JOE SCHUBERTBUILDING DESIGN

Building design & carpentry · Canberra

Start a project What I do
Studio conceptRendered in Monocular

Services

Two trades, one job.

Take just the drawings, just the carpentry, or both.

01 · Design

Building design

From a conversation on site to a clear set of drawings. You see the design in 3D, on your site, before anything is built.

  • New homes, extensions and outbuildings New builds
  • Site measure and existing-conditions drawings Week 1
  • Sketch design of plans and elevations Sketch stage
  • Laundry and bathroom design Wet areas
  • DA and BA drawing set compilation For approval
  • Construction details and schedules For the build

02 · Carpentry

Carpentry

Finishing carpentry and joinery, made to the drawings. The person who drew the detail is the one fitting it.

  • Doors, architraves and skirting Finishing
  • Built-in shelving, storage and joinery Joinery
  • Feature timber and trim work Detail
  • Plasterboard and interior fit-out Fit-out
  • Kitchen and joinery installation Installation
  • Framing, working with your licensed builder Framing
Every line on a drawing is something a tradesperson has to make. I draw like a carpenter, so the details work on site.

Joe Schubert, B.App.Sc. (Arch), M.Arch.

One point of contact

You deal with the person who drew your project, from the first visit to the questions on site.

Designs that respect the budget

A carpenter's eye catches the details that cost money before they reach the drawing set.

See it before it's built

3D models and renders of your design on your actual site, made in Monocular, the design app I built.

How I work

From first visit to handover.

A typical project runs through four stages. You can stop after any of them, and you'll always know what the next one costs.

  1. 1

    Site visit

    We walk the site and talk through what you need, your budget and your timing.

  2. 2

    Concept

    Sketch-quality plans and elevations of one or two options, revised until it's right.

  3. 3

    Drawings

    A clear, detailed drawing set of the final design.

  4. 4

    Construction

    Your builder works from a clear set. I answer questions on site and can do the finishing carpentry.

Work

From sketch to render to site.

I model every design in 3D, check it as a plain clay study, then render it on its site so you can see the finished building before it's built.

Grey clay study of a small studio with a split skillion roof, on an open grassy site
Clay study: form, roof and openings checked first.
Aerial render of the same studio in corrugated cladding with a timber deck and water tank
The same studio, rendered.
Section and floor plan of a concept residential tower
Section and plan, tower study.
Render of a round glass tower among eucalypts at sunset
Concept render, tower study.
Render of a kitchen with navy shaker cabinets, a marble waterfall bench and timber floor
Kitchen and joinery concept.
Render of a weatherboard house on stumps with a hip roof, a wraparound verandah and stairs to the lawn
House in flood zone.
Render of a corrugated-clad cabin with a raised skillion roof, exposed rafters and a deck verandah
Skillion granny flat, concept design.
Render of a white gabled house with a garage wing, a ribbon window and steps up to a raised timber deck
Gabled home, concept design.
Render of the same gabled house from the rear, with dark and white cladding and glazed doors to the deck
Gabled home, from the rear.
Low view of the gabled house across long grass
Gabled home, from the lawn.
Render of a home with two opposing skillion roofs and glazed living areas, seen from the street behind a brick and render front fence
Skillion home behind a masonry front fence, concept design.

Examples of work

White kitchen with a breakfast bench and a built-in open bookshelf unit
New kitchen and shelving.
Galley kitchen with full-height white cabinets and a microwave recess
Galley kitchen joinery.
View from the hallway into a galley kitchen with white cabinets and a tiled floor
Galley kitchen from the hall.

Renders are design concepts, not built projects.

Projects

The kind of projects I take on.

New homes and residential additions, where good design makes the biggest difference per square metre.

New homes

Knock-down rebuilds and new houses, designed around the block, the sun and the budget.

Pool houses & studios

Skillion roofs, high windows and a breezeway to the yard.

Extensions & second storeys

More room without moving, matched to the house you already have.

Decks, pergolas & verandahs

Outdoor rooms in hardwood, designed for the sun on your block.

Decks and pergolas shown here are design work.

Get in touch

Tell me about your project.

A few lines is enough to start. I'll reply within two working days to arrange a site visit.

Designer
Joe Schubert, B.App.Sc. (Arch), M.Arch.
Working in
Canberra, ACT
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