Services
We offer a complete suite of architectural Building design services, delivering bespoke solutions that seamlessly integrate creativity, functionality, and technical precision.
What we can offer
Every great project begins with a vision. One that must be translated into precise, professional documentation suitable for Council approval and clear communication with builders. This requires more than technical drawings; it demands a designer who combines deep industry knowledge, exceptional building expertise, and a genuine understanding of your aspirations. A designer who brings creativity, dedication, and technical skill to ensure your vision becomes reality while offering competitive and transparent pricing.
Welcome to Hawksley Developments. As a bespoke architectural building designer, Phillip Hawksley brings unmatched craftsmanship and experience to every project. Phillip works closely with each client to transform concepts into finely tailored designs that honour both function and aesthetic intent, ensuring the final build reflects your unique vision.
We pride ourselves on delivering truly original designs. Unlike ubiquitous, reused plans offered by some designers, every Hawksley Developments design is carefully crafted to meet your specific needs and site conditions, ensuring authenticity and individuality without unnecessary cost.
Contact Phillip Hawksley today to begin the journey toward your dream project or explore our website further to learn more about our history and design process.
Building Design
We provide a comprehensive architectural design service that transforms your vision into a fully resolved and buildable outcome. Beginning with a bespoke concept design shaped by your preferences, we collaborate closely to ensure the proposal reflects your aspirations and site context. Once the concept is approved, we prepare a preliminary agreement and develop immersive 3D visualisations, allowing you to clearly experience the architecture inside and out.
When the design is refined to your satisfaction, we progress to detailed documentation and regulatory approvals, ensuring every aspect of the project is resolved with precision, compliance, and design integrity. This process ensures your project not only meets practical requirements but also achieves a distinctive architectural presence.
Consultants and Approvals
We collaborate with a network of trusted consultants to provide all essential regulatory documentation and specialist reports, including surveying, engineering, energy efficiency assessments, bushfire evaluations, and any additional requirements necessary to achieve full compliance.
Our service can extend to the preparation and submission of all statutory forms, ensuring a seamless process through local authority planning and building approvals, while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and design integrity.
We also offer comprehensive project management, expert consultancy, and tailored advice across all architectural styles and construction methods. Our approach ensures that every project, regardless of scale or complexity, benefits from strategic guidance, design integrity, and efficient execution, delivering outcomes that are both innovative and enduring.
F.A.Q.
Every project is unique in its vision and complexity; however, most questions and design considerations can be clearly addressed during our initial consultation, where we tailor our approach to your specific requirements and aspirations.
This will depend on the size and complexities of your project and the amount of work we have at the time.
We will provide you with an estimate of timeframe and expected completion date of each phase.
Unlike an off-the-shelf product, architectural design cannot be reduced to a simple square metre rate. Every project is unique, and costs are influenced by factors such as site conditions, design complexity, level of detail, and regulatory requirements. A square metre estimate or hourly rate can often be misleading, which is why we prefer to provide clarity and accuracy from the outset. After an initial consultation, we will prepare a tailored, transparent estimate before entering into contract, ensuring you and your financial partners have a realistic understanding of the investment required.
Naturally, highly detailed or complex designs will involve greater outlay, while more modest projects can be achieved with lower costs. Unlike architects or designers who charge a percentage of the overall build cost, an approach that can encourage over-design, we provide a more straightforward and honest assessment aligned with your requirements.
Ultimately, selecting the right designer should go beyond cost alone. It is about entrusting someone who understands your vision, communicates openly, and will make decisions in your best interests. Our approach prioritises integrity, transparency, and the delivery of bespoke architectural outcomes that respect both your aspirations and your budget.
Both architects and building designers play vital roles in shaping the built environment. In Tasmania, architects are required to hold a degree in architecture, while building designers must hold a diploma in building design. Architects often bring extensive academic and theoretical training, whereas building designers typically offer a more hands-on understanding of construction, materials, and buildability developed through practical on-site experience.
For a project to proceed through local authority approvals, it must be designed by a licensed architect or licensed building designer. Both professionals must be accredited, maintain current insurances, and hold a Consumer, Building and Occupational licence to operate in Tasmania. Architects are additionally registered with the Board of Architects. Choosing between the two ultimately comes down to personal preference, project scale, budget, and the level of collaboration and trust you seek in the design process.
Why Choose Hawksley Developments
At Hawksley Developments, our advantage lies in the seamless integration of design creativity with deep construction knowledge. With decades of practical building experience, we design with constructability in mind, producing architectural documentation that translates effortlessly from concept to construction. Every line we draw is intentional, buildable, and informed by real-world insight.
Our ability to communicate directly with builders in technical yet practical terms ensures efficiency, clarity, and precision throughout the project. The result is a bespoke architectural design that not only looks exceptional but also performs flawlessly in execution.
Phillip Hawksley (Hawksley Developments Pty Ltd) is licensed, through the Department of Justice Tasmania, as both a builder and a building designer. You may review this at any time on this link. https://occupationallicensing.justice.tas.gov.au/Search/onlinesearch.aspx
Although Phillip is still licensed as a builder he is no longer practicing as such.
Licence Number CC7103
Builder – Open. Building works on all classes of buildings
(We are licensed to undertake any type of building work on all classes of buildings.)
Building Designer – Limited. Architectural design and documentation of Classes 1 and 10 buildings, and Class 2 – 9 buildings of up to 2 storeys with a maximum floor area of 2000 metres square.
We are required to undertake mandatory CPD training and hold all necessary insurances to maintain our annual licence renewal, e.g., professional indemnity insurance, contract works insurance, public liability insurance, etc.
We can forward a portfolio of over 40 written references received during the many years we have been in operation.
We are certain our previous clients would welcome sharing their positive experience with you.
Phillip Hawksley will personally undertake your building design. Qualified professional consultants will be engaged to complete the engineering design, surveying and other reports necessary to achieve approvals.