We encourage creativity and curiosity in our Graduates. Our Graduate Program is designed as a valuable bridge between formal education and working life, equipping future leaders of our business with the tools, skills and experience for success, and provide a supportive environment following a pathway to Registration as an Architect.
Our people
Buchan is a global team of design experts. Inherently creative and curious, we enable collective knowledge and experience to create dynamic places that thrive.
Our culture is shaped and led by our people. We empower our people to design a brighter, more sustainable future that influences life in our cities for the benefit of people and the planet.
Aleksander Borek
Aleksander Borek
Senior Associate
Melbourne
Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country
Callum Knox
Callum Knox
Head of Information Technology
Melbourne
Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country
George Karapouloutidis
George Karapouloutidis
Associate
Melbourne
Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country
Harvey Male
Harvey Male
Principal, Sector Lead - Living
Melbourne
Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country
Leanda Chia
Leanda Chia
Client and New Business Lead
Melbourne
Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung Land
Phil Schoutrop
Phil Schoutrop
Director + Principal
Sector Lead - Precincts
Brisbane
Turrbal and Yuggera Country
Our guiding principles
Our core values express who we are and what we stand for – we are creative, visionary, leaders, resilient and impactful.
Our Values
› Creativity
Free thinking and expression to find new, innovative and exciting design solutions.
› Vision
Thinking about the future and how we can improve it, today.
› Leadership
Being brave and taking action to make people’s lives and the planet better.
› Resilience
Going the extra step, pushing the boundaries to realise our full potential.
› Positive Impact
Taking the opportunity to create a positive impact.
Our Culture
We foster a vibrant studio culture that encourages and promotes creative expression and collaboration.
Our people are central to our continuing evolution as a global design practice. Driven by our core values we are creative and resilient. We provide opportunities to push the boundaries to realise every individual’s full potential.
Our leadership and vision gives our people the opportunity to create a positive impact.
Grow with us
We encourage continuous learning and development through a range of initiatives designed to support our people at every stage of their career.
We encourage all staff to join our mentoring program as a way to share knowledge, expand professional networks and gain new skills that support your career goals and aspirations.
We encourage continuous learning and development through our internal Professional Practice and Critical Skills training program and yearly training subsidy for self-directed professional development.
Aligned with our business plan for succession, our Leadership Program identifies, prepares and develops the future cohort to enter into leadership positions.
Aligned with our Performance Framework for Principals, our pathway program prepares and develops this future cohort to leader and business owner.
Our alliance with Japanese architectural and urban design firm, Nikken Sekkei builds on our global connections. Our international secondment program offers the rare opportunity to live and work overseas supported by Buchan.
We actively encourage our people to broaden their lived experience at Buchan through our 'open studio' policy.
In addition to inter-studio travel for project collaborations, we support staff with flexibility to combine personal travel and work in any of our studios. Inter-studio transfers are also considered.
What our graduates say
“I came up through the Buchan Graduate Program and was fortunate enough to undertake a secondment with Nikken Sekkei in Tokyo, Japan. Being able to travel, work and live in another culture has been one of the richest experiences of my career.
I had the opportunity to work on domestic and international projects while in Japan, learning from colleagues the importance of good design from a different cultural perspective. The simplicity of Japanese sensibilities has become part of how I approach my project work and will continue to shape my design process.” – William Perkin
“We are actively encouraged to take control of our own careers, to grow, and to challenge ourselves. As an Architectural Graduate pursuing my Registration, I valued the weekly mentoring sessions that helped me with concerns or gaps on my pathway to successful Registration!”
– Anu Chembrolu
At Buchan, we encourage individual voices, and are building a workplace culture that champions equity, diversity and inclusion. This enables true design innovation, underpinned by our shared vision and values.
We are always looking to hear from talented people to join our team.
View current job opportunities here.