BIRUBI is a building + design practice working across new residential projects, secondary dwellings, renovations, extensions and interiors.

We make spaces for the subtropics.

We design for people.

We build for place.

DESIGN FOR PEOPLE

Good design fosters wellbeing (the mental ease that comes from a functional space, the dignity of feeling pride for home). Good design fosters community (spaces to gather, an awareness of heritage and culture). Good design facilitates joy and functionality equally. The measure of good design is how well it supports the people who use it.

BUILD FOR PLACE

The subtropics are a playground. It’s summer 80% of the year. We celebrate what the subtropics make possible; more time outside, more freedom for fun, backyards masquerading as dining rooms, pool yards giving lounge rooms a run for their money. We embrace this wild, wonderful climate and respond to it using simple, functional practices and honest materials.