STUDIO + TEAM — BIRUBI BUILD + DESIGN

Birubi was started by Dave Byrne. Dave is an award-winning builder with over 25 years of experience in residential construction.

We’re a small tight knit team of carpenters and creatives who share the same values and passion for a home well built.

We base our decision making on these principles:

ADAPTABILITY

Create layouts that can adapt to changing life stages and inhabitants, for daily use organise spaces so they can be used in multiple ways.

MATERIAL SELECTION

Select locally sourced, hardwearing materials that age well both aesthetically and functionally. Use recycled, reclaimed and salvaged materials whenever possible.

CLIMATIC RESPONSE

We address the site and respond to it using passive design principles.

PEACE

Find moments a solitude throughout spaces, give people the chance to regulate outside a bedroom.

SOCIAL CONNECTION

Complementary to the latter, design for spontaneous human interaction. Create spaces that encourage conversation and connection through colour, views, communal gathering spaces, texture.

ANTITODAL

Be the antidote to overly serious, overly styled architecture. Replace the anxiety to fit a mould with the joy of designing and building for people + place.