Studio

Studio Cobe is a Melbourne-based practice designing warm, enduring and rigorous architecture and interiors. Our architecture is detailed and refined, with welcoming, light-filled interiors tailored to everyday life, gathering and shared experiences.

Embracing a rich, textural palette of high-quality natural materials, our buildings and spaces are imbued with atmosphere and energy.

Cohesive, balanced and connected to their environments, our buildings carefully frame the landscape and capture seasonal light, sounds and smells. A strong consideration for sustainability ensures our architecture and interiors endure.

Studio Cobe is led by Kate Corke, a registered architect and interior designer. Kate completed her master’s degree in architecture at University of Melbourne, and her bachelor’s degree in interior design at RMIT and Leeds Metropolitan University. She founded Studio Cobe in 2022, after working on commercial and high-end residential projects at leading Australian architectural practices.

Kate is active in the architecture community, leading design studios at Monash University, RMIT and the University of Melbourne. Her teaching and research are focused on design and the evolution of Australian housing. She is particularly interested in how planning, materiality and form can coexist with energy efficiency and performance to produce beautiful, functional, sustainable buildings.

Kate and the team can be found in their Elwood studio, surrounded by design books and beautiful material samples, where continual research and exploration underpin a practice focused on locally sourced, sustainable and enduring material selections.