In contemporary Australian architecture the relationship between edifice and environment is often felt more strongly than elsewhere, and the work of Shane Thompson and Bligh Voller Nield proves it: climate, habitat, and landscape represent privileged reference points in their constructions.

These elements are brought together under a design perspective that also pays constant attention to the developments of modern architecture, technology and the world of contemporary art. The resulting work – from private buildings to public complexes – are at once both profoundly rooted in Australian cultural identity, and guided by the functional and formal values that elevate them to the highest levels of contemporary architecture.