At Gray Puksand, we use design to create impact where it matters most: in the way people live, work, learn, and connect.
Our projects are defined by clarity, purpose and a commitment to improving outcomes for the people who use them. Every space is shaped through research, collaboration and a deep understanding of context.
We design with integrity, delivering considered solutions that respond to need and stand the test of time.
Discover our difference by visiting the link in our bio.
Canberra Institute of Technology Woden Campus has received a commendation in the 2026 Learning Environments Australasia Design (LEAD) Awards. We’re honoured to see the project acknowledged as part of a wider conversation about the future of learning environments across Australasia.
The project was recognised in the New Campus with Educational Facilities category, which applies to the construction of a new educational institution on a new campus. The LEAD Awards celebrate excellence in learning environment design, recognizing projects where pedagogy, place, culture and community come together to enable meaningful, inclusive and future focused learning.
At the heart of Woden, the project brings together a major new education campus, a youth foyer and a public transport interchange into a single, connected precinct. Designed in close partnership with Canberra Institute of Technology, Lendlease and Infrastructure Canberra, it supports learning, access and community in a way that reflects the evolving relationship between cities and education.
Our sincere thanks to Canberra Institute of Technology, the Ngunnawal people, Yerrabingin, Lendlease, Infrastructure Canberra and the many collaborators who shaped this project.
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Last night’s MDW event at Gray Puksand brought warmth, meaningful conversation, and in-depth insights into our topic of Authentic Storytelling in Architecture and the Importance of Indigenous Co-design. The discussion centred around journeys of cultural engagement, design rigour, and translation of narrative through architectural language.
Panellists highlighted the significance that buildings hold, and how they can feel “authentically inhabited” when they carry story and engage honestly with what came before. Ian Khoo touched on design rigour guiding decisions when translating narrative through architectural language. Jeff Gray framed meaningful engagement as “heart,” grounded in the continuity of relationships rather than transactional extraction. Brad Fuller shared the importance of bringing historians/heritage into projects so they can meaningfully influence design, reflect on the site’s history and support authentic storytelling and community engagement. Uncle Dave reinforced the change we need in industry, engagement of cultural knowledge holders early, identifying whose Country we are working on, and locating the right people to speak for that Country.
We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to all of our guests who attended and of course to our wonderful panellists and moderator for their time and valuable insights: Uncle Dave Wandin, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Elder, Jeff Gray Aboriginal Engagement Lead, Medibank, Brad Buller PhD Historian Health + Place, Heidi Smith Lead Partner (VIC) and Ian Khoo, Senior Associate, Gray Puksand.
The Gray Puksand team are delighted to be designing the new home of The AFL - Australian Football League as they relocate to Melbourne Quarter Tower.
The AFL is an organisation built on energy, ritual and community, and as such the workplace must do more than function, it should inspire. Our design responds with a dynamic, wellbeing focused environment: spaces for collaboration and concentration, moments for recovery, and a material palette that reflects the diversity and passion of the AFL brand.
It’s a place that welcomes the wider football community showcasing the game’s stories and creating a front door that feels unmistakably AFL.
We’re enjoying working closely with project partners Lend Lease and their delivery team StudioBE to ensure the new workplace is both high performing and deeply human; designed for the people who power the game.
Heidi Smith, Lead Partner (VIC) is excited to be collaborating with the AFL to bring this vision to life, supporting the AFL team to do their best work and strengthen connection to culture and community.
Stay tuned for further design updates on this project.
On Thursday, Gray Puksand will host 'Authentic Storytelling in Architecture: The Importance of Indigenous Co-Design' as part of @ngvmelbourne Melbourne Design Week.
The conversation will explore how place, history and culture inform the built environment.
The discussion will look at how Indigenous co-design can influence a project well before the outcome is visible, shaping the brief, the relationships behind it and the decisions that follow.
Don’t miss out on valuable insights into forging lasting, respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and placing Country and culture at the heart of place-making.
Doors open at 5:30pm for a 6pm start.
Melbourne Design Week is an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Final tickets are available via the link in our bio.
Melbourne Design Week is Australia’s largest annual design festival, returns from 14–24 May 2026. With 400+ events, exhibitions, talks, and installations throughout metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.
On 14 May, as part of Melbourne Design Week, Gray Puksand will host Authentic Storytelling in Architecture, a panel exploring the importance of Indigenous co design. Placing Country and culture at the heart of place making, the discussion will bring together four unique voices to share environmental, historical and cultural perspectives, while highlighting architecture’s role in collaborative reconciliation.
Don’t miss out. Grab your tickets via the link in bio
Are you a highly engaged design professional ready to take the next step?
Are you ready to make a meaningful impact?
We are looking for a Senior Project Architect, Sydney and a Senior Interior Designer, Melbourne, to join the Gray Puksand team.
To find out more or to apply, or to register your interest for upcoming opportunities visit our bio.
Dale O’Brien on sitting easy with Herman Miller’s Verus Chair.
In the first instalment of our three-part series exploring what it means to sit your best, we pose the question to Gray Puksand’s Dale O’Brien, who discusses the importance of ease and majority rule when it comes to sitting and reveals why specifying a task chair is not unlike choosing a Volvo.
To read the full article, visit the link in our bio.
Photography by @griffinsimm
Heidi Smith, Lead Partner, Victoria at Gray Puksand, will moderate an upcoming Melbourne Design Week panel bringing together voices from across design, history, Indigenous engagement and community.
Also joining the discussion are PhD Historian Brad Buller, @medibank Indigenous Engagement Lead Jeff Gray, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Elder Uncle Dave Wandin, and Gray Puksand Senior Associate Ian Khoo.
Hosted at Gray Puksand’s Bourke Street studio, the discussion will explore what it takes to move beyond consultation and embed cultural integrity into both process and outcomes.
Melbourne Design Week is an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Reserve your seat via the link in our bio.
Sharing the design concept for our shortlisted entry for this year's Australian Interior Design Awards at 570 Bourke Street.
The living landscape reflected in architecture. Applying the energy and movement of the Australian landscape to the built environment to provide cohesiveness and connection with the natural world.
Design outcomes are stronger when the process begins with culture and Country.
This Melbourne Design Week, Gray Puksand is hosting a panel discussion on Indigenous co-design in architectural practice. The conversation will explore how place, history and culture inform the built environment.
The conversation will consider how place, history and culture can inform the built environment, and why more meaningful engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is critical to stronger, more enduring outcomes.
It is set to be a timely discussion on legacy, authorship and responsibility, and the role practice can play in shaping more meaningful outcomes.
Melbourne Design Week is an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Secure your tickets via the link in our bio.
An inside look at our Melbourne studio as we welcomed students and early career designers from The University of Melbourne Design Student Society.
From presentations to open discussion and a studio tour, it was a great opportunity to share knowledge and connect with future industry leaders.
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