DC8 Studio

13/01/2026

Just before we signed off 2025, Rachel and Riccardo attended the opening of the Halcyon Evergreen Clubhouse, Homestead.

Was wonderful to share in this milestone with the Evergreen community, team and the build team.

Keep an eye out for more pictures and details. We can’t wait to share with you.

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Building Surveyor: .com.au

04/11/2025

Project Complete!

ALDI Burdell is located in North Shore and is the second ALDI Store opened in Townsville. The store was purpose built by Hutchinson Builders for Brisbane based developers Onefin with architecture by Thomson Adsett.

As a Leasehold store, DC8 Studio’s scope was design of the fit out, tender documentation and administration of the contract as Superintendent for ALDI Stores. The fit out was completed by Evolve Constructions on time in 9 weeks and on budget.

07/10/2025

Last fortnight Rachel and Genevieve were delighted to attend the VIP opening of the Halcyon Horizon Community Clubhouse. It was wonderful to share the night with the residents, who were very excited to have their clubhouse handed over to them.

A great night of dancing on the new hardwood timber dancefloor was had, with the new bar and kitchen full stocked for a shared meal between new neighbours.
A huge thank you to for their care and attention to detail during construction and a warm congratulations on this milestone to the team.

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Pool: AGL Group
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With easy connection to Torquay beach lifestyle and uninterrupted rural outlook, the community urban design focused on achieving strong passive design for the homes and key outlook and positioning for the shared community spaces.
 
The clubhouse is a series of pavilions that create a northern courtyard for outdoor sports and activities with the resort pool and sunken fire pit taking advantage of rural views to the east. The pavilions cluster spaces into Social, Retreat and Health and Wellness interests.
 
Local materials are used where ever possible with cues from the beaches used to inspire the exterior and interior palettes.

04/10/2025

04/10/2025

Best part of the job is handing over to the community! Congratulations to the Stockland Halcyon Communities Horizon team!

16/09/2025

DC8 was honoured to attend the opening of Snell Street Homes last week. A design journey going back to 2019, DC8 Studio supported in realising their vision to create well located, thoughtfully designed homes with wrap around support services embedded in the building.

Collaborating with a driven team at the and open dialogue with the Toowoomba Regional Council, the project was the first through the Queensland State Governments Ministerial Infrastructure Designation (MID) approval pathway for affordable housing. The Salvation Army and Queensland Government Department of Housing joint funding agreement, along with an accelerated approval pathway, brought this project from the drawing board into the capable hands of for construction.

All homes are now tenanted with a third of the homes allowing existing housing residents to downsize and free up larger homes for those on the housing waitlist. We were so appreciative to hear directly from residents how moving in had given them so much hope and happiness for the future.
 
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Located on an existing Salvation Army land holding, the local corp and housing teams came together with a vision of creating affordable homes for the local community. The site is closely located to the town centre, jobs, schools, parklands and public transport which created well embedded opportunities for a new community to thrive.

The project contains 19x 1bed and 4x 2bed LHA Gold homes with resident shared space on the northern podium. To support the Salvos Housing mission, space for a community hub was also delivered on street level for use by the local corp and residents.

The materials and details draw inspiration from the homes within the local suburb, with red brick and weatherboard anchoring the built form to its loci.

27/08/2025

The machines are rolling. It won’t be long and we will be pouring on concrete at our first South Australian project.

15/07/2025

PROJECT: The site forms part of the gateway to the Willowdale Estate in Denham Court, south-west Sydney. The brief called for a high-quality, integrated development of 31 townhomes—attached, semi-detached, and detached—while optimising density and creating attractive streetscapes.

Facing challenges like steep topography, limited access, and orientation constraints, DC8 designed a masterplan of rear-loaded, dual-frontage homes with split-level layouts. These homes feature open-plan ground floors, efficient upper levels, and well-balanced indoor-outdoor connections. The result is a smart, cost-effective housing solution that enhances the estate’s entrance with well-designed streetscapes and quality dwellings.

Location: Denham Court, NSW
Country: Dharawal Land
Key People: Peter Petrou & Rowan Hukins

11/06/2025

Project Update: Halcyon Horizon Clubhouse is fast approaching completion and we love to see all the details brought to life by 👏

05/06/2025

As we move through our 15th year as a studio, we are excited to share the evolution of DC8.

Over the last year, the DC8 leadership team have been reflecting on the studio and looking to the future as we reaffirm our commitment to people centric design, genuine collaboration and insightful innovation.

You may have noticed our new logo doing the rounds and now we are excited to share our new website with you as well.

A huge thank you to Alistair at for helping us workshop our evolving identity and create our refreshed branding, Rachael at for taking all our thoughts and articulating our strategic vision and unique positioning, Amy at .ly for creating a website that successfully represents who we are and what we do and for photography that captures our studio’s diverse collection of personalities.

We hope you take a moment to check it out. If you would like to experience how we collaborate on your project first hand, drop us a line via the website or at [email protected]

16/05/2025

Thank you to Steve Pollard Zip Water and the team for a wonderful Evening at Agnes and congratulations to the lucky door prize winner.