ABOUT office of regional ARCHITECTure

Office of Regional Architecture is an accredited architectural practice offering a full range of architectural and planning services to our clients in regional Western Australia.

The practice, based in the heart of the Wheatbelt at Brookton has completed a variety of building and planning projects across the Wheatbelt, Great Southern and South West regions over the past decade

Our specialisations include:

• Retail, Cafés, Galleries & Offices
• Planning Applications & Negotiation
• Landscape Architecture Projects
• Community & Not for Profit Projects
• Heritage Projects

Office of Regional Architecture has a contemporary approach to design.  We undertake a holistic exploration of all the relevant issues to arrive at appropriate design solutions which are functional, sustainable and beautiful.

We do this by leading family, small business and community Clients through a detailed and thorough planning, design and construction process in order to create an architectural solution, which not only meets their budget and suits their functional needs, but also improves the quality of their daily life and brings delight to all its inhabitants through their use of the building, garden or urban space.

We specialise in providing appropriate solutions to complex design problems and for difficult sites, and are experienced at negotiating intractable planning and building compliance issues with the regulatory authorities to mutually satisfactory resolution.

OUR TEAM

Rosalie Pech Eva – Director & Principal Architect

Rosalie grew up in the Great Southern region on a farming property near Gnowangerup, where practical solutions and making of all kinds was greatly encouraged.

As an undergraduate studied Arts & Law, she gained a useful understanding of property and contract issues. Graduated from the University of Western Australia with Bachelor of Architecture, with 1st Class Honours in 1991.

Several years of experience in metropolitan firms and in the local government sector, provided architectural and statutory planning experience, and Rosalie was registered as a Practising Architect #2150 by the Architects Board of Western Australia in 2007.

Through Rosalie Pech Eva Architect from 2010 Rosalie began to share the benefits of high quality architectural design with a regional clientele, and in 2012 created Office of Regional Architecture Pty Ltd with her team of 5 staff to continue servicing the local government, community not-for-profit, commercial and residential sectors throughout the Wheatbelt, Great Southern and South West regions.

Shares life as a farmer on a farming property just outside of Brookton, Western Australia with husband son, while enjoying all the benefits of a rural and small community life.

Rosalie is passionate about all aspects of architecture, art and design, focusing on contemporary projects suited to the current needs of regional people and local communities, incorporating considered sustainable and often modest design,  which reflects the uniqueness of living at this time and in that place in regional Western Australia.

tuan ngo – Project Architect

Tuan is a registered architect with experience in a wide range of projects, which have been recognised by various awards. He graduated from Curtin University with a master’s thesis focused on the relationship between humans and nature in the urban environment.

His passion for urban ecology has led him to explore Australian native fauna and flora, especially endemic species of the Swan Coastal Plain and beyond. He is a
qualified Horticulturalist, lending specialist knowledge and experience to our Landscaping projects. Similarly, Tuan is a qualified chef, which stands him in good stead for all hospitality projects. He also makes a mean sour dough loaf, a product of Covid-19 lockdown.

Growing up in Vietnam, Tuan has fond memories of his family home in Ho Chi Minh City and his mum’s family in Hanoi and his dad’s rural town – Nghe An. He greatly benefits from this experience in practising architecture. He loves creative frugal architecture, regenerative design and the community’s role in urban development.

In his free time, he works on the family vegetable patch, a share community herb garden, a giant compost heap, and various home renovation projects, most recently a chicken coop.

Desiree haumann – administrative officer

Desireé’s role varies from general office administration duties to assisting Project Architects with project administrative tasks, marketing, and human resources management. Desireé enjoys following the progress of ORA’s projects as our Clients work with their Project Architect to realise their project’s opportunities, and bring the Client’s and ORA’s ideas to life.

Desireé and her husband moved from South Africa to Australia in January 2022. They have settled in Brookton where they like the country side and the friendly community, and have whole-heartedly embraced Wheatbelt life.
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Desireé completed her Degree in Accounting in South Africa. She recently started studying Interior Design as she is passionate about it. Desireé enjoys being active including playing hockey, she likes going to the beach, loves her cats, and likes to explore Australia with her husband.

thomas flentri – Architectural technician

Thomas provides technical support to our Project Architects with thorough As Constructed record documentation and creating documentation of project designs and construction sets.

Thomas has recently graduated from Curtin University with a Bachelors of Architecture and is currently studying his Masters of Project Management degree. Since graduating he has worked in construction labouring and continued his study into his Masters Degree course while working at ORA.

Thomas has a passion for cultures, his combination of having family abroad and experienced a lot of traveling has shaped his view on construction as one of his many interests and potential career paths.

megan rex – PROJECT architect

Megan is a registered architect with experience in a wide range of projects. She graduated from the University of Western Australia , where she participated in a Studio project focussed on developing high speed railway from Perth to Albany. She also enjoyed study abroad semesters as an undergraduate at Montana State University, USA and as part of her Master’s degree at Lund University, Sweden.

Megan grew up on a farm 200km South East of Perth. She gives her farming background credit for her extremely practical way of thinking, hard working nature, determination, and enjoyment of a challenge, especially when it involves learning new things that can add to her skill set.

Megan loves the outdoors, sports, the beach, food and travelling to new and exciting places, and is interested in different cultures, art, architecture. and crafts.

SERVICES & SOLUTIONS

PROCESS

To get the best results for our Clients, we have developed a straight-forward, easily navigated process:

1. On contacting us, we interview you, either over the phone or via our online Project Enquiry Form, to obtain sufficient information about you and your project in order to assess how we can find solutions to the particular issues you face. If we cannot assist you with your particular project, we undertake to refer you to alternative service providers who may specialise in your area of need.
2. If we assess that we are able to make a valuable contribution to the success of your project, we develop a Scope of Services outlining all the tasks that are involved to arrive at an appropriate solution for it, together with a Fee Proposal setting out your financial investment in that solution and the terms and conditions by which we undertake our work.
3. You then consider our no-obligation proposal, and if satisfied that we are able to assist you, we sign a Client-Architect Agreement setting out everything that is involved for both parties.
4. We undertake the work involved as set out in the Scope of Services, with your approval obtained at every stage of the process.
5. The stages involved are as follows:
   • Preliminaries
   • Feasibility Study
   • Concept Design
   • Schematic Design
   • Design Development
   • Construction Documentation
   • Contractor Selection
   • Contractor Administration
   • Post Construction Services
   • Additional services may be provided if necessary by arrangement
6. We co-ordinate any specialist consultants required (structural, mechanical or hydraulic design, Building Code of Australia compliance, land & quantity surveying) and deal with any local Shire authority requirements including Planning Applications and Building Permit documentation.
7. We obtain competitive tenders for the building work from qualified Builders and administer the Building Contract during the construction period and beyond

This process works well because it is detailed, comprehensive and thorough, all due diligence investigation is done and no regulatory or compliance issues are overlooked. We provide you with checklists and regular updates to show you how your project is progressing, and you will always know what is coming next, the timeline and the costs involved. Furthermore, we work to an agreed budget for cost of the building work at every stage, so certainty is assured.