Box Hill Wins At The AIA Awards!
We’re so thrilled and humbled that our Box Hill North Primary School project has won the award for Educational Architecture…
Darebin Intercultural Centre Wins the Dulux Grand Prix!
On 11th May, Sibling attended the Dulux 2023 Colour Awards where our Darebin Intercultural Centre was crowned the winner of…
Regional Museum Conference
Earlier this month we had the pleasure of welcoming delegates from the Regional Public Galleries NSW conference for a site…
Houses Magazine Profile
“Rich in invention, the singular, socially minded homes of this practice are not only intensely personal to the clients, but…
Rushworth Commencement
Kicking off the year on site is our new technical campus building for Rushworth P-12 College! Located on Taungurung Country,…
Place Debate at EDDY
Over the last 12months we have been working closely with Transport for NSW and Right Angle Studios on the place…
Progress at Wangaratta District Specialist School!
We love to see the progress on our delicious brick layer cake at Wangaratta District Specialist School. When complete this…
Work with us in Melbourne
Sibling Architecture is searching for an outstanding and passionate project architect with 7+ years experience to join our team in…
Qianyi Lim awarded NSW Emerging Architect Prize
In July Sibling Co-director Qianyi Lim was awarded the NSW Emerging Architect Prize! We are so proud of Qianyi and…
Stable House receives top honours at the AIA Awards!
We are excited to share that Stable House has received the prestigious Wilkinson Award at the AIA NSW Awards! To…
Sibling is an architecture practice that cares about making people’s lives better. We do this by creating environments, experiences and strategies that respond to social needs and desires, making everyday life easier, more engaging, and more fun.
Working with communities, councils and companies, Sibling design and deliver across all scales and types of building; cultural, commercial, domestic, institutional and landscape. Our research-based approach, driven by a keen interest in culture and connectivity, strengthens each project with fresh ideas and forms.
The practice is directed by Amelia Borg, Nicholas Braun, Qianyi Lim and Timothy Moore.
Amelia Borg
Amelia Borg is an internationally experienced architect. She brings a deep knowledge of complex design and construction to Sibling overseeing key civic projects for government and cultural organisations. She has led many of Sibling's education projects including the VSBA Award winning Surfside Primary School and recently completed Wangaratta District Specialist School.
Amelia enjoys pushing projects beyond their pragmatic briefs by forecasting trends that will affect society. She strengthened these design research skills in her previous role as research editor at Archis/Volume in Amsterdam.
Her interest in research continues with her investigations of how to transform the business of architecture, and completed an MBA at the Melbourne Business School, supported by the inaugural Steve Ashton Scholarship for the Architectural Profession. Amelia has also led design studios at RMIT, Monash and The University of Melbourne and is a regularly invited guest speaker at conferences and panels.
Registered Architect VIC #17582
Nicholas Braun
Nicholas Braun relishes complex projects from the adaptive reuse of existing buildings to the design of public realms of dense inner-city sites in order to transform these complicated projects into something that looks and feels effortless.
This stems from his expertise that spans across the disciplines of architecture and landscape architecture, which gives him a deep understanding of how to integrate biological, mechanical and social systems within the production of architecture.
Having worked across both disciplines in Melbourne and Sydney his projects bring a strong sense of this fusion, as can be evidenced in projects like Gertrude Glasshouse and Hello Houses which dissolve the boundaries of the local context and the private internal spaces to create new and dynamic social landscapes for people to enjoy.
Nicholas is committed to teaching in higher education, which advances his own learning; he is involved in teaching design and construction at Monash University and The University of Melbourne. Further to this Nicholas has served as a juror for the AIA Victorian Chapter Architecture awards and been a mentor for the AIA Constructive Mentoring Program.
Registered Architect VIC #18166
Registered Landscape Architect AILA
Qianyi Lim
Qianyi Lim leads Sibling Architecture’s office in Eora Country, Sydney.
She works across all scales of projects and problem-solving from exhibition design to large-scale civic buildings in urban and regional contexts. Qianyi has a real interest in
civic architecture where the design offers up space to the city through a series of spatial strategies. Qianyi’s attention to the future of Australia’s cities and regions has seen her speak at cultural festivals and institutions across Australia, including the Sherman Centre for Cultural Ideas, National Gallery of Art and Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.
Prior to Sibling, Qianyi worked across Europe and China, as well as for local practices in Melbourne. Her drive to understand and produce an architecture in a global context was furthered by her experience on the Dulux Study Tour for emerging architectural talent in 2016.
Qianyi is also an architectural educator and critic, where she is an Associate Professor of Practice (Architecture) at the University of Sydney, a panel member on the NSW State Design Review Panel and has been a juror at the NSW Australian Institute of Architects Awards.
In 2022, Qianyi was the recipient of the NSW AIA Emerging Architect Prize, recognizing her contribution to the wider profession and innovative approach to practice.
Registered Architect NSW #9921
Timothy Moore
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.
Lauren Crockett
Associate Architect
Lauren is an accomplished architect bringing strong experience in large-scale projects from Melbourne’s leading architectural practices.
Lauren takes a key role on Sibling's education and community projects including the award winning Surfside Primary School for the Victorian School Board Authority. Through her work at Sibling, Lauren demonstrates that architecture is not just about buildings, but a profession that creatively organises and gives form to space. This expanded approach to architecture is reflected in her extra-curricular activities as editor for architecture journal Caliper and design studio leader at RMIT University.
Alice Edmonds
Associate Architect
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 Tatura Smart Farm – an agricultural research, exhibition and co working facility that brings together scientists, academics and other stakeholders from the public and private sector.
Registered Architect VIC #19860
Eleanor Peres
Associate Architect
Eleanor has diverse experience having worked in architecture studios in Sydney, Tokyo and Rotterdam across education, housing and cultural sectors. She takes a leading role in Sibling's key public projects in NSW including the Bega Valley Regional Gallery.
Eleanor also pursues design research exporing the relationship between living systems and artificial structures and their critical role in future imaginaries. In 2020, she was a researcher at the Terraforming education program at Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design in Moscow, and is a recipient of the Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship 2018 and the Marten Bequest for young Australian artists in 2020.
Arjuna Benson
Architect
Arjuna joined Sibling in 2021 and is working across commercial and public projects. He has an interest in the city and engaging with it across all scales and typologies, this has developed through his experience on large scale infrastructure work, through to the small scale of object and furniture making. Arjuna's interest in city making is further explored through his role as an architectural design tutor at RMIT and the Melbourne School of Design.
Nikita Bhopti
Architect
Nikita joined Sibling in 2022 as a Project Architect.
Among various project types, Nikita has deep roots established in complex residential and civic projects spanning several scales. From delivering large new spaces, to ‘tight & right’ interventions, Nikita relishes working closely with her clients and the project team.
Nikita enjoys the intimate details within architectural projects, finding joy in the one-to-one nature of the things we contribute to the built environment.
Nikita graduated her Masters of Architecture with a distinction from RMIT, and is Lead Curator and Secretary of New Architects Melbourne (NAM). Being a freelance writer, she has contributed frequently to several art and design platforms such as Parlour, Reading Architecture and The Design Writer, and is an Associate Contributor to Architect Victoria.
Michael Strack
Architect
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.
Tope Adesina
Graduate of Architecture
Tope joined Sibling in 2021, bringing practice experience that is diverse in scale and typology. He is currently working on public projects where his confident design skills and technical abilities in visualisation are highly valued.
Prior to Sibling, Tope has collaborated with artists on temporal spatial installations and pavilions; on another scale he has also worked on large infrastructure and health projects.
Tope is also a keen photographer and musician and is active in engaging the public with design and architecture. He is currently the curator for a monthly speaker series PROCESS and has been a sessional design tutor at the Melbourne School of Design.
Simone Chait
Graduate of Architecture
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.
Hannah Lim
Student of Architecture
Hannah completed her Bachelors of Architecture at RMIT. She is interested in the holistic relationship between architecture and the environment and has since undertaken other courses in agriculture, building construction and permaculture design to investigate the role of architecture within climate and nature.
Hannah values interdisciplinary conversations that interrogate how design and construction can contribute positively and regeneratively to our society. Her experiences studying abroad in Europe has laid the foundation for her interest in how architecture shapes environments for cultural and social diversity.
Stable House
2022 AIA New South Wales Architecture Awards, Wilkinson Award for Residential (New) Architecture
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2022 AIDA Awards, Shortlisted for Residential Interior
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Box Hill North Primary School
2023 AIA Victorian Architectue Awards, Education category Award Winner
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Darebin Intercultural Centre
2023 Dulux Colour Awards, Grand Prix Winner
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2023 Dulux Colour Awards, Commercial Interior – Public and Hospitality Winner
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Rodda Lane
2021 Dulux Colour Award, Commendation for Commercial Multi - Residential and Exterior
2021 Inde Design Awards, Shortlisted for Learning Space category
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Music Market
2021 AIA Victorian Architecture Awards, Shortlisted for Heritage and Interior Architecture categories
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Surfside Primary School
2021 Dulux Colour Award, Winner for Commercial Interior - Public and Hospitality
2020 VSBA Awards, Winner for Best School under $5m
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Glassbook House
2020 NSW AIA Awards, Shortlisted for Residential Alterations and Additions Category
2020 Master Builders Awards, Winner Residential Alterations and Additions Category, Builder: Arc
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Darebin Arts Centre
2020 Dulux Colour Awards, Shortlisted for Commercial Interior - Public and Hospitality
2019 IDEA Awards,
Shortlisted for Public Space Category
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Hello Houses
2019 Design Files Awards, Commendation for Residential Architecture Category
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2019 Dulux Colour Awards, Finalist for Residential Exterior
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New Agency
2019 AIA Victorian Architecture Awards, Commendation for Small Project Architecture
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Dot Comme Collection
2019 INDE Design Awards, Shortlisted for Shopping Space Category
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Unfolding House
2018 AIA Victorian Architecture Awards, Commendation for Colorbond Steel
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Frenches Interior
2018 Australian Interior Design Awards, Commendation for Residential Decoration
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Over Obelisk
2017 Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture, Finalist
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Gertrude Glasshouse
2017 Victorian Institute of Architects Awards, Commendation for Small Project Architecture
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Squint/Opera
2016 Australian Interior Design Awards, Commendation for Workplace Design
2016 Interior Design Excellence Awards,
Commendation for Workplace under 1000 SQM
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Work With Me here
2016 Interior Design Excellence Awards,
Award for Exhibition Design
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Dust
2015 Australian Interior Design Awards, Award for Retail Design
2015 Australian Interior Design Awards, Premier Award for Australian Interior Design
2014 Modern Decoration International Media Awards,
Award for Commercial Space
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Other awards and prizes
2022 NSW AIA Emerging Architect Award (Qianyi Lim)
2018 Creative Victoria Creators Fund recipient
2018 Creative State Commission Shortlist with Lara Thoms
2015 Australian Interior Design Awards, Emerging Interior Design Practice Award
Arts Project Australia
2022 AIA Victorian Architecture Awards, Commendation for Small Project Architecture
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Who's Afraid of Public Space?
2022 AIDA Awards, Shortlisted for Installation Design
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Talks
The Profession lecture, UTS School of Design Architecture and Building
Amelia Borg and Timothy Moore
August 2021
Design Matters: Open House Perth
Nicholas Braun
August 2021
New Architects Melbourne
Nicholas Braun
September 2020
Architecture Amplified
School of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Sydney
Qianyi Lim with Kate Goodwin and Olivia Hyde
September 2020
State of the Industry
Melbourne’s ABP Future Leaders Alumni Network
Amelia Borg in conversation with John Denton and Hamish Lyon
August 2020
New Zealand Institute of Architect's Student Design Awards
Amelia Borg, Guest International Juror
2019
Trends in Architecture and Design
Property Council of Australia Victoria: Retirement Living Forum
Melbourne
Timothy Moore
October 2019
Exhibits, 'Housing Culture'
Bus Projects
Nicholas Braun
July 2019
New Ideas in Professional Practice
RMIT University, School of Architecture and Urban Design
Amelia Borg
2019
New Agency at Collective Agency
AIA National Conference
Melbourne Convention Centre
Amelia Borg
2019
Sydney Autumn Salon, In Conversation
Parlour
Qianyi Lim
May 2019
Zest for Life: Design Strategies for Ageing in Place
FRONT Design, Barangaroo
Qianyi Lim
June 2019
Saturday Indesign: The Retail Apocalypse Has Been Officially Cancelled
Nicholas Braun
August 2019
Sydney versus Melbourne: Amplifying Controversy panel
UTS, Sydney
Qianyi Lim and Timothy Moore
October 2018
Alternative Development and an Ageing Population
New Agency, Melbourne
Nicholas Braun and Timothy Moore
September 2018
Temporary Sites as Pathfinders panel
University Masterplans Summit
Sydney
Timothy Moore
Jun 2018
Queering Architecture and Design panel
MPavilion, Melbourne
Timothy Moore
January 2018
Ageing Melbourne: Most Liveable City or Looming Disaster panel
MPavilion, Melbourne
Timothy Moore
November 2017
Cities of Architecture: Madrid
ACCA, Melbourne
Qianyi Lim
June 2017
Queering Architecture?
Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
Nicholas Braun
March 2017
Exhibitions
Boudoir Babylon in collaboration with Adam Nathaniel Furman
National Gallery of Victoria, Triennial
2021
Summer of Dance in collaboration with Amrita Hepi
Immigration Museum
2020
New Agency at the Sydney Design Festival
Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
2019
New Agency
12th International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo
2019
New Agency: Visualisation
Urban Screening, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth
2019
New Agency: Owning Your Future
Exhibition design and curation
RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne
2018
Workaround: Women Design Action
Exhibition design
RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne
2018
Blak Design Matters
Exhibition design in collaboration with Jefa Greenaway
Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne
2018
Shop
High Risk Dressing/Critical Fashion
RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne
2017
Over Obelisk
Biennial Lab
Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne
2017
Supershared
Occupied
RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne
2016
Work With Me Here
Exhibition design
RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne
2015
Walking Shelter
Nomadism and Design
Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul
2014
The Encounterculture
The Future is Not What It Used To Be
Istanbul Design Biennial, Istanbul
2013
Reading Room
Melbourne Now
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2013
Boudoir Babylon
2021 Australian Design Review
Adam Nathaniel Furman and Sibling Architecture design NGV café as “unadulterated aesthetic release”
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2020 Dezeen
Adam Nathaniel Furman and Sibling Architecture design "super-camp" Boudoir Babylon installation
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2020 Port Magazine
The NGV's Triennal's kitchen is transformed into a public space celebrating queerness
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2020 GQ
Sibling Architecture wants to rethink the way we socialise
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Sibling Architecture
2020 Wallpaper
World View: Letter From Melbourne
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2018 Frame Magazine
Everyone Together: Sibling Architecture advocates a more inclusive approach to spatial design
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2017 Metropolis Magazine
Seven innovative design studios to watch
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2016 Artichoke Magazine
From utopian collective to industry force
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2015 Vault Magazine
Building Sibling Nation
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Family Framework House
2020 The Design Files
A Space-Efficient Family Home Filled With Colour
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2019 Habitus Living
Sibling Architecture Tackles Spatial Awareness
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Upsy Daisy
2019 Indesign Live
Doing it for the kids: Upsy Daisy by Sibling
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Dot Comme Collection
2018 Frame Magazine
In Melbourne, shopping for archival fashion makes the digital physical
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Frenches Interior
2020 The Design Files
This Community Minded Interior is More Unique Than Meets the Eye
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2017 Artichoke Magazine
Frenches Interior: Sibling Architecture strikes a good balance between function and delight...
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2018 Architecture AU
Playfully accessible: Frenches Interior
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Gertrude Glasshouse
2016 DQ Magazine
Finding new thresholds: How can design speak to the art world?
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Dust
2015 Artichoke Magazine
2015 Australian Interior Design Awards: Premier Award for Australian Interior Design
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Monash University Biomedicine Discovery Institute
2017 Inside Magazine
Voyage of discovery
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Ricky & Pinky
2016 Belle Magazine
Golden Gate
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Squint/Opera
2016 id+c Magazine
Squint/Opera's headquarters office in Melbourne
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2016 Creative Workplace Design: The Other Office 2
Squint/Opera
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Glassbook House
2020 The Design Files
A striking home designed for book lovers
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2020 The Local Project
A home for reading - Glassbook House by Sibling Architecture
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2020 Architecture AU
French Connection : Glassbook House
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2020 Dwell
A book lover's cottage in Australia captures light with a glass-block façade
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Upside Down House
2021 The Local Project
An interactive cinema of self - Upside Down House by Sibling Architecture
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Stable House
2022 Architecture AU
All in family: Stable House
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2021 The Design Files
An 1800's stable turned contemporary home connected to bushland, history + family
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2022 The Local Project
Considered integration - Stable House by Sibling Architecture
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Wangaratta District Specialist School
2024 Architecture AU
Wangaratta District Specialist School by Sibling Architecture
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SIBLING MELBOURNE
Eastern Kulin Country
L4 252 Swanston Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
+61 3 9662 1357
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SIBLING SYDNEY
Eora Country
Suite Six Studios
Level 3, 11-17 Buckingham St
Surry Hills NSW 2010
+61 402 058 524
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SITE CREDITS
Design by Primary Works
Build by Sam Morgan