We design warm, welcoming, light-filled spaces that are tailored for our clients’ everyday lives and foster gathering and shared experiences. Understanding how our clients live, work and play is central to our briefing process and methodology. We have a friendly, open and upfront approach to our client relationships.

Our architecture is highly detailed, refined and considered, with an emphasis on order, balance and symmetry. The result is calm and harmonious architecture and interiors crafted specially for our clients’ lifestyles, needs and aspirations. We are structured and analytical with our project delivery.

We use a reduced yet layered palette of enduring, high-quality natural materials that is carefully selected in response to each client, project and context. This imbues our buildings and interiors with warmth, tactility and atmosphere.

We offer architecture and interior design as integrated or standalone services, with feasibility studies providing an early starting point for exploring your project’s potential. We tailor our scope and involvement to your brief, budget and priorities, from initial ideas through to construction.

Studio Cobe is led by Kate Corke, a registered architect and interior designer. Kate completed her Master of Architecture at the University of Melbourne and Bachelor of Design 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 and sustainable buildings.

OUR TEAM

Studio Cobe brings together architecture, interior design and drafting, with a small team assembled to suit the projects underway. We work collaboratively across projects, sharing ideas and knowledge throughout design and documentation. Kate remains directly involved in every project, providing continuity throughout the process.

Based in Elwood, the studio is a place for design books, material samples and ongoing exploration, where research and shared ideas inform considered, sustainable and enduring design.