Architect:
Merrima Aboriginal Design

Location:
Sydney, Australia

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Founded:
1995

Design staff:
4

Partners:
Dillon Kombumerri (center), founding principal; Kevin O’Brien (right), Alison Page (left), founding associates

Education:
Kombumerri: University of Sydney, B.Arch., 1995; O’Brien: University of Queensland, B. Arch., 1995; Page: University of Technology, B.Design, 1997
Work history: Kombumerri: New South Wales (NSW) Government Architect’s Office, 1990–present; O’Brien: Bligh Voller Nield, 2003; Ballymun Regeneration, 2000–02; NSW Government Architect’s Office, 1997–99; Hassell, 1996–97;
Page: Designers in Collaboration, 1999–present; NSW Government Architect’s Office, 1998–99

Key completed projects:
(all in Australia) Wilcannia Health Service, Wilcannia, 2002; TAFE Indiginous Art and Adult Studies Centre, Moree, 2001; Bayagul Indigenous Gallery, Sydney Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 2000; Acmena Juvenile Justice Centre, Grafton, 1999; Girrawaa Creative Work Centre, Bathurst, 1988

Key current projects:
Aboriginal Medical Centre, Redfern, 2004; Aboriginal Health and Research Centre, Sydney, 2005

See the December 2003 issue of Architectural Record for full coverage of this firm.