Lea Design Studio

We had been planning our new home for 11 months and had come to the realisation that we needed professional assistance to distil all of our ideas into a successful design outcome. Having never used an Architect before, we discovered John’s Studio through a comprehensive online search. Lea Design Studio appealed to us because he checked out. It is as simple as that. I feel his multi-faceted experience has given him an understanding of the intricacies of the whole process; not just the “Architects” point of view. There is a lot more to designing a home than we anticipated but with Johns guidance and support, not to mention his contacts this has been a rewarding journey. Johns professionalism and integrity has been evident throughout the project not only in his design but more importantly in his ability to listen and amend the design to our requirements without pushing his own agenda. The design solution that John created exceeded all of our expectations. He has taken our sketch which contained multiple square boxes within a larger rectangular box with kilometres of hallway and deciphered what my wife and I were trying to achieve. I am still blown away with how he took what we proudly presented to him at the time and created our dream home. A home that not only looks beautiful but is functional. His guidance and co-ordination of the entire design process has made the journey a very positive and enjoyable experience. We’d have no hesitation in endorsing John and Lea Design Studio to anyone looking for architectural assistance with the design of their new home or other projects. James & Alesha Anderson

An astute professional. Tracy and I throughly enjoyed each meeting design session with John, designing and establishing a complete set of drawings, plans and strategies for our floor level beachside renovation. The guidance, leadership and natural ability to listen to our ideas has seen John deliver a spectacular design that will indeed result in a world class new property. Thank you john, a fantastic outcome and totally enjoyable journey!, we loved it, and thank you for that.

Being from interstate, we relied on an internet search to find the best Architect to design a major renovation of our Queensland holiday home. We found John's firm through Houzz website. He responded immediately to our inquiry. He met with us on site when we visited the Gold Coast several weeks later. We have been exceptionally pleased with John's prompt attention to our project. The well resolved design outcome and his assistance in co-ordinating the necessary consultants to obtain building approval. We would highly recommend John and Lea Design Studio to family, friends and anyone looking for an Architect on the Gold Coast. Mary and Paul Victoria

My wife Di and I commissioned John to redesign our waterfront entertaining area to incorporate a 15m lap pool, spa and BBQ pavilion on a difficult sloping site. We had a few attempts to find an Architect who would listen to the brief and interpret the style and design that we liked. We engaged John who took into full account the attributes of the home and blended it in seamlessly with the prominent north facing waterfront block where our home is located. John throughout the entire process has been proactive in not only the design, but also in co-ordinating and hastening the structural engineer and other consultants to guide it successfully through the complex Council approvals process. We would certainly have no hesitation in recommending John for any project. Chris Otley-Doe. Director at Accenture.

I have known John since he first joined Pacific Projects Group as principal design Architect 25 years ago. At this time, together we developed a successful architectural practice undertaking a diverse range of projects including prestige residential homes and resort projects throughout Australasia. This practice eventually transitioned into a high end property development company where John was responsible for both designing and managing other Architects in delivering award winning projects throughout Australia. John has a rare combination of skillsets for an architect with the wonderful ability to produce highly creative and innovative designs that are at all times functional and cost effective. As a loyal colleague and trusted friend, I’d highly recommend John to any client looking for a highly skilled architect to turn their aspirations into an exciting reality. Peter Madrers Joint Group CEO & Managing Director SOUTHLAND CORPORATION PTY LTD

John Lea is an absolute pleasure to work with on projects. He has the ability to not only see the big picture and the vision, but also to pay attention to the finer details that are so important to bringing a finished project to the highest of standards. The beauty of working with John is he is adaptable, reliable - particularly when meeting deadlines and has an amazing eye for design. I highly recommend working with Lea Design Studio.

I have worked closely with John for over 10 years on numerous prestige Development Projects. He is a talented Architect creating award winning designs in his own right, but also skillful at directing and refining the work of other Architects where required to ensure the very best design outcome for any project. He is an excellent listener, understands his brief and is attuned to working with Developers or Property Purchasers to establish a clear understanding of their specific needs, and then translating them successfully into well resolved design solutions. He has been very successful in working with us in conjunction with our builders to ensure we deliver the quality and cutting edge design to suit the clients. John is professional, courteous, clever, hard-working and is unique in the Architectural services he provides to his clients. I recommend John Lea highly to potential new clients.

We engaged John to work with us in realising our vision for major renovations to our last two homes. His ability to quickly come up with creative design solutions that met our brief made the design process an enjoyable, rather than a daunting experience. We’d have no hesitation in recommending John to anyone looking for a highly skilled Architect with an innate understanding of the design fundamentals that produce very comfortable and liveable homes. Theresa and John Heffernan Founders / Owners of Megaburn.

I have worked with Lea Design Studio for the past two months and have found John to be professional, knowledgeable and passionate about architecture. I would be very happy to work with him again and would highly recommend getting in touch with him for any architect services.

We have worked with John Lea on many projects for the past 5 years and John’ s approach to his designs, along with his full appreciation of his clients “needs and wants” provides a refreshing change to the industry. His early collaboration with builders to provide input to functional constructability, Project costs and value engineering initiatives ensure that he gives that extra level of service to his clients throughout the project. John has a wealth of experience and his designs are as much innovative as they are impressive and one of John's key strengths is that he co-ordinates between his client’s and the builder to ensure that the brief and scope is fully understood and delivered.

I engaged John to custom design a new multilevel house for my family on a large riverfront block on the Gold Coast. He produced a design that ultimately exceeded our expectations, and which proved to be a wonderful comfortable home to live and play in. I’d highly recommend John to anyone looking for an easy going yet professional architect to come up with an innovative and stylish design for their new home.

We have worked with John Lea intermittently for the past 20 years. Over a number of apartment projects John has provided design advice and produced detailed documentation to provide a design resolution that satisfies our requirements both from a design and cost point of view. He is a pleasure to work with as he listens to our requirements and then translates them into practical construction detail. One of John's great strengths is that he has the experience to understand both the developers and the builders objectives and this has a very positive contribution during the construction of a project.