Kreis Grennan Architecture

Marrickville, New South Wales

About KGA Kreis Grennan Architecture is a creative collaboration between Christian Grennan and Chris Kreis. With over 20 years of experience, KGA provides the best possible integrated services in architecture, urban design and project management. Our commitment to design quality and great spaces is matched by our integrity and attention to detail. Our architecture creates positive experiences for people, lifts their spirits and allows them to appreciate beauty in the built environment. Our decisions are driven by six Design Ethos principles: ⁃ Resolving complex design issues through a coherent singular FORM ⁃ Enhancing space through celebrating natural LIGHT ⁃ Working with the inherent beauty of MATERIALS ⁃ An approach of integrating SUSTAINABILITY ⁃ Augmenting location through considered PLACEMENT ⁃ Complementing utility and delight through understanding our USERS Working across single residential, multi-residential and commercial projects, the studio’s design process is always collaborative — listening carefully to clients, consultants and craftspeople; asking questions, thinking critically and providing a transparent decision-making process. The result of this established design process are successful projects with careful crafted spaces to live, work and play

Services Provided

Architectural Design, Architectural Drawings, Bathroom Design, Deck Design, Energy-Efficient Homes, Floor Plans, Green Building, Home Additions, Home Renovating, House Plans, Living Room Design, Modular Home Additions, New Home Construction, Project Management, Space Planning, Staircase Design, Sustainable Design, Tiny House Construction, Kitchen Renovating, Custom Homes, Home Renovation, Home Extensions

Areas Served

Petersham, Sydney, inner west, Marrickville, Balmain, Rozelle, Leichhardt, Lilyfield, Ashfield, Summer Hill, Newtown, Redfern, Glebe, Annandale, Haberfield, Ashbury, Dulwich Hill, Earlwood, Wolli Creek, Tempe, Enmore, St Peters, Erskineville, North Sydney, Kirribilli

Awards

2018 Excellence in Brick Award 2018 MBA House Additions & Alterations 2018 Marrickville Medal - Finalist 2018 Inner West Sustainable Building Award 2016 Finalist HIA NSW Awards, Townhouse 2014 Marrickville Medal - Finalist 2014 MBA Award - Best use of Bricks

14 Projects for Kreis Grennan Architecture

Steel & Timber Stairs

27 Reviews for Kreis Grennan Architecture

4.9|27 reviews

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5.0

Communication

5.0

Value

5.0

PASS26 - Engineering & Design

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Great Designs, creative, stylish and elegant. I really like your work, and we would love to collaborate with you!

February 22, 2021

Jillian Clarke

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Client

Since we made our (very considered) decision to run with KGA to undertake the substantial renovation of our Paddington terrace, we have never had a moment to regret it. Christian and Lin listened carefully to our design brief, came up with a number of creative options and provided critical direction during the design phase. They demonstrated perserverence, tact and skill in navigating us through the tricky DA stage. Their attention to detail was invaluable during the construction tender process, and again now during the construction phase. There has been a continued dicipline and communication around cost, and they have proved their considerable worth in their collaborative approach and understanding of what a quality project needs to take it to that level beyond the ordinary. We are very happy to have found such a professional, passionate, friendly and trustworthy team to work with to help realise our dream home.

February 1, 2020

Comment from Kreis Grennan Architecture:

Hi Jillian,

Thank you for your kind words and supportive review, we love working with you to realise your dream home.

Nick C

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Client

Building in a tight inner city location can be quite complex but Christian and his team led us through the entire process with great skill, dedication and diligence. I found Christian and his team easy to deal with, always prompt with their communcication and very well organised. All of this is a must when dealing with the red tape when building in an inner city heritage area. Keep an eye out on your budget throughout the design process and you won't be dissapointed! We are a week or so of breaking ground with our build and are looking forward to seeing the amazing paper designs come to life in a beautiful and unique house.

November 8, 2019Last modified:November 11, 2019

Comment from Kreis Grennan Architecture:

Hi Nick,

Thanks for your review, it's been great working with you and we're also very excited to see this project become reality.

Shu Lin

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Client

Truly speaking, my wife and I feel so lucky to find KGA to provide us service for alteration and additional work to our existing terrace. It is an heritage item and the process for development approval is complicated and time consuming. We believe if we go for a cheap architect at the start, the process will never end. Both Christian and Felipe are patient and glad to answer questions at any time. They have their unique ideas and suggestions, which give us a lot of ideas about architectural design. We are at CC stage and hoping to obtain the certificate soon, and move in next year.

November 6, 2019

Comment from Kreis Grennan Architecture:

Hi Will,

Thanks for your review and we're looking forward to see you moving to construction next year.

James Greenhalgh

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Client

Kreis Grennan was the third architect on our house and restored our faith in the profession after a couple of bad experiences. We found the firm after reviewing their wonderful plans for another house in the same area. We appreciated their flat fee approach (and would never sign up with anyone who charges by the hour after the experience with our first architect). From the beginning it was clear that Chris and Christian were knowledgeable, switched on and thorough. The plans and concept designs met our detailed brief and were immediately impressive. In the end, ongoing frustrations with our local council's restrictive requirements meant that we did not proceed past the concept design stage. However, if we ever need to hire another architect, we would definitely work with Kreis Grennan again.

November 1, 2019

Comment from Kreis Grennan Architecture:

Thank you James for your kind words. We hope to be able to work with you again in the future once you have found a new home.

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Client

Christian and the team at Kreis Grennan have been such a pleasure to work with. Our brief was not an easy one - to transform our run down inner west terrace house, fill it with natural light with a clean, crisp palette, all on the tightest of budgets. But the combination of great imagination, innovative design and absolute attention to detail has transformed our home. We’re close to completion now and the work has truly exceeded our expectations of what we thought was possible. We can’t recommend them highly enough.

November 15, 2018

Comment from Kreis Grennan Architecture:

Thank you very much for such a lovely review, it's been great working with you and we are looking forward seeing the project being completed.

Damien Higginbotham

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Client

Kreis Grennan Architecture have been superb. Great vision and quality of work. We've had a lot of road blocks from council but they were able to work through them and come up with a wonderful design. Very professional and friendly to deal with. Now looking forward to construction which will be taking place soon!

September 20, 2018

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Client

I’m on to my second project with Kreis and I am more than satisfied with his and his teams service. Not only do they listen to your requirements, they also very efficient and keep you well informed throughout the process.

September 11, 2018

Comment from Kreis Grennan Architecture:

Thank you for the review, it's great to hear that you are happy with our service. We enjoy working with you.

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Client

We’re halfway through a DA with the KG team. More than happy with the service and designs so far, and their approach to Council. They seem priced in the mid range bracket and are happy to include creative design in their creations. We would recommend them and hope to use their services again.

August 28, 2018

Anna Fraser

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Hired Chris for a home renovation development project of a terrace prior to the establishment of his current Company

Chris Kreis is a Five Star professional in his field. We engaged Chris for the renovation and development of our 1892 terrace in Surry Hills in 2010. The project was substantial and Chris' attention to detail on every aspect of the job was impeccable. We fully trusted and respected his judgement and advice on materials, labour, cost and effectiveness based on our circumstances and for our home. We continue to maintain a close relationship with Chris and love seeing the new developments and amazing results he can achieve. He is unbelievably resourceful, professional, economical, efficient and passionate about his work and we were overjoyed to find such an individual to support us through our first renovation :)

April 21, 2018

Comment from Kreis Grennan Architecture:

Thank you very much for your kind words Anna. It was great working with you!

Sam Palmer

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Client

Chris and his team redesigned the front of my sandstone terrace in Redfern to include reconditioned verandah, courtyard and fence plus colour scheme. They prepared a set of very beautiful and comprehensive drawings and answered my brief very skillfully. The work was done in a very timely manner and their charges were within my own estimate.

April 16, 2018

Michael Taylor

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Client

We recently used the Kreis Grennan Architecture (KGA) team for our initial design and DA application to an inner city council of Sydney (which was eventually successfully passed). We are completing a same level addition of a bathroom, pavilion/lounge room and separate rear bedroom/bathroom which are incorporated into separate courtyard areas, all on a very narrow inner city block. We are also redesigning part of the existing house. The team at KGA really listen to your brief and design ideas, and as all good professionals do, they make it far better. Without the expertise of KGA, we would not have been able to achieve the successful DA outcome and quality of integrated design. The fees charged were reasonable in the context of the critical role that KGA played in the design and DA submission. We are looking forward to working with the KGA team on the next phase of construction documentation, tendering and ongoing construction consultation.

April 8, 2018

Comment from Kreis Grennan Architecture:

Hi Michael,

Thank you for your review, we are also looking forward to moving forward to construction and completion.

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21 Comments

Commented: Window coveringsThere were no blinds installed on the doors, but electrical roller blinds for the fixed glazing above.

October 5, 2019

Commented: where's this table and bench from?Sorry we don't know where the table and benches are from. Stainless steel frame and Australian hardwood would be my guess.

March 28, 2018

Commented: What material was used for the fence?Lapped and capped timber fence in treated pine. Acrylic paint finish in low sheen.

February 16, 2018

Commented: Bathroom WidthThe width of the bathroom is approx. 1.4m

February 2, 2018

Commented: DimensionsAbout 1.5 (wall to window) x 3.5m.

October 31, 2017

Commented: Amazing spruce tree through the deck! How do you keep sap from deck?This is a native Australian gum tree and doesn't release a lot of sap.

July 16, 2017

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