Charles Howroyd’s 35 years’ experience as an Architect
includes Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast, Brisbane Marriot
Hotel.
As director at CDIA he specialties Multi-residential, domestic, high-end houses, small lot houses, remodelling, commercial and industrial projects.
Residential project experience
• Completed 60+ multi-residential projects,
40+ residential alteration projects
• 45 degrees won medium rise multiresidential
>$3m –2008 MBA Awards
• HIA House of the Year, Tasmania
Commercial and industrial experience
• Robinson Rd nominated best commercial
building
Main Office
Lot 111, 8 Cordelia St South Brisbane, Q 4101
Phone: 07 32552799 Email: mail@cdiarchitects.com.au
Services • Concept through to design development, including town planning approvals, engineering, coordination, value appraisal, building approvals, tender, contract documentation, issue for use during construction, as built record, and post contract.
• Presentation drawings range from sketch plans, disclosure
documents to external and internal artwork.
• Interior design services.
Technology
• REVIT BIM software allows design documents to be visualised with 3d images and ensures documentation is updated with design from concept to construction
• CDI’s web portal provides the latest information instantly
QA certification ISO 9001:2008 certification
Clients Private developers, schools, not-for-profit
organisations and home owners
CDI Architects specialises in multiresidential projects, high-end houses and commercial projects.
CDI is known for high-quality design and documentation that is innovative and very practical. Our focus is on helping you
to achieve your outcomes – we use our experience to ‘value add’ to your project.
“Our continued success and growth is based on the way we treat our customers, work with them on design, as well as our technical strengths in using BIM technology to design and document projects.” Charles Howroyd, Architect
Key projects include:
• $11m state-of-the-art community sporting facility at Perry Park for YMCA (opened by Recreation and Sport Minister Steve Dickson on 12 July 2012)
• Cargo Apartments and Townhouses comprising 56 units and 13 townhouses for Brisbane Housing Company at Coopers Plains (stage 1 due for completion Oct 2012)
• $10m North Lakes commercial complex (due for construction in 2012)
• Kings Beach Caloundra apartments (due for construction in 2012)
• Library and prep building for Australian International Islamic College (due for completion in 2013).
about CDI
“Thanks Charles, we are getting very good comments on the design and architecture.”
Alan Bray, CEO Brisba ne YMCA
“We are very happy with the design and construction documentation for our Cargo Apartments and Townhouse development at Coopers Plains, including conformity to the project brief and the high quality of documentation provided for authorities and construction. We find CDI staff to be professional, knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. We would be happy to use CDI again.”
Doug Fleming, Development Manager, BHC
“We’ve been working with Charles for more than 10 years because he does great work, and he’s flexible, realistic and not pretentious.”
Don Carbone, Carbone Developments
“For over 3 years, Charles and his team have been providing us with design services from concept to construction on individual homes, townhouses and apartments, 3 storey walk-up apartments to larger apartments. We find Charles to be very well informed, thorough, patient, always able to assess the limitation of each project and provide suitable alternatives that achieve our desired outcome. Having worked with a number of architectural firms over the years, we find working with Charles and his team effortless and l look forward to a successful continued relationship.”
Kevin Tabrizi, Tabrizi Propert y Group
“I like working with Charles on high-end, small lot housing projects because I like his inspiration and designs, and after 10 plus years we continue to get on really well.”
Rob Cupo, Cupo Constr uctions
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