Cathy Kubany Architect

Cathy Kubany Architect is an emergent practice following the closure of the Government Architect's Office in 2016 as it transitioned into a strategic advisory arm of the Department of Planning.
 

Cathy is a skilled and respected architect with over 30 years experience working on a range of public building types and complexities within the Government Architects Office as well as independent residential work and community consultation.

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Her experience ranges from client liason and presentations, feasibilities, brief development, masterplanning, preparation of concept designs, detailed design, construction documentation and site inspections in construction phase.

Public projects have included court houses, police stations, juvenile justice centres, schools, TAFE projects, mental health and social housing design and documentation. These have often been  subject to constrained budgets requiring innovative means to achieve our client's desired outcomes.

Our practice is passionate about engaging with all our clients to better understand their needs while working collaboratively to seek innovative responses to these. We highly value the contribution our buildings make to the public domain and public amenity.

We have a strong belief in the importance of fully integrated landscape and the environmental interface of all our projects.
The same level of committment and exploration is applied to all projects regardless of complexity or scale.

Our projects benefit from collaborative teamwork and mentoring to achieve improved design outcomes for all stakeholders.   

The years preceding the closure of GAO Cathy was fortunate to lead several education projects exploring new ways of providing physical environments to support developing contemporary pedagogy. She has held membership with CEFPI (now Learning Environments Australasia). 

 

Cathy has a demonstrated committment to planning and advocating for public benefit within her locality. She is a member of the Church Point Aesthetics Advisory Group established by Northern Beaches Council and is a Committee member of Friends of Currawong. 

The quality of Cathy’s work has established design benchmarks for several building types and has been recognized by industry awards.

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QUALIFICATIONS & AFFILIATIONS
Bachelor of Architecture (Honours 1), University of Sydney
Bachelor of Science (Architecture), University of Sydney
Horticulture Certificate, Ryde TAFE
Architects Registration Board NSW, Registered Architect No. 4855
Member CEFPI 2012-2016
Member Church Point Aesthetics Advisory Panel

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AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS
2015 AIA BLACKET AWARD – Gunnedah Aboriginal family and child centre 
2015 CEFPI Commendation – Education Innovation – Aboriginal Child and Family Centres
2005 NAWIC Merit Award for Design – Chatswood Police Station
2001 NAWIC Award for Achievement in Construction – Toronto Courthouse
2001 NAWIC Merit Award for Achievement in Design – Toronto Courthouse

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
o  Architecture Bulletin, “Closing the Gap in Country” ,Spring  2015 (with Dillon Kombumerrie)

o  Australian Concrete Construction “Chatswood Police Station”, Aug  2005

o   Boral Projects in View, “Chatswood Police Station”, July 2005

o   Australian Concrete Construction “Toronto COurt House”, Aug 2002

o   Law Society Journal ”Toronto Court House”, Nov 2001

o   Architecture Bulletin, “Olympic Architecture”, 1998

o Young Architects Exhibition: Long Bay Secure Oval Amenities Block, Grafton Gaol Staff A 1998
o  Architecture Bulletin, “Women in Architecture”,  1997

o  National Healthcare, “New Building Types for the Mentally Ill”,  1994

o   Architecture Australia, “Invisible Women of Public Architecture”, 1994

o T.A.S. - Bloomfield Hospital, 1991

 

TEACHING AND RESEARCH

CEFPI Mayfield Project 2014 “Engage Envision, Enrich”
Sydney University Architecture Faculty
1st  Year Design Tutor -  1977
5th Year Design Tutor – 2nd Semester, 1994  2nd Year Design Tutor – 2nd Semester,   2000
1st and 2nd Semester,  2001
1st and 2nd Semester,  2002
University of NSW - Faculty of the Built  Environment
Masters in Design - Tutor - 1st and 2nd Semesters  2017