Walter Brooke and Associates

What Walter Brooke and Associates does

Walter Brooke and Associates is a privately-held Adelaide-based architecture practice operating as Walter Brooke & Associates Pty. Ltd. since 1984, with a 40-year track record and a team of 11-50 professionals organized across Directors, Principals, Associate Directors, Architects, and Consultants. The firm delivers five core service lines — Architecture, Interior Design, Heritage Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Masterplanning — across residential, commercial, education, healthcare, aged care, hospitality, sports, and public infrastructure sectors. Its client base spans government agencies (SA Department for Education, SA Metropolitan Fire Service, Adelaide Airport Limited), educational institutions (St John's Grammar, Pulteney Grammar, Prince Alfred College, Kildare College), healthcare and aged care providers (ACH Group, Royal Flying Doctor Service, Helping Hand, Southern Cross Care, LHI Retirement Services), and corporate and hospitality clients (SkyCity, Solitaire Automotive, Adelaide Football Club, SANFL, Pilatus, Beach Energy, Mitsubishi Motor Australia).

The firm's revenue model is project-based professional services, with fees typically structured as a percentage of construction cost or fixed-fee arrangements tied to project scope, complexity, and construction value, billed across multi-year contract engagements. It operates a direct client engagement, enterprise field sales model with no intermediary channels, supported by a portfolio website, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram presence. Notable landmark projects include the Adelaide Oval Redevelopment (completed 2014, with COX Architects and Hames Sharley), the Eos by SkyCity $330M luxury hotel (2018), the Arup Adelaide sustainable office (with IDEA Highly Commended sustainability recognition), and the Keystone Adelaide mixed-use development with Pelligra Group. The firm has accumulated over 50 industry awards including two AIA National Architecture Awards, the AIA SA South Australian Architecture Medal, the AIA David Saunders Award for Heritage, and recognition from the Design Institute of Australia, Urban Design Institute of Australia, and Master Builders Association across interior, public, heritage, and educational architecture categories.

The firm is independently owned with no parent company or institutional investment identified, led by Directors Anthony Balsamo, Eddie Typek, and Mark Berlangieri, with Jason Semanic and Dan Galut as Principals and a broader consultant bench including John Bray and Ian Hore. Operations are anchored in Adelaide, South Australia, with occasional interstate and identified international exposure (Shenzhen Foundation Laboratory competition with Chinese practice Thinker Design). The current active pipeline includes Southwark West Village, Carmelite Stage 2, Kingswood Torrens Health, Tribeca Bowden, and St Paul's College Ambrose Treacy Building, signalling sustained project demand across residential, healthcare, and education verticals.

Name

Walter Brooke and Associates

Legal name

Walter Brooke & Associates Pty. Ltd.

Website

https://walterbrooke.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Walter Brooke and Associates is a privately-held Adelaide-based architecture practice with 40+ years of experience delivering architecture, interior design, heritage, landscape, and masterplanning services across education, healthcare, aged care, hospitality, commercial, sports, and public infrastructure sectors for government, institutional, and corporate clients in Australia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (541410), Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Construction Engineering & Constructability Consulting (BPAHAIAN), Construction Management (Agency/Owner’s Rep) (IMAFAAAC)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Interior design services
• Heritage conservation architecture
• Landscape architecture planning
• Masterplanning and urban design

Headquarters

HQ city

Adelaide

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional fees for architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, heritage conservation, and masterplanning services across commercial, residential, education, healthcare, and public infrastructure projects. Revenue is project-based, typically calculated as a percentage of construction cost or fixed fee arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Walter Brooke and Associates is an Adelaide-based architecture firm delivering a comprehensive suite of design services across five core service areas: Architecture, Interior Design, Heritage Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Masterplanning. The firm serves government, institutional, and private-sector clients across residential, commercial, educational, healthcare, aged care, hospitality, sports, and public infrastructure projects, with work spanning full project delivery from brief development through concept design, documentation, and contract administration. Revenue is generated through project-based professional fees, typically calculated as a percentage of construction cost or as fixed-fee arrangements.

Product overview

Walter Brooke and Associates is an Adelaide-based architecture firm offering a comprehensive suite of design services. The firm operates across five core service areas: Architecture, Interior Design, Heritage Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Masterplanning. Projects span diverse sectors including residential (homes, apartments, retirement living), commercial (offices, headquarters), education (schools, universities), healthcare (hospitals, aged care facilities), hospitality (hotels, restaurants, bars), sports stadiums and facilities, and public infrastructure. The firm serves government, institutional, and private clients across South Australia and internationally, with projects ranging from intimate residential fit-outs to landmark civic developments like the Adelaide Oval Redevelopment and Keystone Adelaide mixed-use tower.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Services Full-service architectural design covering residential, commercial, educational, healthcare, aged care, hospitality, sports, and public infrastructure projects.
• Interior Design Interior architecture and design services for commercial spaces, hospitality venues, workplaces, and residential interiors.
• Heritage Architecture Heritage conservation and restoration services for historically significant buildings and sites.
• Landscape Architecture Landscape design and planning services for public spaces, recreational facilities, and urban environments.
• Masterplanning Strategic planning and urban design services for large-scale developments, campuses, and precincts.

Quantifiable outcome

• Adelaide Oval Redevelopment benchmark for future sports architecture in Australia
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Jackson ArchitecturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Walter Brooke on the Adelaide Oval Redevelopment concept plans as part of the design team including COX Architects
• COX ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead architects on Adelaide Oval Redevelopment working alongside Walter Brooke and Hames Sharley
• Hames SharleycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAppointed to develop and document the concept design for Adelaide Oval alongside lead architects COX and Walter Brooke
• Thinker DesignminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChinese design practice associated with Walter Brooke on Shenzhen Foundation Laboratory competition
• Genesin StudiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Genesin Studio on iTL Restaurant project at SkyCity Adelaide
• Hecker GuthriecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterior design collaboration on Eos by SkyCity luxury hotel project
• Swanbury Penglase ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated with Walter Brooke on Helping Hand Aged Care Northgate 110-bed residential aged care facility
• OxigenminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPart of consultant team for Carrick Hill Masterplan alongside BDO Organisational Development
• BDO Organisational DevelopmentminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPart of consultant team providing business case study for Carrick Hill Masterplan
• Genesin StudiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Sôl Bar and Restaurant project at SkyCity Adelaide
• Contour and Tomlin ProjectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint project team on Cadence Bowden residential development
• Wellstone and Tomlin ProjectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint project team on Tribeca Bowden development
• Pelligra GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment partner with SA & NT Freemasons on Keystone Adelaide landmark mixed-use development
• Contour PropertyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper partner for Southwark West Village townhome development

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Bates Smart: One of Australia's oldest continuously operating architecture firms with similar 40+ year heritage, focused on workplace, residential, hospitality, and education. Comparable scale and service mix to Walter Brooke, though headquartered on the east coast.
• Jackson Architecture: Adelaide-based architecture firm with a comparable size and sector focus (education, civic, residential). Partnered with Walter Brooke and COX on the Adelaide Oval Redevelopment concept plans, signalling direct overlap in clientele and project type.
• Architectus: Australian architecture and urban design practice with offices across the country, working in education, health, transport, and civic sectors. Directly comparable in multi-disciplinary service offering and institutional client base.
• Hassell: Major Australian architecture practice with studios nationally and internationally, offering architecture, interior design, and masterplanning across education, healthcare, sport, and workplace. Comparable to Walter Brooke in multi-disciplinary scope and sector coverage, but materially larger.
• Cox Architecture: Adelaide-founded, multi-disciplinary Australian architecture firm operating across commercial, education, sport, and public infrastructure. Cox was the lead architect alongside Walter Brooke on the Adelaide Oval Redevelopment, making it the closest comparable in scale, geography, and project typology.
• Hames Sharley: Australian architecture and urban design firm with offices in Adelaide and other capitals, active in education, health, civic, and masterplanning. Hames Sharley partnered with Walter Brooke and Cox on Adelaide Oval documentation, indicating directly comparable client mix and project scale.
• BVN (Bligh Voller Nield): Australian architecture firm with national presence across education, cultural, residential, and health sectors. Comparable multi-disciplinary scope and project typologies, including civic and master planning work similar to Walter Brooke.
• Swanbury Penglase: Adelaide-based architecture practice specialising in health and aged care, education, and community projects. Partnered with Walter Brooke on the Helping Hand Aged Care Northgate facility and competes for the same institutional aged care briefs.

Broad incumbents

• Gensler: Global architecture and design firm with a Sydney / Melbourne presence actively competing for premium commercial, hospitality, and workplace briefs in Australia. Represents the larger global incumbents that increasingly bid into the Adelaide market.
• Woods Bagot: Large global architecture and design firm with deep Australian roots across hospitality, education, healthcare, and commercial. Competes for the same premium South Australian briefs as Walter Brooke but at materially greater scale and geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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