In our epoch of quick propagation of information, ideas, creative thoughts and culture, various originalities and conceptions require a huge platform for integration, research and practice, especially as the platform displays the urbanization progress of China.

Peddle Thorp Melbourne and Peddle Thorp Consultants (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. is characterized to play a significant role in communication of culture, originality, technology and experience between China and Australia by an international perspective, perception, design techniques and localized service.

Australia Peddle Thorp Architects was founded in 1889. Peddle Thorp is now a main force of Australian city planning and architectural design, and it has had a strong influence over design and planning, particularly from the 1980’s. Peddle Thorp has made great achievements in urban planning, regional planning, large sports complex, commercial facilities, public facilities, cultural and educational facilities, as well as large scale residential developments and landscape architecture. For example, Australian Tennis Centre, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Headquarters, Melbourne Aquatic.

Sports Centre and so on. These works show the talent and contribution of ideas, techniques and project implementation found in such an architectural firm.

In the beginning of 1998, urbanization started to accelerate in China. The design market was opening up, Peddle Thorp Melbourne caught hold of this historical opportunity and established a branch office in Shenzhen.

Peddle Thorp Consultants (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. was established in 2001, which provided a direct local communication and face-to-face service platform. Peddle Thorp has applied external advanced design concepts, combined with Chinese knowledge and addressed the legislation and standards, thoroughly to Chinese projects. Localization and internationalization are integrated for maximum quality outcomes. In the past 10 years, works of Peddle Thorp (Shenzhen) can be found all over the country. We have completed more than 400 projects, of which over 30 have received international and national awards.

The development of Peddle Thorp (Shenzhen) was at the early significant stage of Chinese urbanization and now plays an important role of that progress. The following Peddle Thorp projects are showcases for the stages of Chinese residential development: Vanke Gardens Estate in 1996, Cote D’Azure in 1999, Portofino in 2001, Vanke 5th Garden in 2003 and CITIC Mangrove Bay in 2005. At the same time, these exert a lot of influence in the field of residential planning and design.

Peddle Thorp emphasized its influence on residential developments which predominated and promoted the course of urbanization in the first 10 years. We believe the dynamic development of urbanization movement has greatly affected the natural, social and human ecology, and has been changing the Chinese community and cultural structure. As is demanded greatly in society, the "House" has a strong power on changing the function, context, texture, space and substance of a city. How to utilize the precedents and experiences of foreign residential planning and design referring to the research on the physical and spiritual aspects of human, nature, ecology, and community space afford the responsibility of the large-scale development of residence. An authority design inquiry for our service is our duty to benefit the healthy growth of Chinese residences. We expect that we could provide guiding principle on strategy and theory on the study direction to maintain the sustainable development of city context by our international vision, 10-year local practical experience, rational and responsible attitude. The 10 years, experience on residential planning and design make us the pioneer of housing, and we have become one of the most influential architectural firms. At the same time, we also succeed in commercial, cultural, and sport facility architectural disciplines. Abu Dhabi National Bank, Tianjin TEDA Football Stadium, Shanghai Recreation Centre, and Shanghai Shiliupu Wharf are some proven samples to demonstrate the strength, creativity and potential of Peddle Thorp.

In the past decade, we have developed and formed Peddle Thorp’s designing philosophy:
Challenge is in every new architectural work.
Careful study of environment, context and local culture.
Active response of clients’ requirements and professional annotation.
Proactive exertion of neo-techniques and materials.
Daring innovation.
Passionate deduction and search for best solution.

All of these factors made our work attain the psychic state of abundant social and cultural values realized.

The decade of Peddle Thorp has gained international experience and recognition and a vision to guide the local practice, a time of self-discovery and self-integrity. Collectively, there are a few key words that come to mind from our architects:

Respect: We value the nature, local culture, and clients’ conception.
Passion: We pursue originality and perfection of each work with energy and emotion.
Inspiration: We interact with customers to establish a co-work environment.
Creativity: We seek the characteristics of every piece of work with full creative enthusiasm.
Capacity: We try our best to integrate the antagonistic elements harmoniously to breakthrough the boundary between society and space.
Compatibility: We seek for the balance between the perfection of design and the physical demands, to get the mutual benefits.

What we advocate is a rational and logical analysis, juxtaposition of originality and inspiration, effective and enforceable use of techniques.

Peddle Thorp ensures that the strong team spirit guarantee the coherence of quality. What we propose is diversity of corporate culture, the spirit of respecting each other, studying the strong suit of each other, comprehensiveness and common progress. We provide the platform for international and local designers to learn widely from each other. The 10-year course has proved that respect and innovation is the surety for going forward unendingly.

When we re-scan the works of the past 10 years, we see the sparkle produced by the collision between external design conception and local practice, the flashing and floating of the creative ideas and inspiration in the flood of big times, the passion and rational thought. Those works are an epitome of Peddle Thorp’s past decade, stating the answer of "what we did, what we can do, what we will do clearly in the transforming of social culture under the background of big change”.

To play our mind to every project and challenge set before us.