Byron Bourke is a graduate architect specialising in the design of intricate, ecologically sustainable houses. After working for some of Australia's leading architecture practices Byron went on to complete his Master of Architecture degree at The University of Sydney where he was awarded the 2018 Advanced Fabrication Prize (KUKA Robotics). Byron also holds a bachelors degree in Urban and Regional Planning as well as qualifications in 3D Animation (AFTRS) and VFX (Metroscreen). Byron relates his animation background to architecture in the ethereal sense that each building is to have it's own life force or character shape - ''to me the micro architecture is similar to character design - in that a small intricate building can take on a sense of character in its response to its individual conditions. It feels unique when a pragmatic response to external conditions becomes a poetry or tectonic beyond merely building - that's when you know a house is working, when you can see an individual identity in its architecture.'' Byron is currently studying a Cert IV in Construction (Building) in requirement for registration as a licenced builder in the state of NSW.
