Their work is not only immensely intelligent and subtle, with a lack of hectoring urgency in its form, but it is a determined orchestration of space…

Leon van Schaik, Design City Melbourne, 1st ed. (Chichester: Wiley, 2006), 181.

Garner Davis exploit modernity in the detail. They use perforated metals, seamless glass, modest steel frames … Corners and edges are uncomplicated … it is clear, clean expression.

Norman Day, “Reading between the lines,” The Age (Melbourne), May 23, 2005.

Garner Davis is an architecture studio based on Bunurong Country in Elwood, established by Jill Garner and Lindsay Davis in 1990. Our work varies in scale, from an unpublished civic handrail to a municipal complex included in The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture.

We are careful detailers, drawn to quietude and modularity. Over hundreds of projects, our buildings and interventions have been described as sensitive, durable and adaptable—attuned to use, time and change. They articulate interdisciplinary training in architecture, interior design, structural engineering, wayfinding, philosophy, art and writing.

We offer broad expertise across a range of sectors, budgets, procurement contexts and stages, from briefing to contract administration. Likewise, our design and delivery process is holistic. It prioritises the resolution and integration of each drawn and built component, incorporating accessibility, aesthetics, histories, narrative, site, weather, construction and maintenance—while speculating on urban memory.

Our extended profile is available at request, including a register of drawings and publications. We welcome all enquiries.