Place Partners has a network of collaborators who we bring together to reflect the needs of each specific project. Our expertise is based in formal architecture, planning and urban design education however our experience covers marketing, project management, events, graphic design, retail and landscape design.

Just as each place is unique so are its needs. For each project we work on we put together a team that best meets its particular requirements, either from within our working alliances or through our network of collaborators.
 

Kylie Legge, Director



Kylie Legge is a graduate of Architecture and holds a Masters in Social Science (Environment and Planning). She has over 15 years experience in the industry and has led projects across Australia, Asia and in the Middle East for councils, developers and state and national government agencies. She brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the complex task of place making and is committed to both independent research and rigourous practice to enhance the developing profession. Her passion is building the relationship between people and their environments through a fuller understanding of their physical, intellectual and spiritual needs.

Kylie is a well regarded speaker, trainer and facilitator and has presented at conferences and facilitated place making training and place making workshops for government and business globally. 

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Jeanette Lambert, Senior Place Maker

Over the last 6 years, Jeanette Lambert has developed her strong project management and creative skills through a diverse range of projects in the field of place making. During her Masters of Architecture (Design) studies, Jeanette developed a passion for working with stakeholders and the community to create environments that provide a compelling, meaningful and connected experience of place. Her broad project experience has taken her around Australia, to New Zealand and the Middle East working with mainstreets, greenfield development, masterplanning and urban renewal projects for state and local government, private developers, business associations and the education sector.

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John O'Callaghan, Place Maker 



John is a place maker with a wide range of planning experience working in both the private and public sectors. His passion is for finding the balance between socio-cultural aims and economic gain in the planning of urban environments. John graduated from UNSW with first class honors, completing a thesis on commercial gentrification and the changing traditional retail strip. John was a member of the UNSW ‘People and Parks’ Research Team for the Western Sydney Parklands conducting public engagement surveys and data analysis using statistical software, SPSS. John brings with him valuable experience of rural Australia and an appreciation for European and Asian heritage, having completed a number of weeks charity work in Vietnam and having travelled to Russia and Eastern Europe during 2009.

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Tom Payne, Junior Place Maker

Tom is an urban geography and environmental studies graduate from the University of Sydney. His honors thesis analysed the local social and historic land-use influences on shifts in property markets across Sydney during the economic downturn. Tom is passionate about understanding local influences on place and how the macro and micro scales interact to create particular places with particular purposes. He is also very passionate about creating great public places for young people.  Tom has worked as a research assistant at the University of Sydney, analyzing land-use changes across rural Australia and as a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analyst.

Piers Hemphill, Intern

Piers Hemphill has just completed writing his thesis for his final year of Planning at UNSW. Piers comes to us with a years experience in statutory planning. He is passionate about the urban fabric and people’s relationship with their surroundings. He will be working with us over the next three months, focusing on social research and community engagement strategies. 

Associates

David Bullpit, Urban Strategy

Bram Page, Retail Development

Sarah Reilly, Cred Community Planning

Sarah Reilly is the Principal Consultant of Cred Community Planning, a social planning consultancy established in 2003. Sarah is an advocate for building strong communities through collaboration and takes an innovative approach to planning for sustainable community outcomes. She is the 2012 NSW Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) Social Planning Chapter Chair and PIA’s representative on the Premier’s Council for Children and Young People Built Environment Committee. 

Collaborators

Place Partners is proud of our ongoing association with the following consultancies:

Brecknock & Associates

Cheryl Collins Design

Context

Roberts Day

SJB Urban

Spackman Mossop Michaels