Tribe Studio

Tribe Studio is a Sydney-based architecture firm committed to design excellence . Each project is a considered and creative response to client needs and aspirations, the site and its environment. Environmental sustainability is seamlessly integrated into the design process.

The Tribe Studio team has experience in single houses, multi-unit residential, retail, commercial, urban design, entertainment, galleries and public infrastructure.

The studio is actively involved in furthering design excellence through conference presentations, exhibition installations, speculative work, research and design competitions. Both their built and unbuilt work has been widely published.

Tribe Studio won the 2008 AA Award for Unbuilt Architecture for their vision of Sydney in 2050. They were highly commended for the same award in 2009 for their innovative new housing typology in Middlesborough UK. In conjunction with Marcus Trimble, they won the International Competition for bus shelters and rail interchanges at North Sydney. Tribe Studio has received numerous nominations and high commendations at the Australian Interior Design Awards and the IDEA awards.

Tribe Studio’s founder and principal is Hannah Tribe.

Hannah studied architecture at Cornell and Sydney University graduating with First Class Honours and the University Medal. Her academic awards included: Royal Australian Institute of Architects NSW Chapter Prize, Arthur Baldwinson Memorial Prize in Architectural History and Theory, CHL Turner Memorial Prize in Architectural Design, George McRae Prize in Architectural Construction, James Hartley Bobby Memorial Scholarship in Architecture, Board of Architects of NSW Prize and the University of Sydney Honours Scholarship.

Hannah has taught architectural design at the University of Sydney, University of NSW and University of Technology, Sydney. Hannah and the Tribe Studio team are committed to creating excellent, innovative, conceptually rigorous built environments.