The team
From our heritage-listed Maylands studio in Western Australia, we are a multidisciplinary team of architects and architectural designers, united by a shared ambition to design responsibly and contribute positively to the world around us.
Nanako McIntosh
Director, Architect
ABWA 3273, BoAQ 6239
MArch Hons, BAS
Nanako is an architect with over fifteen years experience working in New Zealand, Singapore and Australia. She has a strong design eye supported by a solid working knowledge of construction methodologies, the NCC and Australian Standards. Nanako has worked as both an Architect and Project Manager representing both the client and the contractor. She has maintained lasting relationship with Contractors, Suppliers and Individual Trades and uses these relationship to provide practical cost effective yet refined spaces for her clients.
Fallon Ogilvy
Architect
ABWA 3618, M.Arch B.Des Architecture
Fallon is a diligent architect who has delivered numerous high end, large scale architectural projects.
Alongside a strong passion for design, Fallon has a diverse role, with the skillset to deliver detailed design and documentation packages, She has excellent collaborative problem solving throughout construction, and interpersonal skills to manage ongoing client relationships. Fallon has a rich knowledge of design and construction.
Aleksandra Debowska
Senior Architect
MSc Eng in Architecture
Aleksandra is a highly acomplished architect with over 20 years of international experience across Poland, the United Kingdom, and Australia. She specialises in architecture, complex infrastructure projects, building services coordination, and digital engineering. Her career spans a diverse range of sectors, and she is recognised for her strong technical leadership, detailed design rigour, and ability to deliver highly coordinated outcomes across multidisciplinary teams.
Jemma Vandongen
Architect Consultant - Principal of BlokHuis
BA, BArch, RAIA ABWA 2095
Jemma is a pragmatist by nature. She values simplicity, authenticity and being a good human. For her, the most rewarding part of being an architect is working with other people to bring a shared idea into reality.
With over 15 years of architectural experience in Western Australia, her focus for the last five years has been exclusively on the prefabrication industry. Recognising the significant potential of off-site construction and driven to understand it in depth, she established and led a design team for a leading prefabrication construction group based in Henderson, Western Australia. This role gave her a deep, practical understanding of prefabrication — from early design through to manufacture and delivery — and a clear perspective on its application within architecture.
Mimi Cho
Senior Consulting Architect
ABWA 3025
B.AS, M.Arch
Mimi is versatile sernior architect with experience across complex public, commercial, education and residential projects. Accustomed to a large multidisciplinary team and a fast-paced multi-stakeholder environment, Mimi enjoys the process of collaboration and the holistic outcomes it can produce. Mimi believes in the importance of the architect’s elastic role as advocate-advisor-administrator throughout this process.
Beyond projects, Mimi is known as an active contributor to the local architecture community. As a busy working mum and staunch believer of equal partnership/equal parenting, she is currently
-Co-Chair of the Australian Institute of Architects Equity Taskforce Western Australia.
Mimi has also been:
- on the Property Council Australia Industrial Lands and Infrastructure Committee;
- a jury member for the Western Australian Architecture Awards;
- on the editorial committee for The Architect (WA) journal;
- a sessional academic at Curtin University; and
- chairperson of EmAGN WA.
Cecilia Kitti
BIM technician and Architectural Designer
BSc, B.Arch
Architectural Designer with 5+ years of experience delivering BIM-based architectural documentation for hospitality and residential developments. Cecilia is an excellent communicator and has a calm, kind manner backed by strong technical expertise. Cecilia has a strong proficiency in Revit for Design Development and Construction Documentation, including coordinated drawing packages, wall assemblies, roof build-ups, and interior detailing. She has worked on projects in Australia, the US and her native Indonesia
Bella Boros
Architectural Intern
Bachelor of Applied Science - Majoring in Architecture
Bella is currently completing her Master of Architecture at Curtin University. She brings a strong interest in architectural design and advanced 3Dvisualisation capability to the team.
With well-developed digital modelling skills, Bella contributes across concept development, 3D visualisation and drawing production. She is efficient, perceptive and capable, and is steadily building the technical and professional foundations required for becoming an architect
Marty McNally
Studio Coordinator
Super-Dad of two little ones (and wrangler of architects)
Marty ensures that the cogs of the studio are running smoothly through maintaining the administration and operations.
With experience managing large retail organisations, he brings strong organisational skills, commercial awareness and structured processes to the practice. His background in team leadership and operations helps maintain clarity, consistency and momentum across the practice.