Field Office Architecture

Field Office Architecture is a unique, award-winning design practice formed in the pursuit of simple, meaningful and enduring architecture. We specialise in new homes + extensions in coastal, rural and suburban areas throughout Victoria and Australia. Established in 2014, the practice believes in the beauty of simplicity and designing to the essential. In an ever-cluttered world, we help create well-crafted and affordable spaces for people that calm and restore. -- Chris Barnes, Director Chris Barnes is an award-winning Architect with over 15 years of experience working in Architecture. Since founding Field Office Architecture in 2013, Chris has guided the practice through a number of significant and high-profile projects, including Mount Macedon House + Clifton Hill Townhouses. Prior to founding FOA, Chris was Senior Associate at the internationally renowned practice, BVN Architecture where he was Project Architect for a number of significant projects and recipient of the prestigious Chicago Athenaeum World Architecture Award for Public Architecture. A number of Chris’ projects have been published internationally, and he has been interviewed on ABC radio in regard to Emergency Housing.