Danielle is a practicing architect and educator. She is founding director of Architecture Associates (AA), established in 2017.

Danielle’s teaching roles at both RMIT University and the University of Melbourne enable testing of ideas embedded in the socio-political issues of contemporary cities. Her broad approach and ability to grasp complex city-scale systems is at the core of her passion for design and she pursues projects that consciously participate in and promote social cohesion.

Prior to establishing AA, Danielle gained experience at some of Melbourne’s most respected and awarded practices in leadership roles. She has worked across a wide range of types and delivered projects within the institutional, educational, community and residential sectors.

Danielle received her education in Australia and the United States, holding BA(Arch) and M(Arch) degrees from RMIT University and completing exchange studies at SCI-arc University in 2008. Her thesis project, completed in 2010, was awarded the Anna Butler Memorial Prize and subsequently won the Victorian state-wide Graduate Prize in Architecture award.

Danielle is keenly interested in developing relationships between architecture and fine art practice. She takes an inclusive approach as a consequence and often engages with those external to her profession; AA’s collaborative shortlisted proposal for the Point Grey Lorne community project, a major public project situated on The Great
Ocean Road in Victoria is an example of how she likes to work.