B. Architecture – Hons / B.Business

Lachlan is a Director of Nielsen Jenkins, after running his own awarded and published architecture studio Nielsen Workshop for 7 years prior. His key experience working on cultural buildings came whilst working in Dublin for O’Donnell and Tuomey on the Belfast Lyric Theatre from 2008-2009 where he worked on the design and documentation of the interior of the main concert hall. Through experience building some of his own projects (such as Mt Tamborine House & East Brisbane House) and those of former employers, he has been able to retrospectively achieve his Queensland Building License and as such brings an in-depth understanding of the assembly and crafting of buildings. He is also a furniture maker and this immense knowledge of materials and the craft of their assembly brings Lachlan a unique ability to design and document buildings with clarity, efficiency and elegance.

B.Architecture - Hons

Morgan is a Director of Nielsen Jenkins, after running his own awarded and published architecture studio Morgan Jenkins Architecture for 6 years prior. In the early stages of his own practice, Morgan explored this intersection between the built form, landscape, community and the city by being Co-creator and Creative Director of The End of the Line Festival, a free community festival in Woolloongabba, Brisbane which hosted 4000-10000 people annually between 2014-2019. Morgan travelled through London, Barcelona and Prague as part of the Dulux Study Tour in 2017 and was moved by the way some large practices had brought other design disciplines under their own studio roof. Since then, Nielsen Jenkins has employed landscape designers and plays an active role in the design, documentation and installation of landscape elements within their projects to achieve an integrated design outcome that gives equal priority to both the built and unbuilt components of site.

Stephen Varady is an award winning, innovative and respected Australian architect, writer competition advisor and educator. He has designed projects in Australia and overseas, and run some of the most successful architecture competitions in Australia.

Stephen is an architecture writer, photographer and advocate for design excellence, with his writings published extensively in Australia and overseas. Stephen’s projects have also been published in Australia and overseas and included in exhibitions in Berlin in 2007 and the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2008. Stephen has received a number of RAIA awards, the Dulux Colour Award Grand Prix and the Belle House of the Year Award. He was also Creative Director for the 2006 RAIA National Architecture Conference.

Stephen has been an inspiring and enthusiastic lecturer and tutor in architecture, interior design and professional practice since 1985 in architecture and design schools at Sydney University, University of New South Wales, University of Technology Sydney, University of Newcastle and RMIT, and has lectured extensively around the world. Stephen has also been the curator of the Australian and International Brickworks Architecture Speaker Series since 2015.