T R I A S

We would like to welcome Sophie Reid to the Trias team! Sophie is a Graduate or Architecture hailing from Ireland. Prior to coming to Australia, she worked for multiple Irish firms, including Grafton Architects, who notably received the 2020 Pritzker Prize and the 2020 RIBA Royal Gold Medal. Sophie completed her architectural training at the University College Dublin, graduating with First Class Honours in 2024. She also completed an exchange semester at the University of Melbourne here in Australia. Sophie is highly interested in progressive forms of architecture – and in how buildings can be spatially rich, beautiful and thermally comfortable. She is especially passionate about understanding and applying passive design strategies for warm and cool climates. She is also interested in exploring how emerging and bio-based materials can be woven into projects to reduce embodied carbon impacts. We are delighted to have Sophie as part of our team and are all enjoying her warm demeanour and passion for architecture and design. Welcome, Sophie! With @sophhiereid Included here are some images of Sophie's past work. Image 1 shows a project Sophie completed for a country house on the west coast of Ireland. Images 2 and 3 are from Sophie's thesis, which focused on applying passive design strategies in a colder Irish climate. In her study, she mapped the movement patterns of twenty people within their homes, and then used this feedback to lower operational carbon and optimise thermal comfort. Image 4 shows a model that Sophie completed while at Grafton Architects(@graftonarchitects ) for Kingston Middle Mill at Kingston University in the UK. Image 5 shows a series of mycelium tests that Sophie made during her studies. Image 6 is of some of Sophie's hand sketches. And image 6 is of Sophie, who we hope you will get the chance to see around Trias HQ and around Sydney.

Join Trias director Jennifer McMaster, and countless incredible speakers, at The Architecture Symposium , titled 'Is Slow the New Fast?' on May 23rd on Australia's Gold Coast. The symposium, titled 'Is Slow the New Fast,' looks at ways to embrace research, sustainability and deceleration in practice. There is a strong case for slow architecture that prioritises long term environmental and social wellbeing over fast, resource intensive construction. Jen's talk, titled 'Getting our House(s) in Order,' will delve into the ways that our studio combines built work and academic research, with a focus on lowering carbon impacts. Tickets are still on sale and can be accessed over at @designspeaks_au We look forward to taking part in the symposium next week.

Cloaked House, where landscape cloaks the building. Winner 2026 Grand Designs Australia House of the Year Large Renovation Thank you to @granddesignsau and the jury Built by @a.r.c___ Landscape by @tarn_landscape Photography @shantanustarick

Cloaked House, kitchen. Winner 2026 Grand Designs Australia House of the Year Large Renovation Thank you to @granddesignsau and the jury Built by @a.r.c___ Landscape by @tarn_landscape Photography @shantanustarick

Cloaked House, balcony outlook. Winner 2026 Grand Designs Australia House of the Year Large Renovation Thank you to @granddesignsau and the jury Built by @a.r.c___ Landscape by @tarn_landscape Photography @shantanustarick

Curl Curl House, revisited. Built by @avalonconstructions Photography by @_clintonweaver

Curl Curl House, revisited. Built by @avalonconstructions Photography by @_clintonweaver

Curl Curl House, revisited. Built by @avalonconstructions Photography by @_clintonweaver

"Trias’s philosophy feels less like an alternative and more like a necessary path forward. Solid. Simple. Beautiful. It is a mantra – but also a reminder – that architecture can shape not just how we live, but how gently we tread." Thank you so much to the Houses team for profiling our studio in the latest issue of @housesmagazine . To round it off, we were delighted to see our project, Practice Ground, make the magazine's cover. Thanks also to David Welsh from @welshandmajor for his generous words about our practice and philosophy. It's not every day you get someone as astute and articulate as David reflecting on your work - and we greatly appreciate the clarity of his words. This cover image, and the corresponding profile, are featured in Houses issue 167. The magazine is currently available from newsagents and retailers around Australia. Cover shot of @practice.ground by @saskiawilson and built by @fab.prefab Portrait by @_katlu

In the last few months, we've been wanting to start writing again - and with this instinct, we started a studio Substack account. It's called 'A Space Between' - and it intends to provide a place between the day-to-day pace of practice and more reflective, investigative research and thought. Although we have only written a few pieces so far, we are already appreciating what this "space" is providing us. It has become a catalyst for us, as a team, to look more closely at things that inspire us, while prompting deeper thought. Our latest essay is on the influence of the architect Robin Boyd on our practice. The essay, titled 'Looking, and Looking Again,' is underscored by the idea that influences are things we return to, time and time again. It is in this process, of recurring reflection, that we end up in something closer to dialogue or exchange. In contrast to "influencer" culture - fleeting, frenetic, and often commercialised - this way of looking is far less consumptive and, in our experience, far more enriching. For more, please head to our Substack - linked in our bio above. Image credits noted below: 1. Ceiling at Walsh Street House / Boyd House II, by Robin Boyd. Image: Mark Strizic 2. Scan showing photograph of Arnold House, taken from ‘Robin Boyd: Spatial Continuity.’ Image: Mauro Baracco 3. Featherston House by Robin Boyd, Image: Aaron Pocock 4. Small Homes Service. Image: courtesy of The Robin Boyd Foundation @robin.boyd.foundation 5. Courtyard at Walsh Street House / Boyd House II, by Robin Boyd. Image: Mark Strizic 6.A sketch from within Boyd’s most famous book, ‘The Australian Ugliness’

In a wonderful piece of news, Cloaked House has been shortlisted in the 2026 Grand Designs Australia House of the Year Awards. Well done to our clients and the whole project team! There is also a People's Choice category should anyone wish to vote. Winners will be announced in 2026. With @a.r.c___ @_clintonweaver @sdastructures @tarn_Landscape

We have really enjoyed being part of 'Therefore,' a book series created and curated by the photographer @shantanustarick . In Shantanu's words, 'Therefore' is a series of surveys relying on photographic studies to explore the built realities that shape our environment. Each volume captures a single project through images and edited conversation — photographs that don’t just document, and dialogues that don’t just affirm. Paired together, they reveal the thinking behind the design, making it available for reflection. Volume 6 of 'Therefore' documents our recently completed Cloaked House. This process, where we were led by Shantanu's photography, prompted a whole new style of reflection for us - disarming, revealing and decidedly joyful. On Friday 21st November, we are having a small book launch here in Sydney with Shantanu. We will anchor the launch with a conversation around our collaborative working process. Tickets for this are on sale now over @bookshop_by_uro For anyone who is interested, the book is also available for purchase in local bookshops and, more directly, via Shantanu's website. All photos featured here are by Shantanu Starick. /therefore-shop/p/cloaked-house-v06