the Kabi Kabi and Jinibara
Queensland
Sunshine Coast
A new design guide for apartments and townhouses has been created by Sunshine Coast experts to encourage good design that ensures great homes for residents and attractive, shady, safe streets for the community.
Apartments and townhouses, which are increasing in popularity, are expected to play a greater role as our region looks to accommodate the rising numbers of those who chose to call the Sunshine Coast home.
Climate-responsive design with local character
The Guide is aimed at encouraging climate-responsive design that reflects the region鈥檚 unique character, ensuring that new developments enhance, rather than detract from, the local identity.
Produced by Councils inhouse team in a collaborative approach with industry representatives and design professionals, this guide follows on from the award winning the Sunshine Coast Design book, which seeks to strengthen and enhance all that residents and visitors love about the region, ensuring our unique character is maintained in the future.
The Sunshine Coast Design Guide stands as a visionary framework for shaping sustainable, resilient, and contextually rich environments for people to thrive. Grounded in a deep appreciation for place, climate, and community, the guide provides a clear and simple approach to design that honours the region鈥檚 unique identity while fostering progressive urban development. By prioritising responsive architecture, ecological sensitivity, and human-centered spaces, the guide sets a benchmark for sustainable growth, one that hopefully ensures that future projects integrate seamlessly into the Sunshine Coast鈥檚 landscape and cultural fabric. This commendation celebrates the Sunshine Coast Design Guide as a catalyst for meaningful and enduring urban transformation, demonstrating the power of place-based design principles to shape vibrant, inclusive, and forward-thinking communities.
The Guide has made some traction with builders – lifting the quality of design on the coast is our aim.
Coolum local Ben Nelson is a resident in an architecturally designed townhouse complex and said he valued the community and connection offered in a multi-unit dwelling complex.
鈥淥ur complex fits perfectly with the local coastal character and I鈥檓 proud to live in a beautifully designed complex,鈥�
鈥淭hese townhouses have been sustainably designed, capturing the sunlight and coastal breeze and truly embracing indoor-outdoor lifestyle for every season. ………. Mr Nelson said.
Sarah Chalkley, Urban Design and Architecture lead
Evelyn Murphy, Urban Design
Berit Kleine-Moellhoff, Project Officer
Tony Holzberger, Team Member – I do not have their numbers currently
Lisa Moore, Team Member – I do not have their numbers currently
Andrew Zarb, 3D Modeller
Thomas Brock, Graduate of Architecture
Shane Hastings, Graphic Design
Noel Robinson, Design Architect
Sunshine Coast Urban Design Panel, Strategic Advice