We believe in creating Space to help people find their Place.
Just as every person is unique, so too is their idea of what it is to ‘escape’. We provide the tools to help them find it.
We design and build architecturally crafted, high-performance “Spaces” for people with all kinds of “Places” and believe the intersection of Space and Place is a unique experience.
Our story begins with five generations of farming.
Amy’s Mum grew up on the family farm in Ballarat and eventually moved to Melbourne to start a family. Once Amy and her sister came along, they would be sent up to the farm on weekends to spend time with their Pa, Grandma, Aunties, Uncles, and Cousins while her parents worked weekends in the city.
It was a formative experience, one which to this day, Amy sees as a privilege, running around the wide-open spaces and having the opportunity to connect with the family land and be amongst nature.
Fast forward 20 years and a naive 23-year-old Amy had an idea.
The pull toward the bush and rural landscapes never wavered. So it was with a love of Australian landscapes and a passion for architecture and design that she pitched an idea to her family. A half baked plan to plonk a small shipping container cabin on the family farm and run short-term accommodation. So that others could experience the same joy that Amy had growing up.
It didn’t work out. Wrong time, wrong place.
8 years later Amy, Tom, Gabe, and Andrew, friends for over 15 years, were sitting around the table discussing ways to start a business, a conversation that would often come up after a couple of drinks. Suddenly, it dawned on her... the idea she’d been holding onto for 8 years had finally found its moment. Each of the team complimented the other perfectly: with established careers, just enough experience under their belt, a passion for design and creating experiences and importantly, a hunger to create something that was theirs.
And so, this is where our journey started and the idea blossomed into a plan. Creating Space so that people can find their Place.
Suddenly, we found ourselves building a 6 x 2.5m cabin in a warehouse and big dreams to one day fill a factory.
Amy Elliot
Business Strategy and Creative Direction
Amy is in the business of growing businesses.
She has worked with luxury residential/commercial property, lifestyle and hospitality businesses for brands like the Australian Open, Golden Age, GURNER, JLL and 101 Collins.
Amy is also the founder of Things We DO., a brand, marketing and experiential and project consultancy, helping brands and businesses grow.
Andrew Kyriacopoulos
Business Operations and Finance
Andrew was the CFO and COO of a global design and manufacturer business specialising in luxury hospitality products.
Overseeing offices in Melbourne, London, Dubai, Hong Kong and Los Angeles, Andrew partners with the world’s best-known and premium hotels such as The Peninsula, Four Seasons, Marriott and more.
Gabe Hamilton
Building Design and Construction
One half of Cardross Construction, a family-owned building company with 50+ years of experience in design to construction projects.
Gabe is a qualified carpenter, specialising in high-end, small footprint, inner-city dwellings, making the most of any space.
Gabe us passionate about sustainable design and expertly crafted structures: think Grand Designs.
Holds an advanced diploma in building design.
Tom Bennett
Brand, Marketing & Creative
A unique background in both brand, media and innovation, having worked for some of Australia’s biggest and most loved brands such as AAMI Insurance, Dare Ice Coffee (awarded a gold EFFIE for marketing effectiveness), Carlton Draught, VB and McCain.
Ever curious, strategically led & obsessed with building strong and resounding brands.
Known to moonlight as a copywriter.