Harley Graham Architects

What Harley Graham Architects does

Harley Graham Architects, operating commercially as HGA Studio, is a private architecture practice headquartered in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia (NSW Architects Reg. No. 7892). The firm is led by founder Harley Graham and delivers bespoke architectural design services across residential, commercial, hospitality, cultural, and master planning projects, with a stated emphasis on sustainability and creativity in coastal settings. Featured portfolio work includes Brahminy House, Mona Lane, Ziggy's Villas (residential) and Hotel Marvell (hospitality), signalling demonstrated capability in custom homes and boutique hotels in coastal contexts.

The firm employs 11–50 people and operates a project-based professional services revenue model in which each engagement is custom-priced based on scope, phases, and complexity. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is sales-led, executed through direct client consultation and engagement with individual homeowners, property developers, and hospitality operators. The firm relies on a portfolio-driven website (hga.studio) as its primary digital marketing asset and on word-of-mouth referrals from prior clients and professional networks in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales.

No funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, patents, certifications, regulatory actions, or management-team additions beyond the founder are recorded. Core technology is not disclosed, and there are no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, APIs, integrations, or software products — the practice is a pure design consultancy rather than a technology platform. Customer concentration is inherently high given the boutique, project-based nature of the work, and forward growth signals (e.g., broadening into master planning) are qualitative rather than quantitatively supported by the available data.

Name

Harley Graham Architects

Legal name

Harley Graham Architects

Website

https://harleygraham.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HGA Studio is a boutique architecture practice in Byron Bay, Australia, led by founder Harley Graham, delivering bespoke residential, commercial, hospitality, cultural, and master planning design services with a coastal and sustainability focus.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Architectural Services (54131)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Residential architecture design
• Hospitality architecture services
• Coastal architecture design
• Master planning services

Headquarters

HQ city

Byron Bay

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: HGA Studio generates revenue through bespoke architectural design services for residential homes, hotels, resorts, and commercial projects. Revenue is project-based, typically structured as design fees tied to project scope, phases, and complexity. As a practice-based model, each engagement is custom-priced based on the client's requirements and project scale.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Harley Graham Architects (HGA Studio) is a boutique architectural practice based in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia, delivering bespoke architectural design services across residential homes, hotels, resorts, commercial buildings, cultural facilities, and master planning ventures. The practice specializes in coastal settings with a dedicated emphasis on sustainability and creativity, operating as a project-based consultancy from concept development through design documentation and project oversight.

Product overview

HGA Studio is an award-winning architecture practice based in Byron Bay, New South Wales. The company operates as a unified practice offering architectural design services rather than a software platform. Their portfolio spans residential homes, hotels, resorts, commercial buildings, cultural facilities, and master planning ventures. The featured projects include Brahminy House, Mona Lane, Ziggy's Villas, and Hotel Marvell, demonstrating expertise in coastal settings with a dedicated emphasis on sustainability and creativity. All services are delivered through their integrated design practice model.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Architecture Custom home design services focusing on coastal settings with emphasis on sustainability and creativity, intended for individual homeowners and property developers seeking bespoke residential dwellings.
• Commercial Architecture Commercial building design services for commercial developers and businesses requiring architecturally distinctive commercial properties in coastal and regional locations.
• Hotel & Resort Design Specialized hospitality architecture services for hotel owners, resort operators, and commercial accommodation developers seeking distinctive hospitality venues in coastal and regional locations.
• Cultural Architecture Cultural building design services for cultural institutions, government bodies, and organizations requiring thoughtfully designed public and cultural spaces that balance functional requirements with cultural significance.
• Master Planning Large-scale planning and design services for developers and organizations undertaking multi-phase development projects requiring comprehensive architectural planning and cohesive design vision across complex developments.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Olson Kundig: Boutique, design-led architecture practice known for site-specific, materially expressive residential and hospitality work in distinctive coastal and remote settings — directly comparable ethos to HGA's coastal/sustainability positioning.
• Jackson Clements Burrows (JCB): Award-winning Australian boutique architecture firm with a comparable typology mix across high-end residential, hospitality, and public/cultural projects — a like-for-like Australian peer at similar scale.
• Clare Cousins Architects: Australian boutique architecture firm focused on bespoke residential and select commercial/cultural work, with an award-winning profile — directly comparable scale and typology to HGA.
• Fergus Scott Architects: Australian boutique practice focused on high-end residential and select commercial/hospitality commissions, with similar project-based service delivery and coastal Australian client base.

Broad incumbents

• Hassell: Multi-office Australian architecture and design practice with deep hospitality, residential, and master-planning capability — a broader incumbent whose master-planning work overlaps HGA's secondary service line.
• Woods Bagot: Global architecture and design firm with significant Australian hospitality and master-planning practice — competes for the same commercial and resort briefs HGA pursues.
• Bates Smart: Long-established Australian architecture practice delivering residential, hospitality, commercial, and cultural work nationwide — a broader incumbent competing for the same mid-to-large project briefs HGA targets.

Emerging players

• Architect Marshall: Australian architecture practice with coastal/regional residential and small commercial projects — overlapping typology and regional market positioning to HGA.
• Studio MUHI: Small Australian design-led studio working across boutique residential, hospitality, and interiors with a regional/coastal aesthetic — emerging peer with overlapping niche.

Regional players

• Smart Design Studio: Sydney- and Australia-based architecture firm delivering premium residential and hospitality projects — comparable typology, primarily competing on the broader Australian (non-Byron) market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 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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