Amelia Borg is a founding director of Sibling Architecture and co-leads the practice’s work across civic, cultural and education projects. She collaborates closely with clients and stakeholders to deliver projects that are socially impactful, technically rigorous and grounded in strong design thinking.

Amelia brings extensive experience in the design and delivery of complex architecture and masterplanning. She has led many of Sibling’s key education projects, including the award-winning Surfside Primary School and Wangaratta District Specialist School, which received several awards including the 2024 Social Impact Award. Her work is driven by an interest in how architecture can support more inclusive, equitable and future-focused communities.

A background in research informs her approach to each project. Amelia’s previous experience as a research editor at Archis/Volume in Amsterdam, led her to develop a critical perspective on the cultural and societal forces shaping the built environment. At Sibling, she has led the practice’s research into sensory design, supported by Creative Victoria, and co-edited an issue of Architecture Victoria on this topic. This work continues to inform her interest in how design can respond to diverse sensory and spatial experiences.

Alongside her practice, Amelia is actively engaged in the industry. She contributes to architectural writing and has served as a juror for the Australian Institute of Architects, Architecture Media and Habitus House of the Year. She has taught design studios at RMIT, Monash University and the University of Melbourne, and is a regular speaker at conferences and industry forums. She holds an MBA from Melbourne Business School, supported by the inaugural Steve Ashton Scholarship for the Architectural Profession.

Registered Architect VIC #17582

Nicholas Braun is a founding director of Sibling Architecture and co-leads the practice’s Melbourne studio on Wurundjeri Country. He works across civic, cultural, educational and residential projects, collaborating closely with clients and communities to help bring their ambitions to life. A registered Architect and Landscape Architect, Nicholas brings more than twenty years of experience to his work.

Growing up in regional Victoria sparked Nicholas’s long-standing interest in the role design can play in supporting and strengthening communities, an outlook that continues to shape his approach today. He brings a multidisciplinary perspective to practice, with a particular focus on the intersections between environmental and social systems. At the heart of his work are strong interpersonal skills, which help build trust within teams and ensure shared knowledge and context are embedded throughout the design process.

Projects delivered under Nicholas’s leadership have received numerous industry awards, including recognition for Box Hill North Primary School, Darebin Intercultural Centre, Gertrude Glasshouse and Arts Project Australia.

Alongside his practice, Nicholas is engaged in architectural education and the broader profession. He has taught design and technology at the University of Melbourne and Monash University and is actively involved with both the Australian Institute of Architects and the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects as a juror, mentor and committee member. He also regularly contributes to panel discussions and public programs across Australia where he advocates the value of design within the community.

Registered Architect VIC #18166
Registered Landscape Architect AILA #011202

Qianyi is a co-founding director of Sibling, where she leads the Sydney studio on Eora Country. Her work spans projects of all scales, from exploratory exhibitions to civic buildings and new housing models. Prior to establishing the practice, she worked across studios in Melbourne, Madrid, Shanghai and Copenhagen, where she also completed part of her Master’s degree at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. These experiences have informed her appreciation of diverse ways of living and cultural contexts. As a second-generation immigrant of Chinese heritage, she is particularly interested in how these perspectives continue to shape and enrich our social and built environment.

Since 2010, Qianyi has contributed to academia through teaching roles across universities in Melbourne and Sydney. Most recently, she served as Associate Professor of Practice (Architecture) at the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney. She has also served as a member of the NSW State Design Review Panel and as a juror for the Australian Institute of Architects NSW Awards, Houses Awards, and public design competitions.

In 2022, Qianyi received the NSW Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architect Prize, recognising her contribution to the profession and her innovative approach to practice. In the same year, her own home, Stable House, received the Wilkinson Award for New Residential Architecture.

Nominated Architect NSW ARB #9921

Timothy Moore oversees Sibling’s design-research practice. He has been involved in the conceptualisation of Sibling’s exhibitions at the National Gallery of Victoria, Istanbul Design Biennial, Gyeonggi MoMA, Seoul National University, and assist with foresight, strategic design, architectural briefs and works for leading commercial and cultural institutions and organisations, including Creative Victoria, FJM Property, City of Melbourne and VICE. Timothy has been pivotal in the materialisation of the exhibition New Agency: Owning your housing future, which is a long-term project by Sibling that examines the futures of dwelling through the lens of an ageing population.

This broad approach to understanding the potential of architecture has been underpinned by Timothy’s roles working as an editor for influential architectural publications Volume, Architecture Australia and Future West (Australian Urbanism), and as part of the curatorial team of Melbourne Design Week (2017-2019). Timothy is widely published in architectural magazines, journals and books, and speaks widely at events and in the media. He is a lecturer in the Department of Architecture at Monash University.

Alice Edmonds is a registered architect and brings to Sibling diverse professional and academic experiences. From the delivery of high-end residential projects, to leading design competitions, she believes that collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches can lead to better designed outcomes.

Alice has a keen interest in analysing and understanding the idiosyncratic ways in which we live, work and play and seeks to emphasise inclusive, people-centred design in her work. This is demonstrated in her role as project architect for the GANSW Pattern Book, Rushworth Technical College and Wangaratta Creative Precinct.

Registered Architect VIC #19860

Michael is a an architect with extensive commercial and public experience who enjoys developing projects with strong relationships to the city around them. He has worked in social housing, healthcare, public, heritage and commercial fields, often in difficult sites and with complicated briefs. 

Michael is adept at coordinating highly technical streams of work, looking to distill simple solutions from unruly situations. This is also the approach he takes into design where he values clarity of thought and expression.

Michael is a skilled designer and all-rounder who is comfortable with scale, takes pride in being thorough, and has an appreciation of complexity. He is a studio leader at RMIT, teaching a perennial studio on urban design.

Isabella is a registered architect who brings to Sibling a diverse range of experience across education, community and workplace design. Her work is guided by a curiosity about how architecture can support learning, participation and a stronger sense of belonging.

Recognised for her work on progressive approaches to early education design, she was the recipient of the 2023 Friends of Goethe Travelling Scholarship for Architecture and Design, undertaking a working residency at a research-led design practice in Berlin.

Isabella is particularly interested in emotionally engaging architecture that responds to the world in a careful and responsible way. She values both playfulness and sincerity, using design to create generous and connected spaces. This interest has also taken her to Nepal, where she volunteered on the construction of educational facilities.

Isabella graduated from Monash University, where she has taught in the architecture faculty since 2020.

Jessica graduated with a Master of Architecture from the University of Sydney. She has gained experience working at highly regarded architectural practices in Sydney spanning small projects, residential and hospitality typologies.

Her interests are focused on the social dialogue between people and the spaces they occupy, and how good design can harness these interactions in meaningful ways - a relationship she would like to continue to explore throughout her practice.

Jessica is deeply engaged with the local arts and cultural community, designing exhibitions and installations for galleries and music events including at Artspace and Unsend festival.

Simone brings extensive experience to her practice, with a professional background spanning large civic buildings such as theatres, galleries, as well as projects in education and social housing. She is particularly interested in the broader picture of things, examining how public space can enrich cultural and social dynamics through a range of different scales.

Having recently graduated with a distinction from RMIT University and receiving the Anne Butler Memorial Medal, Simone is particularly passionate about the role of architecture in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Her design ethos centres on the intersection between architecture and other multidisciplinary design realms, which has been explored previously at the Architecture Association in London, through writing and editing for independent student-led publication Caliper Magazine, and guest critiquing for various RMIT University design studios.

Ivy is an experienced Graduate of Architecture who has worked across a diverse range of projects including multi-residential, public architecture and master planning.
She graduated from the University of Sydney and her work was recently shortlisted for the Dulux Colour Awards.
Ivy takes pride in her strong attention to detail and has a genuine interest in creating spaces that are engaging, inclusive and built to last.
During her time off, you can find her designing and sewing cool outfits or hiking in the bush!

With a diverse mix of architectural, teaching and public art experience, Georgia is an experienced Graduate of Architecture who has worked across a broad range of educational and civic typologies.

With experience across architectural practice, teaching and public art, Georgia is an experienced Graduate of Architecture who has worked on a broad range of educational, civic and adaptive reuse projects at various scales.
Her interest lies in the intersection of these fields and the value this multidisciplinary design approach can bring to our built environment and the experience of place, specifically within the education sector. Here, her interests lie in how design can prioritise and enable more inclusive, equitable and diverse experiences of space while maintaining high quality built outcomes.
Alongside her work in practise Georgia is an Education Fellow at the University of Melbourne whose role involves teaching and lecturing to undergraduate students across the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. Her ongoing engagement with academia informs her design approach and strengthens her ability to contribute thoughtful, research-informed outcomes across Sibling's education and civic projects.

Alongside her work in practise Georgia is an Education Fellow at the University of Melbourne whose role involves teaching and lecturing to undergraduate students across the design facility.