Author Archives for Frances Grant

Sustainability Summit 2025- Challenges & Opportunities for a Changing Built Environment

December 17, 2025 10:43 am Published by Comments Off on Sustainability Summit 2025- Challenges & Opportunities for a Changing Built Environment

Deicke Richards architect & Emerging Sustainability Design Award finalist Dominika Richards reports on last month’s Sustainability Summit, staged by Architecture & Design with Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA). How might innovations like AI and ConTech advance climate resilience and social equity, delivering solutions to our embodied carbon, housing affordability, and wellbeing crises? Bringing together architects,…


Homemaking for older Australians: Rethinking residential aged care today

December 10, 2025 10:51 am Published by Comments Off on Homemaking for older Australians: Rethinking residential aged care today

by Ingrid Marshall, Churchill Fellow and Principal, Deicke Richards This article originally appeared in Aged Care Today’s Summer 2025 issue. If I came to need 24-hour care, where might I feel at home? It’s a question I’ve been trying to answer for the 15 years I’ve been designing seniors’ housing, a calling sparked by visiting…


Nothing About Me Without Me : Designing Learning Spaces for Neurodiversity & Disability Symposium Insights

December 4, 2025 4:58 pm Published by Comments Off on Nothing About Me Without Me : Designing Learning Spaces for Neurodiversity & Disability Symposium Insights

Deicke Richards associate and resident access expert, Magda Myszkowski, reflects on the recent Designing Learning Spaces for Neurodiversity & Disability Symposium convened by Associate Professor Ben Cleveland in the Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning, University of Melbourne. ‘There’s nothing about me without me and what is essential to some is often harmful to none.’…


Christmas in the Valley- seeking donations for our community pantry

November 18, 2025 3:32 pm Published by Comments Off on Christmas in the Valley- seeking donations for our community pantry

As we approach the Christmas season we are seeking donations for our community pantry. The pantry is used regularly and has become an important support to locals in need. We are seeking non-perishable food, hygiene products, and Christmas treats! If you would like to donate, please email molly@deickerichards.com.au or simply drop past the office: 58 Baxter…


Deicke Richards welcomes three new staff members

November 5, 2025 5:32 pm Published by Comments Off on Deicke Richards welcomes three new staff members

We are pleased to have recently welcomed three new staff members to the Deicke Richards team; Molly Read as Office Coordinator and Lara Damelian and Zac Gambley as Architectural Graduates. Molly’s chief passion is to provide support for all aspects of the creative industry, with a special interest in architecture. She studied a Bachelor of…