About

IS architecture Pty Ltd is a local vibrant architectural, planning and project management practice with a strong design focus to set your construction project apart by creating functional but beautiful architecture. We are passionate about place making and the relationship between built and natural environments and its ability to enrich everyday life through sympathetically designed spaces that enliven the senses and enhance our belonging to place. We design from the inside out, placing your experience of the space at the heart of how we design.

OUR TEAM

We create architecture that is inviting, earthy yet modern. We seek playful yet practical solutions to projects where the human experience of space especially our sensory interactions are at the heart of our approach.

We connect people to each other and their environment and a sense of place through architecture. We create relatable architecture that stimulates and engages the human senses and seeks to emotionally move those that live, work, or play there. We integrate our architecture into the landscape and natural or urban environment in which it nestles so there is a seamless flow between the two.

We are collaborators. We listen, we gather people and ideas together to get the best outcome for a project. We curate and steer projects using our specific design and construction logistics knowledge whilst respecting the skills and experience others bring to projects to form a true collaboration that best
meets the client’s needs.

Isley Sutherland

PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT

Isley Sutherland is the Principal Architect for IS architecture, based in South Gippsland. Isley is passionate about creating beautiful spaces, sustainability and housing affordability. The practice has a strong focus on passive solar design and healthier built environments with the human experience of spaces at its heart.

She has also studied aspects of sculpture and is interested in the interaction between sculpture, architecture, landscape and the human body. A theme and mode of creation that informs her architectural practice.

Isley has 25 years experience in the architectural profession and has worked on a wide variety of public and private projects ranging in scale from street furniture to dwellings, public buildings, urban
design and coastal infrastructure constructions. Isley is focused on the client/architect relationship and understanding the needs of her clients in order to deliver them the outcomes they desire.

Outside of work, Isley loves skating, singing and spending time in nature, particularly the ocean and the forest. She also loves cooking food for friends and family or curling up with a glass of wine and
reading her favourite topic……architectural theory.

Annelies Taveirne

INTERIOR

ARCHITECT

Annelies Taveirne is an Interior Architect, who has worked with various architectural firms in Belgium and Australia specializing in interior design. She enjoys designing homes and retail projects from concept to completion. A recent retail project she worked on designing, recently won a Commerce Design Award in the region of Kortrijk, Belgium.

Annelies is passionate about the soul of the interior of a house and how it connects with the exterior architectural form. She aims to design and build interiors that reflect the personal story of the owners, that way a house becomes a home.

Jill Ritchie

ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTSPERSON

Jill Ritchie is an Architectural Draftsperson, who has worked alongside architects and architectural building designers documenting and designing with a focus on custom residential projects.

Jill’s passion lies in creating and documenting spaces that encapsulates the inhabitants and the communities character and beliefs. A habitual space where a tribe feels protected and loved for a lifetime. Jill’s believes architecture should cohesively balance one’s practical & emotional needs and yet leave a light footprint on our environment.