product overview

JPE Design Studio offers an integrated design practice comprising four core services: Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design. The studio operates across multiple sectors including Public, Recreation, Working, Learning, and Living environments. Their portfolio spans civic buildings, aquatic centres, workplace fitouts, educational facilities, playgrounds, reserves, residential developments, and public realm projects throughout Adelaide and South Australia. The firm collaborates with various partners on major projects and emphasizes sustainable design practices.

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Brands

• Sedi: Urban furniture design range developed by JPE Design Studio in collaboration with Specialised Solutions, featuring solar powered seating with integrated lighting and wireless phone charging.

Products and services

• Architecture Services Full-service architectural design covering residential, commercial, public, civic, and mixed-use developments across various scales, delivered through feasibility, master planning, concept, detailed design, documentation, and construction oversight phases.
• Interior Design Services Interior architecture and design services for workplace fitouts, commercial spaces, civic interiors, and specialised environments focusing on wellbeing, flexibility, brand alignment, and agile workplace strategy.
• Landscape Architecture Services Landscape design services for public spaces, playgrounds, reserves, parks, educational facilities, aquatic precincts, and urban environments, emphasising sustainability, biodiversity, and inclusive community use.
• Urban Design Services Urban design and master planning services for precincts, foreshores, town centres, riverfronts, and community spaces, focused on placemaking, public realm enhancement, and people-focused streetscapes.

Quantifiable outcome

• The Adelaide Aquatic Centre won the City of Adelaide Prize for Design Excellence and People's Choice Category Award at the 2026 SA Architecture Awards.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Warren and MahoneyflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 June 2026Warren and Mahoney served as co-lead design partner alongside JPE Design Studio on the Adelaide Aquatic Centre project. Daryl Maquire of Warren and Mahoney provided critical oversight as co-lead, ensuring the original design vision was carried from concept through to built form. Brett Diprose from Warren and Mahoney served as the project's aquatic specialist architect, bringing expertise in designing world-class aquatic and sports facilities. The partnership represents a flagship collaboration on one of South Australia's most significant civic projects.
• Karl Winda TelferflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2022Karl Winda Telfer, Burka Senior Man of the Mullawirra Meyunna (Dry Forest People), served as Cultural Creative Design partner on the Adelaide Aquatic Centre project. He led a culturally grounded design process honouring Country, guided by the story of water as a life-giving force. His partnership ensured the centre becomes a living cultural landscape where Kaurna story, identity, and the flowing presence of Country are embedded in all aspects of the design. This Kaurna-led co-design process is a defining feature of the project's cultural integrity.
• Cox ArchitecturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJPE Design Studio, together with Cox Architecture, developed the design of SA1 Tower — a proposed 55-level, 180-metre tower planned as Adelaide's tallest building. Cox Architecture is a long-established national architectural practice and this collaboration brings together complementary expertise for a landmark Adelaide development targeting a 6-Star Green Star rating.
• Hill ThaliscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJPE, in collaboration with Hill Thalis, developed Wirra Mikangka for Housing Choices Australia — a 152-apartment build-to-rent project with social, affordable, and market rental options. Hill Thalis contributes architectural expertise to this innovative mixed-residential project integrated with community spaces and retail tenancy.
• SnøhettaflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerJPE, together with Snøhetta and Jam Factory, designed Pridham Hall at the University of South Australia's City West campus. Snøhetta is a world-renowned international architecture and design practice. The folding green wing planes of Pridham Hall represent a first of their kind, creating natural environment where limited space existed on the site. This collaboration brought international design pedigree to a transformative Adelaide civic project.
• Jam FactoryflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Jam Factory (a renowned South Australian craft and design studio) collaborated with JPE and Snøhetta on the Pridham Hall project at the University of South Australia. The collaboration brought craft and making expertise to the interior and public realm elements of the project, enriching the building's material quality and cultural resonance.
• Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal CorporationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerKaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation partnered with JPE Design Studio on the Adelaide Aquatic Centre development, ensuring the project honoured the enduring connection of the Kaurna People to Country. The corporation's involvement in the design partnership grounded the project in cultural authenticity and Kaurna-led co-design principles.
• South Australian GovernmentflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe South Australian Government partnered with JPE Design Studio, Warren and Mahoney, and Karl Winda Telfer on the Adelaide Aquatic Centre development — one of the state's most significant civic infrastructure projects. Government partnership provided funding, strategic oversight, and alignment with public infrastructure priorities for South Australians.
• Specialised SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJPE designed the 'Sedi' urban furniture range in collaboration with Specialised Solutions. The Sedi range incorporates solar powered seating with integrated lighting and wireless phone charging, and has been deployed in the Magill Village Redevelopment and other public streetscape projects. This product partnership extends JPE's design influence into product design and urban infrastructure.
• Renewal SAcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRenewal SA was a key project partner in the development of the Australian Space Discovery Centre at Lot Fourteen. As the South Australian government's urban development corporation, Renewal SA oversaw the Lot Fourteen precinct transformation and commissioned JPE for the Space Discovery Centre design.
• QuestaconcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerQuestacon (the National Science and Technology Centre) partnered with JPE Design Studio and the Australian Space Agency on the Space Discovery Centre project. Questacon Director Graham Durant spoke at the concept reveal event, and the organisation contributed to public engagement and science communication expertise for the Centre's interactive experiences.
• Australian Space AgencycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThe Australian Space Agency partnered with JPE Design Studio for the design of the Space Discovery Centre at Lot Fourteen. The Centre showcases the Space Agency's role and the latest Australian space innovations, providing public engagement with the growing national space sector. Hon. Karen Andrews, then Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, attended the concept reveal.
• ConvicminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConvic collaborated with JPE Design Studio on the Capella Reserve project, contributing skate park design expertise. The collaboration developed bespoke urban elements for the reserve's skate park, bouldering, climbing, and parkour facilities.
• Saber AstronauticsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSaber Astronautics was announced as a future occupant of the Space Discovery Centre's Mission Control space designed by JPE. As part of the Australian Space Agency's national mission control capability, Saber Astronautics represents an end-user partner for JPE's design of the Mission Control facility.
• Stone & ChalkcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStone & Chalk is based within the Allied Health Building at Lot Fourteen, curating the co-working environment to create an ecosystem of entrepreneurship. JPE's adaptive re-use design of the Allied Health Building was described by Stone & Chalk's General Manager as 'absolutely critical to the precinct's success, providing an inspiring and functional physical space.'

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• BVN: Australian architecture practice with significant public, education, and cultural portfolios, including Adelaide projects. Overlaps with JPE across civic, education, and cultural architecture and operates at a larger national scale.
• Woods Bagot: Global Australian-headquartered architecture and design firm operating across workplace, education, public, and hospitality sectors. Competes with JPE in workplace fitout and education segments and has substantially broader geographic reach.

Direct peers

• Tonkin Zulaikha Greer: Australian architecture and urban design practice with heritage, public, and adaptive reuse expertise. Highly comparable to JPE in heritage adaptive reuse (e.g., Allied Health Building) and civic architecture focus.
• Aspect Studios: Australian landscape architecture and urban design practice with strong public realm, park, and playground portfolios. Directly comparable to JPE's landscape architecture service line, including projects like Thorndon Park and Capella Reserve.
• Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Design: Sydney-based architecture and urban design practice with civic, residential, and adaptive reuse expertise. Has partnered with JPE on the Wirra Mikangka build-to-rent project and operates in comparable multi-disciplinary and civic-focused segments.
• Cox Architecture: Long-established Australian architecture practice operating across architecture, interior design, and urban design with strong public and commercial portfolios. JPE has actually partnered with Cox on SA1 Tower, reflecting comparable scale and complementary expertise in landmark Adelaide commissions.
• Warren and Mahoney: Trans-Tasman architecture and design practice with strong public, civic, and aquatic/sports facility portfolios. Served as co-lead design partner with JPE on the Adelaide Aquatic Centre, demonstrating highly comparable capability in civic infrastructure and integrated design delivery.
• Hassell: Major Australian multi-disciplinary architecture and design firm with integrated architecture, interior, landscape, and urban design practices serving public, education, and commercial sectors across Australia and globally. Closely comparable in service mix and segment focus to JPE.
• Architectus: Australian architecture and urban design practice with strong public sector, education, and transport portfolios. Comparable in integrated multi-disciplinary delivery and civic infrastructure focus, with overlap in government and education segments.

Regional players

• Swanbury Penglase: Adelaide-based architecture firm with strong civic, education, and cultural portfolios across South Australia. Direct South Australian market peer competing with JPE for local government and education commissions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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