Tribe Studio Architects acknowledges the Traditional Custodians on the land on which we work and meet, and pay our respects to Elders past and present. We are grateful for the knowledge sharing by Traditional Custodians and Elders, helping us to make work underpinned by the belief that if we care for Country, Country will care for us.

Tribe Studio Architects
247 Devonshire St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
+61 2 9211 3211


Tribe Studio Architects is a Sydney-based practice that is seriously playful about architectural design.


We are serious about the responsibility inherent in architectural design regardless of the size or type of project. We design work that generously contributes to both the individual and collective need. At the heart of delivering to the collective is our obligation to the planet; to design and act sustainably and to use our inventive mindset to pursue innovative responses to the climate crisis.


We pursue playfulness to unlock the potential of each project. We have developed an understanding through 20 years of experience that curiosity, experimentation, inventiveness and creative collaboration deliver the most joyful design results.


We strive to create happiness and pleasure for clients, the community, habitats and environments in which our designs will exist, and for all the people we collaborate with along the way.

As part of Ascham’s architectural and design team, Tribe has worked on several projects across the long-term masterplan. The most recent is the enlargement and conversion of a 1917 residential flat building into a new boarding facility.

Carefully maintaining the character and charm of original building, while updating to codes and regulations requires diligence, care and ingenuity. Tribe’s extension of the building to the rear of the site connects the new premises to the existing boarding precinct within the campus, and a lush landscape links the buildings. We have given the previously unloved rear of the building a new face to the School.

Ascham Boarding HouseCountry / Gadigal

Ascham Boarding House
Country / Gadigal