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Studio flek is an architecture and design practice based on the Gold Coast, working across South East Queensland and the Northern Rivers.

The studio is concerned with how spaces are made, used, and lived in over time. Work is shaped by material, context, and the realities of construction, developing through testing, iteration, and use rather than a fixed idea of type or style.

Projects range across houses, interiors, and small-scale commercial work, approached with the same attention to structure, material, and long-term use.

(How we approach our work)

Our Values

01

Craft

We care about how things are made. Detail is not decoration, it is structure, assembly, and use.

01

Craft

We care about how things are made. Detail is not decoration, it is structure, assembly, and use.

01

Craft

We care about how things are made. Detail is not decoration, it is structure, assembly, and use.

02

Curiosity

Each project is an investigation. We test ideas, materials, and spatial arrangements rather than applying a fixed formula.

02

Curiosity

Each project is an investigation. We test ideas, materials, and spatial arrangements rather than applying a fixed formula.

02

Curiosity

Each project is an investigation. We test ideas, materials, and spatial arrangements rather than applying a fixed formula.

03

Empathy

We design around people, not assumptions. Projects respond to how clients live, work, and change over time.

03

Empathy

We design around people, not assumptions. Projects respond to how clients live, work, and change over time.

03

Empathy

We design around people, not assumptions. Projects respond to how clients live, work, and change over time.

04

Practicality

Good design must be buildable. We work within real constraints, budget, approvals, and construction.

04

Practicality

Good design must be buildable. We work within real constraints, budget, approvals, and construction.

04

Practicality

Good design must be buildable. We work within real constraints, budget, approvals, and construction.

05

Longevity

We prioritise materials and layouts that endure, physically and culturally.

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Longevity

We prioritise materials and layouts that endure, physically and culturally.

05

Longevity

We prioritise materials and layouts that endure, physically and culturally.

Our Team

(Meet the people behind the work)

We’re a small practice working closely with each project from start to finish.

The work is shaped through ongoing dialogue, careful decisions, and a shared understanding of how the project should feel and function.

Works from material logic and prefabricated systems, shaping projects through structure, clarity, and buildable thinking.

Chris Miller

Founder/Director

Sees potential in the existing, adapting spaces through renovation with a careful reading of use, light, and material.

Lisa Miller

Founder/Architect

Keeps watch at the front door, takes his role seriously, sounds far bigger than he is.

Arthur

Security

(The way we practice)

(The way we practice)

Culture

A small, focused way of working.

(01)

We prioritise clarity over scale, and depth over output. Work develops through conversation, drawing, and testing, often in close collaboration with builders, consultants, and clients.

(02)

Decisions are made through iteration rather than assumption. Ideas are tested early, refined through use, and resolved through construction.

(03)

We operate as a small, focused practice. This allows for direct involvement in each project, from early thinking through to construction.

(04)

The studio extends beyond buildings into writing, research, and small-scale making. These inform the way each project is approached and resolved.

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