Ben Edwards
Founder
BA (Hons), B.Arch
RIBA | AIA | ARB | ARBV 20575

Born in the UK, Ben studied architecture at Liverpool University. In London he worked for a number of years within large commercial practices before re-locating to Melbourne – working at LAB, Grimshaw Architects & Edwards Moore Architects as a Director. 

Ben has a passion for the art of making things and the conceptual rigour that underpins them. A calm and level personality who encourages and facilitates participation in the design process. 

He has tutored design at various design schools – including the Icelandic Institute of Design, Monash University, RMIT, Liverpool University & The Oslo Academy of Arts. He has also been a judge for the Victorian Architecture Awards Program & was selected by the Design Institute of Australia for the DIAlogue tour in 2017.

Nancy Beka
Director
B.Arch

After studying architecture at University of South Australia, Nancy relocated to Melbourne working as both design assistant & project management roles within Studio Edwards.

Nancy’s innovative and emotive perspective to design thinking, along with her strong focus on fostering long term relationships with clients, contractors and designers, resulted in her advancement to co-director in 2020. Nancy is also a co-curator of the alt. material design collective curating prototypes & experimental works by leading & emerging designers. 

She has also tutored at LCI Melbourne & lectured at Melbourne University offering mentorship to young designers within the industry. More recently Nancy has also completed a Diploma of Project Management.