Luigi Rosselli

M Arch EPFL (SUI)
NSW Registered Architect No 4895 (nominated architect)
AIA AAA

Director

Educated in Switzerland, Luigi worked in Switzerland with Mario Botta, in New York with Mitchell Guirgola.  He came to Australia in 1981 to establish the office for Mitchell Guirgola Thorp’s New Parliament House in Canberra.

Luigi established Luigi Rosselli Pty Ltd in 1985, and over its more than 26 years has worked on more than 500 projects across the range of architectural practice.

Luigi is committed to providing a sustainable, lasting, built environment, with a legacy of quality design both in sensorial experience of space and contribution to the urban environment.

Hugh Campbell

B Sc (Arch) B Arch 1991 (USYD)
NSW Registered Architect No 8324
AIA

Associate

Since graduating, Hugh has spent over 15 years working primarily in his chosen area of quality residential architecture.  For a period Hugh took a break from architecture, working in corporate communications & event management, but was inexorably drawn back to architecture.

Joining Luigi Rosselli from Tanner Architects in 2007 Hugh works across the areas of design, client liaison, design development, documentation, tendering and contract administration.

When not thinking about or looking at buildings, Hugh likes to spend time on sport, theatre, science fiction and gazing out to sea.

Simon Hassall

B Arch 1991 (UNSW)
NSW Registered Architect No 7826

Associate

Simon joined Luigi Rosselli Pty Ltd in February 2007 and prior to that spent 15 years with Paul Sinclair & Associates in Port Stephens (NSW) where he was an Associate Architect.

He has experience in the design and documentation of a range of building types, from residential and commercial, to light industrial and community facilities. With Luigi Rosselli, he has contributed as part of the team to the completion of a number of prestigious houses for the firm’s discerning clients.

Simon is committed to excellence in the practice of architecture through careful client consultation, finely realised design, and with a firm eye on sustainability.

Corrado Palleschi

BA Arch, B ARch 2003 (UTS)
B Mus (Hons), Dip Mus, Grad Dip Mus

Since graduating from UTS in 2003, Corrado has worked for various eminent firms including Renzo Piano Building Workshop (Aurora Place), Innovarchi, Choi Ropiah, Drew Heath and Simpson Wilson.

Joining Luigi Rosselli in 2005, as Project Architect, he has had a strong involvement in many projects including the 2006 RAIA Wilkinson Award winning Mount Minderoo house and 2009 Waverley Contemporary Design Award winning Henry Street Queens Park house.

Apart from his brash demeanour and eclectic taste in music, Corrado is likeable and makes good coffee.

James Horler

B Arch 2000 (UNSW)
Senior Project Architect
NSW Registered Architect No 8575

James joined Luigi Rosselli in early 2010 as Senior Project Architect.  James has a strong background in residential architecture, initially in multi-unit residential and apartment design and development.  His career has progressively steered towards individual residential architecture.

James has a strong appreciation for practical, functional and simple design – ‘the simple things in life are often the best’.

Out of the office, James enjoys spending time with his family and appreciating classic modern architecture.

Jane McNeill

B.F.A.  B.Env.Des. (UTAS), B.Arch, hons. 1999 (USYD)

Jane’s first architectural project was designing “Buckingham Palace” in lego on a boat heading the UK when she was 4.  She then resisted the architectural urge until her 20s, working in the areas of fine arts & restaurant management.  

After running her own practice for 7 years, Jane joined Luigi Rosselli Architects in 2010.  Jane has experience across a wide range of architectural projects including, restaurants, schools & office fitout, with a predominance of individual residential design.  Her work focuses on the importance of the client brief and the response to the site, with the belief in the importance of the interconnection between the built, natural and social landscape.

Jane loves remote beaches, big cities and good food and wine and enjoys hanging out with her young family making extensive variations of “Buckingham Palace” in lego. 

Candace Christensen

BA Arch 1990 (UCal, Berkeley), M Arch 1994 (UOregon)
USA Registered Architect (Washington)
LEED 2.0 accredited professional

Candace has lived and worked in several countries which has provided opportunities to work on a variety of building scales in a variety of languages - (USA) museum, airport, courthouse, university, mixed-use/multi-family Seattle & Portland; timber framed resort in the mountains of Oregon; (France) urban infill housing in Paris; and (Australia) winery in country NSW, single family residences in Sydney

Joining Luigi Rosselli in 2005 as a Project Architect, Candace has worked primarily on residential projects, contributing to the Wiston Gardens house which was recognized in 2009 with awards from the AIA, National Trust, and Woollahra Council.  Additionally, she was involved with the Casella Winery project and a new residence partial constructed with rammed earth technology.

Candace enjoys the lifestyle of Sydney's northern beaches area and discovering all that is Australiana.  She can also tell you how many inches are in a metre (39 3/8").

Renata Popovic-Tomac

B Arch. 1997 (UNSW)
NSW Registered Architect No 7084
AIA

Since graduating in 1997 Renata worked with notable architects Nielsen Warren and Andrew Scott, gaining valuable experience in the practice of architecture and the completion of individual houses, aged care and community projects.

Renata joined Luigi Rosselli in 2006 as Project Architect and has contributed to the completion of beautiful residences with a focus on the attention to fine detail, materiality, and interiors.  To see the building sing at completion is a joy for Renata and a testament to the team work of client, builder and architect.  Renata’s passion for elegant and exciting residential design has proved to be seminal in her life.

Renata enjoys family life, the arts, fashion and life’s cultural eccentricities.

Naoko |\|ishizu

B Arch (Hons) UNSW
NSW Registered Architect No 8185

Naoko joined Luigi Rosselli Pty Ltd in 2010, and is a registered architect with 6 years of local work experience. This has included working at various scales and portfolios including houses, office fit-outs, police stations, art gallery, airports and hospitality venues through to master-planning of resort + residential developments. 

Through these experiences Naoko has reaffirmed that her passion in architecture lies in creating personal spaces that are unique to the individual and context at an intimate scale.

Naoko designed her first house at the age of 7, based around an atrium full of lush gardens in response to life in the concrete jungle of Tokyo. She dreams of designing and building a treehouse retreat sometime soon.

Sarah Foletta

MArch (UNSW), B Int Des (Hons) (SWIN)

Sarah joined Luigi Rosselli at the end of 2009.  She previously worked in an architectural practice in Bangkok before returning to Australia to complete her Master of Architecture.  Sarah also has a degree in Interior Design and spearheads the office’s interior work.

She has designed several private residences in Melbourne and Sydney, which are an example of classic clean lines and well proportioned spaces.

Sarah spends most of her spare time either beachside relaxing or trawling through antique stores or art galleries for that perfect piece.

Edward Birch

BDes (Arch-digital media), M Arch 2009 (USyd)

Edward joined Luigi Rosselli as an intern in 2005.  He has continued working with the office while completing his masters in architecture at Sydney University. He has an interest in 3d modelling and digital architecture with a focus on parametric design and performance based modelling.

Carl Rutherfoord

DipDes 2006 (TAFEWA)

Carl joined Luigi Rosselli in 2010 from Western Australia, after tasting the hospitality industry and realising his passion had always been architecture.  Carl gained experience while studying, spaning housing, public buildings & multi-storey commercial developments.

Winning the Building Designers’ Association of Australia best student design award in 2006, relating to a sustainably designed community café, spurred him on to focus his design process around clean, simple, sustainable architecture, focusing on spaces that uplift and inspire.

Carl has an entrepreneurial streak and tends to spend his spare time at a café with a strong machiatto and a book, or at the theatre losing himself in ‘the performance’.

Sean Johnson

BDesArch 2007 (USyd), M Arch 2010 (USyd)

Currently completing his Masters in Architecture, Sean worked at Group GSP before moving to Luigi Rosselli in 2007, where he is developing his practical design skills whilst carrying out his studies.

Sean is particularly interested in the way that cooperative design efforts between architects, artists and other professionals can lead to socially and environmentally sustainable design outcomes.

Sean’s travels in Europe and India have furthered his understanding of differing architectural typologies and given him an appreciation for salty milk.

Kristina Sahleström

B Des (Arch-Digital Media), USYD, 2007

M Arch (Sustainable Design), 2010, Chalmers University of Technology, (Gothenburg, Sweden). Swedish registered A MSA.

Kristina joined Luigi Rosselli Pty Ltd in 2010, previously working at SWECO in Sweden while completing her masters in architecture at Chalmers University.

An ardent traveller, Kristina’s first encounter with architecture was at 14, during work experience in Fresno, California, Her studies in sustainable design have taken her to Kenya for the Reality Studio with UN-Habitat in Kisumu and Nairobi, and also to the COP15 meeting in Copenhagen 2010, where she represented Architects Sans Frontiers-Sweden.

For Kristina architecture and design comes down to the pursuit of “making better”, creating resilient environments that derive from the fact that architecture is always site specific and based around the people inhabiting it.

When she can’t sleep, sometimes she dreams up a new public transport solution for Sydney and Stockholm.

Alexandra Donohoe

Alexandra Donohoe made the leap into interiors 10 years ago based largely on a life-long intrigue with the notion of personal taste and style, its nuances and origins. Since then she has worked for several of Sydney's most notable design firms honing a passion for the notion of home and its significance within our lives.

Achieving a Bachelor of Interior Architecture at the University of New South Wales, affirmed the belief that interiors have a profound impact on our quality of life. A life-long enduring love affair with the products of 20th century furniture and decorative arts has fuelled journey. Underpinning much of Alexandra's work is a sense of eclecticism; her interiors celebrate bold contrasts, whimsy, luxury and exquisite detail.

Matt Gallagher

BDesArch. 2007 (USYD)

Currently undertaking the final year of his Masters of Architecture at the University of Sydney, Matt joined Luigi Rosselli in early 2010, having previously worked at Architectus' Sydney office on a variety of projects at both large and small scales, with a focus on master planning and urban design.

Matt has a real passion for residential architecture, and relishes the opportunity to gain experience in a variety of different areas within each project he works on.   

In his spare time Matt struggles to escape the clutches of Architecture in some form or another, and can often be found reading one of the numerous architecture and design blogs that proliferate cyber space.