About Us

Whether you’re seeking a new vision, a considered renovation, or a way to transform older garden spaces into vibrant extensions of your home, we are experts in spatial planning and carefully considered design. We specialise in heritage properties, innovative contemporary design, and refined midcentury, coastal, and country-inspired architecture. Above all, we help you to extract the full potential of every project, delivering both strong financial returns and deeply rewarding lived experiences.

Our Director, Katherine, is a highly-experienced architect with a diverse background collaborating with award-winning architectural practices, property developers, investors, major construction firms, and client-side teams on projects of various scales, including serving as Design Manager for Sydney Opera House; and has now led her own practice for the past 12+ years. Her approach is nurturing and joyful and seeks solutions that surprise and delight. She believes an architect should deliver unique and exceptional designs that wouldn't have existed without their involvement, on budget and on time. Due to the highly detailed and personal nature of designing a home, Katherine remains your dedicated point of contact throughout - personally leading every aspect with care and precision. For larger-scale projects, she curates a world-class team of specialists to ensure every element is delivered to the highest standard.

Noble Architecture is a Sydney-based practice located on the Northern Beaches, dedicated to creating refined, highly crafted, intelligent, and deeply personalised architecture.

We work with clients from across a broad area of Sydney - from the North Shore, Northern Beaches, and Ku-ring-gai, to the Inner West and Eastern Suburbs - as well as rural regions such as the Upper Hunter, Hunter Valley, and Southern Highlands. We also undertake select projects interstate and internationally.

We take on only a select number of projects each year - allowing us to work closely with our clients and remain fully engaged at every stage of the process, from concept through to completion. This hands-on, highly tailored approach ensures each project receives the time, care, and precision it deserves.

Our primary focus is exceptional private residential architecture: unique new homes, renovations, and alterations. Our design approach is project-specific, tailored to each client and site. Our intelligently crafted buildings are beautiful, sustainable, and timeless in design.

Our diverse portfolio also includes boutique holiday accommodation, wellness and cultural spaces, agricultural and equestrian buildings, and mixed-use developments. We work closely with Indigenous communities and organisations, guided by deep respect for Country, culture, and collaborative process.

Public, civic, and landscape projects - such as swimming pools, playgrounds, sports facilities, parklands, and healthcare centres - are approached with the same thoughtful rigour, integrating bush regeneration, biodiversity enhancement, and community wellbeing. The human experience is at the centre of our consideration across all of our projects.

Our architecture, interiors, and landscape design are conceived together - not as separate disciplines, but as a singular expression of place and purpose. This integrated approach ensures every surface, threshold, and view works harmoniously to create a seamless spatial experience.

At Noble Architecture, we create beautifully resolved, timeless, and highly considered spaces - designed to support the way you live and to leave a lasting legacy. We look forward to meeting with you to discuss how we can help with your next project.

Residential Client Services
We tailor our scope to suit your needs. However, we typically manage the entire process to ensure a smooth, seamless experience that gives our clients peace of mind, including:

• Site acquisition and feasibility studies for site suitability assessment.
  We help you determine if the site is right before you commit – or help you realise the potential for a site you already own.

• Concept design through to full Development Application (DA) and Construction Certificate (CC) documentation.

• Tender process management and builder selection.

• Liaison with consultants throughout, including coordination of reports and additional documentation required for councils and certifiers.

• Detailed interior design with fittings and finishes specifications and setout.

• We also design our architecture in conjunction with landscaped spaces and other planted areas, connecting you with the natural world in the most seamless way.

• Full landscape services: design, plant specification, nursery quotations, and coordination of delivery – in conjunction with horticultural experts Sage Gardens Sydney for:

  • Irrigation systems

  • Planting installation

  • Ongoing garden maintenance schedules

Why choose an architect over a draftsperson?

• Training + Value in Documentation: Architects bring design thinking, training, and spatial intelligence that go beyond drawings. We consider proportion, light, flow, and detail - elements that shape how a space feels and functions.

• Spatial Complexity + Beauty: Draftspeople handle technical documentation but lack architectural training to resolve complex spatial relationships or create nuanced, integrated detailing that gives a home clarity, beauty, and longevity.

• Value + Profit: If you want the cheapest box, a draftsperson may suffice. But for a crafted home that enhances your lifestyle and return on investment, choose an architect.