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Innovative Solution Design for Architectural Spaces

Our Solution Design Approach

At Sculptform, we specialise in rationalising bespoke architectural solutions, turning ambitious designs into buildable realities. We partner with architects and builders to create stunning spaces that balance innovation and efficiency.

From curved ceilings to custom battens, facades and acoustic features, our team helps you solve the hard details early, before they become expensive site problems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sculptform Solution Design

Your Design Isn’t the Problem. Making It Buildable Is.

Ambitious architectural details often fail for one of three reasons:

  • The design is beautiful but too complex to build.

  • The system is buildable but compromises the design.

  • The detail is resolved too late and causes cost, delay or rework.

Sculptform helps close the gap between concept and construction.

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How it Works

At Sculptform, our Design-to-Reality (DTR) process is how we transform complex architectural visions into buildable realities. From refining bold ideas to delivering precision-engineered components, our process ensures your designs remain true to their intent while simplifying construction.

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Understanding Your Vision

We collaborate with your team to refine design concepts and align with project goals.

 

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Rationalising the Design

Using our proprietary systems, we systemise bespoke solutions to balance innovation with practicality.

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Seamless Execution

Our modular systems simplify onsite installation, saving time and reducing complexity.

Project Examples

Embassy of Australia, Washington

This custom L-profile batten was created to provide an effective solution to improve acoustics in this Tier One Embassy.

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Sofitel Wentworth Rooftop Canopy

The rooftop’s timber soffit posed complex challenges due to its curved shape and varying batten radii, ranging from 5.5 to 11 metres. Using parametric modelling, we devised a layout that balanced aesthetic intent with structural feasibility.

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Mayvn Cafe

The design from Peldon Rose incorporated a spectacular parametric ceiling design using hanging timber dowels. The pattern of the dowels creates a unique wave shape which was pre-modelled by the architectural team to allow for accurate production using our Click-on Screen connection.

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Arkadia Curved Timber Battens

Have a Bold Detail that needs to Work in the Real World?

Bring Sculptform in early and we’ll help you understand what’s possible, what’s practical, and how to make the design buildable without watering it down. By collaborating with our team during the early stages of your project, we can:

  • Save time and effort through efficient design rationalisation
  • Minimise costs with systemised bespoke solutions
  • Ensure your creative vision is brought to life with precision

Explore Project Examples

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Aldercastle Office

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Medibank Office

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Canberra Hospital

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Parametric Curved Timber Rooftop Canopy

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Marvel Stadium

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School of Ballet

As a revered heritage site, the Thomas Dixon Centre holds significant cultural and historic value for the region. Through a program of meticulous restoration and adaptive reuse, the Centre has been sensitively transformed into a dynamic space that seamlessly combines the preservation of its architectural heritage with the demands of modern functionality.
Queensland Awards Jury 2023
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Winner of the Institute Architects Queensland Heritage Architecture Category for 2023 Award
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George Street

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Tiwu Kumangka

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Koorie Heritage Trust

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TLC Whitewater

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Warrnambool Library and Learning Centre

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Sunshine Coast City Hall

The vision for Sunshine Coast City Hall is to create a built form of enduring beauty and civic significance that represents the region and its climate. Akin to the mountainous rocky outcrops of the region, the building rises from the Maroochydore coastal plain and adjoining urban square with landscaping a key feature of the building reflecting the native flora of the region.
Cottee Parker
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Prince of Wales Hospital

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American Australian Association

The design ambition was to create a space that felt organic and contrasted the hard lines of the New York cityscape just outside the windows. We accomplished this through the floor pattern, furniture selection, and most importantly with the Sculptform cladding on the walls and ceiling.
Krista Ninivaggi
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Principal Interior Design | Woods Bagot
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HC Coombs Centre

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Cranbrook School

Our guiding principles for the new buildings put people at the heart of the design solutions and make meaningful connections to place.
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Aalia Restaurant

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Larc Residence

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From the beginning, the design has been a highly integrated processes with involvement from the entire project team. Our practice has a strong understanding of the government sector, and our highly consultative approach means we were able to hone a clear design framework for creating a tailored environment for the Department’s people and also for the community they serve.
Rebecca Daff
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National Practice Leader | Peckvonhartel
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447 Collins Street

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Capitol Grand

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Luxton Homes Office

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Alignment Studio

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National Maritime Museum

A long-awaited change as part of the museum rebranding, the intention behind a redesigned store was to create a space that is an essential destination during a visit to the museum - and one which seamlessly blends within the museum foyer space.
Australian National Maritime Museum
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Discover every nook of our Design Studio

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The University of Auckland Library

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Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre

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Eagle House

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20 Bond Street Workplace

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570 St Kilda Road

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Ivanhoe Apartments

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Campbelltown Catholic Club

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Victoria Point Foyer

Our biggest design challenge was the tight budget and program. We felt creating strategic curved walls lined in Sculptform timber battens would elevate the existing space, allowing us to pair back the rest of the finishes. The curved ribbon is also functional in nature; housing the building managers office, letterboxes and parcel storage. The use of the concept click system also enabled time-efficient installation of the walls to minimise the downtime for the residents occupying the building.
Belinda Pajkovic
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Director | Atoma Design
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Swift Science & Technology Centre

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Sydney Coliseum

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WestConnex M8 Junction

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Bellevue Hill House

The finished product with the spotted gum Tongue & Groove Cladding achieved all the aesthetic objectives of the client and design team to great success. Everyone who has seen the ceiling in the house is completely amazed.
James Deerness
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Director | Technique Build
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Joynton Avenue Creative Centre

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Sorrento House

The whole house came together with the use of the Click-on Batten system, blackbutt, Hillview granite stone, rammed earth walls and architecture of the house. From a distance, the timber gives the house a wow factor and shows all the precise angles and elevations.
Adam Norris
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Brynor Constructions
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Sir Zelman Cowen Centre For Science - Scotch College

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Sony Foundation You Can Centre

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Australian Catholic University

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Hanna's Cafe

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Arkadia Apartments

One of the most important aspects of the facade is the effect the battens create as you approach the building and walk around it. The form changes from being an apparently solid timber box to being nearly transparent. As you move around the building this level of transparency changes and seems to interact with you.
Jaime Diaz-Berrio
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Director | Crosshatch
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Creating our Design Studio

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Wesley College School of Music

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