BUILDgruppe is a platform for the investigations of housing architecture in Australia and Europe by Graduates of Architecture David Houston and Margarita Simpson.

As a research platform, BUILDgruppe desires to help provide solutions that enhance the affordability, social sustainability, community engagement and urban integration of housing developments in Australia.

BUILDgruppe Maylands is also resident-led apartment development in the heart of Maylands, that will seek to provide affordable and socially and environmentally conscious housing.

THE TEAM

David Houston began his education in architecture at Curtin University in 2013 graduating with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Architectural Science) in 2015 and then completed the Master of Architecture in 2017. David was shortlisted for several awards upon graduation including the Hassell Prize, the E.G. Cohen Medal and the Peter Hunt Travel Prize. David was also shortlisted and chosen as the recipient of the Architects Board of Western Australia prize in 2017/18. Using this, David has been given the opportunity to explore housing development models and architecture in order to initiate discourse and thought on different ways of living in Perth and Australia. David currently works as a Graduate of Architecture at Coniglio Ainsworth Architects.