What are you waiting for?

Let’s start planning your retail success story… today.

Are you ready?

Experience the D+R difference. Now.

If your answer is yes, yes and yes. You’ve landed at the right place.

D+R’s architectural engine room is fuelled by top experts. Who will bring unrivalled retail experience to your projects.

Critical thinking, transformational design, and masterful planning. Plus problem-solving and project management expertise. These hallmarks will be etched into your retail developments.

Technical masters will expertly execute every detail.

And you will be supported, every step of the way.

Bring your toughest challenges and most complex sites. And watch the magic unfold.

Discover how your retail vision will be transformed into community-focused, profitable retail destinations.

Don’t waste any more time.

Let’s get started. Today.

Design and Planning Services

Design and Planning

Here’s 7 ways your specialists will bring your vision to life.

Transformative Design: will maximise your development yield and delight your community.
Technical Masters: your projects will be planned with precision, and to the highest quality.
Problem-Solving Wizards: renowned experts who will tackle your trickiest project challenges, with ease.
Difficult Site Specialists: who will optimise your project yield for complex sites configurations and constraints.
Bespoke Solutions: that will meet the unique needs of your development and your community.
Retail Flow Dynamics Experts: will improve visitor shopping experiences and tenant exposure to shoppers.
Car Park Design Masters: will optimise your parking capacity and streamline traffic flow.

Preliminary concept sketches tailored to your project requirements
Design solutions for complex site configurations, optimised to achieve project and development yield objectives
Car park and services design
Plans, elevations, and sections
3D generation and presentation
Building facade elevations
Material finishes and selections
Liaise with consultants and integrate their expertise into the design process, including:
- building engineers
- structural engineers
- fire engineers
- landscape architects
- acoustic engineers
- traffic engineers
Compliance assurance:
- manage complexities of the development application process
- initial submission to final approval
Liaison with Council on your behalf:
- building rules and regulations
- site restrictions
- zoning requirements
- setbacks
- floor space ratios (FSR)

Planning for difficult sites
Presentation of:
- concept sketches for developer to review preliminary ideas
- detailed sketches once preliminary idea has been approved
Feasibility contribution and report
Builder and consultant liaison
Major anchor tenant planning
Site analysis
Demographer liaison
Problem solving for difficult sites and other planning challenges
Responses to Developer and Development Manager briefings
Management of key milestones
Client communication throughout the process to provide updates, address concerns, and solicit feedback

Project Management

Here’s the top 5 benefits for you and your retail projects.

Your development yield will be maximised.
You will avoid poor design and planning nightmares.
Valuable time saved which reduces operational costs.
Avoid unnecessary cost blowouts.
Less stress for you and your team.

Production of Construction Certificate (CC) documents
Implementation of Construction Certificate (CC)
Tender management (as required)
Selection of contractors
Co-ordination of consultants
Check shop drawings
As builts
Quality inspections throughout all phases of the project
Final inspection
Generate Certificates of Completion and submit to Council and/or private certifier
Critical path and milestone management
Open lines of communication with clients throughout the process:
- Solicit feedback to ensure satisfaction with the final design
- Provide updates
- Address concerns

Consulting

Here’s 3 ways ways you will receive support from your design and planning specialists.

Need help?
And do you need to be in the safe hands of a retail planning specialist?
Look no further. You’re exactly where you need to be.
You will receive expert guidance. Plus unparalleled design and planning experience. As well as
clever solutions for your project opportunities and challenges.
Which means you will maximise the success and profitably of your development.
Here’s 3 ways you will be supported:

Design and Planning Specialists: who will turn your development challenges into
profitable opportunities, with expert ease.
Proactive Problem Identification: will save you unnecessary cost overruns, save you time
and save you money.
Consultant Co-Ordination: seamless collaboration between consultants and other
stakeholders will save you time and you will stress less.

General Services:

Retail planning advice
Project review and problem solving when challenges are identified
Conduct audits to identify problems prior to commencement of form work
Waterproofing checks against standards and report generated
Tenancy design manuals
Tenant design check
Critical path and milestone management

Construction Phase Services:

Investigation of problems identified prior to commencement of form work and mitigate before they escalate
Investigation and review of consultants and services provided
Tailored solutions to rectify design flaws, consultant errors and other planning and design challenges
Liaison with consultants to ensure quality outcomes for problems identified
Review of tenant brief and align project objectives to meet their needs
Co-ordination of services

Partnering with… D+R Architects has been a game changer … innovative designs have brought our shopping centres to life, setting new standards, and creating unforgettable yet functional spaces unique to the community’s needs…

Mel Hazzouri | Mintus

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

Turn your retail vision into your success story.

For the best advice, knowledge and expertise, call today. Or simply book your complimentary consultation online now.

I thrive on making the seemingly impossible, possible.

Ray, D+R Architects

…travels to Greece, I witnessed the poetic precision of iconic monuments. Their weathered yet enduring presence serves as a reminder, from ancient civilisations, that buildings are essential in the public domain, shaping and enriching our communities.

Con, D+R Architects

…expertise in creating beautiful 3D images is important. As they convey design intentions to clients. As well as ensure the envisioned aesthetics and functionality are clearly communicated. This not only brings designs to life but also showcases the capability and creativity of the practice.

Richard, D+R Architects

Early collaboration with consultants is a critical part of what I do to ensure their requirements are integrated from the outset. This is so important as it helps to avoid stressful and costly surprises for the developer.

Michael, D+R Architects

The transfer of information for architecture is the story of lines.

Gino, D+R Architects

Partnering with…D + R Architects has been a game changer…
innovative designs have brought our shopping
centres to life, setting new standards, and creating
unforgettable yet functional spaces unique to the
community’s needs…

Mel Hazzouri | Mintus

...D+R again demonstrated their commitment to excellence in the fields of planning, design and project management.

Their effective liaison with the appointed building contractor was of a great help to myself as it helped to take away some of the pressure and worry.

Bill Paterson | Paterson and Associates

The transfer of information for architecture is
the story of lines.

Gino, D+R Architects

What are you waiting for?

Are you ready?

Experience the D+R difference. Now.

If your answer is yes, yes and yes. You’ve landed at the right place.

Let’s get started. Today.

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