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Principal & Founding Director, Studio Bright
Mel Bright is the Principal and founding director of Studio Bright, a Melbourne based practice that has already gathered a collection of diverse and highly acclaimed built work. Studio Bright may be best known for its houses, but the practice has recently completed a number of city making projects across a variety of scales and types including civic, educational and multi-residential projects.
Mel has led the Studio Bright team since starting the practice in 2006. Prior to this, Mel has worked in numerous design practices locally and internationally. Across London, Europe, South East Asia and China, this broadly-based lineage of work experience has allowed Mel a long gestation of the ethos that underpins Studio Bright today.
Studio Bright hopes to create enduring and responsive architecture for people and places, seeing every project as an opportunity to contribute in a positive and generous way to the social and built fabric of our cities. Approaching challenges with optimism, Studio Bright considers how design can meet fundamental human needs. They care about connecting individuals and communities, enriching daily life, and balancing rigour with joy, every step of the way.
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
