Renowned for his natural rapport with clients, builders and consultants, Andrew’s early professional schooling was with UK practice Purcell, where he worked on the ambitious Sammy Ofer Wing of the National Maritime Museum.

When Andrew joined BIJL in 2012, he put this large-team project experience and an astute awareness for the importance of detail to fully realised and expressive buildings to work on our projects. Conversant with working across a range of typologies and scales, Andrew is equally at home resolving the finer aspects of an interior detail as he is onsite championing client needs and design integrity. An advocate for resilient architecture, Andrew’s approach is always people first.

Linda is driven by her commitment to working closely with clients and users so as to create moments of joy through architecture. In cultivating this people-centric ethos, Linda seeks to achieve highly resolved design outcomes at every stage of a project’s development and realisation.

Having commenced with BIJL in late 2021, Linda has brought with her a wealth of design and project expertise drawn from two decades of working for several high-profile practices, including CHROFI, Fitzpatrick + Partners, Hassell and Tribe Studio. During this time, Linda gained a breadth of experience ranging across residential, public, health, commercial and education projects, resulting in her capacity to move deftly between scale, material and type.

For Vanessa, great design is the natural outworking of a fulsome and enjoyable process realised through a close working relationship with the client. By taking this partnering approach, Vanessa's approach is to emphasise the importance of good design, regardless of project scale, type or budget. In turn, her focus is always on realising the client's brief, underpinned by a desire to achieve human comfort, longevity, and a strong aesthetic sensibility.

Having made significant contributions to key residential projects during her previous eight year stint with BIJL and Liquid Architecture, in 2018 Vanessa moved into senior roles with Calder Flower and then CK Design International. Working into these larger scale projects Vanessa diversified her experience across commercial, aged care, public and institutional sectors. Returning to BIJL in 2021, Vanessa brings her robust industry knowledge and experience to the benefit of every project in the practice.

Rachael is naturally curious and methodical, knowing that great design comes through great process. A nimble thinker, her capacity to bring concepts to life through the small details and big ideas alike has drawn out new potential design avenues for BIJL.

Prior to joining BIJL, she undertook an instrumental six-month intensive design studio in Denmark, and worked at large practices HASSELL and Fitzpatrick + Partners, honing her instincts for successful projects of any size. She provides intelligent, creative insights across all phases of the architectural process to keep our processes and design outputs sharp.

Bradley is a natural maker - from buildings to models and furniture, he enjoys exploring how the act of making helps to refine design ideas and their final expression. With this eye for detail and construction, Bradley brings a keen interest in residential design and the granular approach so necessary to producing successful single dwelling projects.

Previous work experience for Bradley includes a two year stint at Daryl Jackson Alastair Swayn (DJAS) in Canberra, as well as tutoring in the School of Architecture at UNSW. Adept in both the analogue and digital worlds, Bradley's contributions neatly dovetail with BIJL's design and typology interests and our fondness for being future-facing.

A self-dubbed ‘extra-extrovert’, Kurt is nonetheless a reflective and thoughtful designer interested in how design influences the way we live, and vice versa. As a result, Kurt likes to ask questions because he believes that challenging assumptions and norms helps to find ‘the way in’ to a project, thereby making the architectural process compelling, empathic and meaningful for the client and user.

Kurt commenced with BIJL in mid-2021, having previously worked for regional practice CKDS on both large-scale apartment buildings and bespoke single dwellings. These experiences fostered Kurt’s commitment to residential design, most recently showcased in his highly regarded graduation project, a contemporary housing and adaptive reuse development for Ultimo.

Abbey joined Bijl Architecture in mid-2020 and has made her mark as a capable architectural assistant, moving across writing, communications and project support work with ease. Alongside these activities, Abbey manages BIJL's technical and samples library and is involved with the material and selections inputs for all projects from concept through to construction.

Abbey is presently undertaking her Honours studies at The University of Sydney.