Glen Petersen Architect was established in Kingscliff on the NSW Far North Coast in 1993 and is currently located in Tweed Heads South NSW.
Our company offers a comprehensive range of services to meet all your design and contract administration requirements. Our strength is our ability to accomodate a diverse range of needs, from simple residential extensions and renovations, to extensive commercial and industrial projects.
The core services of Glen Petersen Architect include:
Please see the 'Our Company' section for a more comprehensive Company Profile. For more project specific information, please view the 'On The Drawing Board' or 'Gallery' sections of the website.
The Glen Petersen Architect team is a group of service orientated professionals sensitive to the creative, physical and economic outcomes of all architectural designs, and have an ongoing commitment to excellence in design and quality of service.
Our company has developed a design approach based on establishing a formal brief to identify the economic strategies of the project and maintaining these throughout the developmental stages of the project. This ensures financial visibility as well as enabling a high level of control through the development and construction process.
The strength of Glen Petersen Architect lies in our ability to interpret advanced or complex design briefs and our exceptional communication and management skills. The level of services we provide is completely tailored to meet the needs of our client. For more detailed information, please see the 'GPA Design Approach' section of this website.
Our company is highly committed to the preservation and maintenance of the natural environment, to the aesthetic and infrastructural improvement of the built environment as well as providing quality architectural solutions that satisfy both the needs of the client, and the wider community. This is a holistic approach to environmentally sustainable design that encompasses associated economic, social and environmental initiatives.
Glen Petersen Architect has a well established relationship with local council authorities as well as relevant local consulting professionals. We are able to utilize these professional connections to ensure the right consultants are working for you and your project.
Since the company's inception, Glen Petersen Architect has maintained continuous growth and development. This continued success is in part due to our many repeat clients, and we take great pride in our ever growing base of satisfied clients.
Glen Petersen has over 37 years of industry experience that guarantees assurance, professionalism, and the successful completion of all Glen Petersen Architect commissions.
Whilst already working in the industry, Glen gained his Diploma in Architecture from the Queensland Institute of Technology. Glen is registered as a Chartered Architect of NSW and is also registered with the Board of Architects in QLD. In addition, Glen is an A+ Member of the Australian Institute of Architects.
Further to a comprehensive career in Australia, Glen has also been involved in projects in Papua New Guinea since 1978 and spent 6 years as the Design Manager, Principal Architect and Director of the Port Moresby Branch of a Brisbane based multi-disciplinary consultancy group.
For a more comprehensive view of Glens work experience, you can view his complete 'Curriculum Vitae'.
Glen Petersen Architect is responsible for the design and documentation of over 150 residencies in the Tweed Shire Region alone, particularly the new Tweed Coast estates of Salt Village, Casuarina and Koala Beach. The company has also serviced the wider Northern Rivers Region as well as QLD's Great South East including Brisbane, Gold Coast, Wide Bay Region and the QLD Mid North Coast. A list of individual commissions is available upon request and selected project images can also be viewed in the Residential Projects section of our 'Gallery'.
Glen Petersen Architect is responsible for the design of a range of multi-residential developments including 10 sotrey high rises, 120 unit complexes and detached dwellings for intergrated community developments.
Some of our multi-residential projects include:
Please see the multi-residential section of our 'Gallery' to view images of our work.
Glen Petersen Architect has experiance in a diversity of commercial and industrial developments, including mining building infrastructure, factories, offices, accomodation and retail.
Some of our commercial projects include:
Please see the commercial section of our 'Gallery' to view images of our work.
Glen Petersen Architect, in partnership with Impact Workspaces is able to offer comprehensive services for both residential and commercial interior design, as well as facility planning for commercial and retial projects, including customised fit-out and furnishings. This valuable partnership enables us to offer an intergrated design approach, delivering holistic design solutions for your project.
Some of our Commercail Interior Design Projects include:
For more detailed information, please see the 'Retail Design Approach' to view images of our work.
Bank of South Pacific is the largest Papua New Guinea based retail banking institution with over 35 branches throughout Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands and boasts assets in excess of 2 billion Kina.
This current project involves the design and development of BSP's new South Pacific Operations Centre as well as the redesign, renovations and extensions to their existing facilities. The new facility includes over 20,000m2 over 5 storeys.
PNG Ports Corporation incorporates 23 declared ports, handling in excess of 5.8 million tonnes of cargo annually. The Ports Corporation is responsible for Papua New Guineas entire seaborne trade and is the main gateway to more than 300 Pacific Islands.
Micris Packaging is a well established company amongst the largest in manufacturing packaging materials for retail, wholesale, export, catering and industrial food processing applications.
This project included the design and development of Micris's new factory and associated offices...
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Harmony is one of the world's largest independent gold mining companies, specialising in both underground and open pit mining, and with operations in several provinces of South Africa and Papua New Guinea.
This project involved the design and documentation of the infrastructure building including offices, emergency services, refinery, structures, laboratories, workshops and central worker housing.
At Glen Petersen Architect we understand the importance of brand stratergy and corporate identity. In such a competitive industry, market positioning, brand recognition and an understanding of the needs of the target market are all crucial to ensuring retail business remain relevant, and profitable. GPA offers a holistic design approach that considers not only the important branding identity aspects of the business, but also operational requirements and efficency improvements. We work closely with our clients to ensure dynamic outcomes that will support the life of the facility, and to create stimulating environments for a uniqe retail experience.
Glen Petersen Architect possesses significant experiance in design, documentation and implementation of industrial master planning. We take a client focused approach to our design process, allowing us to accommodate both budget sensitive and high-end design stratergies. For commercial projects, this means actively consulting and interacting with key stakeholders to achieve a dynamic and economic design that is both innovative and highly appropriate. We know the importance of having an understanding of your corporate identity and business operations, and apply this knowledge to ensure our designs sustain your business, desired commercial outcomes, and corporate culture. We work with project consultants to ensure that project requirements are delivered on time, and within budget.
For our residential clients, we understand that a house is designed with many objectives and our flexible design stratergy allows us to be responsive to your needs. If designing your family home, we will work closely with you to develop a design brief to accomodate all the needs and requirements of your family and lifestyle. When designing multi-residential and investment propoerties, we bring a developed knowledge of residential market trends as well as product technology and finishes. We ensure your design has aesthetic longetivity, physical durability, and remains relevant in the real-estate marketplace.
In order to further the services and expertise currently provided to a wide range of clients in Papua New Guinea, Glen Petersen Architect has entered into a partnering arangement with Peddle Thorpe Architects.
The Peddle Thorpe Architects / Glen Peteresen Architect (PTA/GPA) Project Group is currently working on a number of projects together and has just successfully completed the design and contract documentation of a 5000m2, 13 storey commercial development in Waigani, PNG.
The companies are closely aligned with respect to their resources and their commitment to the provision of a high standard of service that will make a positive contribution to the development and growth of our clients, whilst also making a conscious and positive contribution to the built enviornment of Papua New Guinea.
By blending project management, planning and design expertise from two companies, PTA/GPA Project Group offers exceptional value to our customers. The combined strengths of the Group's experience and resources enable us to streamline and effectively resolve complex projects with highly appropriate outcomes.
