Heritage Architect Melbourne
Conservation, Adaptive Reuse and Residential Design
Strategic heritage advice, planning approvals and bespoke residential design across Melbourne and Victoria.
Introduction
Gosia Gabrys Architect is a Melbourne-based heritage architect with over 25 years’ experience in conservation, adaptive reuse and residential projects.
The practice provides Heritage Impact Statements, conservation advice and architectural design services, guiding projects from early concept through to planning approval and construction. Work is undertaken across a range of heritage contexts, including projects within Heritage Overlays and sites of State significance.
Services Overview
Advice and design for projects within heritage overlays, including adaptive reuse, alterations and additions, and new development in heritage settings. Services include Heritage Impact Statements and planning support to navigate complex approvals.
Bespoke residential design for new homes and carefully considered alterations and additions, often within heritage contexts where the relationship between existing and new fabric is critical.
Preparation of Schedules of Conservation Works and documentation for the repair, restoration and ongoing care of heritage buildings, ensuring works are aligned with conservation principles and planning requirements
Heritage Advice & HIS
We provide specialist heritage advice and prepare Heritage Impact Statements to support planning applications.
This includes early-stage advice to inform design direction, as well as detailed assessment and documentation to address heritage controls and council requirements, projects to proceed with clarity and confidence.
Approach
The practice is often engaged on projects where heritage requirements are complex or unresolved.
We provide clear direction, documentation and coordination to support planning approval and project delivery, working closely with architects, clients and consultants to achieve practical and well-resolved outcomes.
Experience
Gosia Gabrys is a registered architect with extensive experience in heritage architecture across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.
Her work includes Heritage Impact Statements, Conservation Management Plans and conservation works documentation for sites ranging from residential properties to community buildings and places of state significance.
Collaborations
Projects are delivered in collaboration with architects, planners and specialist consultants.
We regularly collaborate with leading architects and consultants, including:
Lara Architects
Andronas Conservation Architecture
Gardiner Architects
Cassisi Architects
Why Work With Us
With over 25 years’ experience in heritage architecture, we specialise in guiding projects through complex planning and heritage approval processes.
We are often engaged where heritage requirements are unclear or unresolved, providing the strategy and documentation needed to move projects forward.
Our work is focused on achieving approval-ready outcomes that balance heritage significance with contemporary use.
