From tranquil holiday/retirement homes to future-ready family residences, we craft spaces that support well-being, self-reflection, and living with intention.
Architecture can heal, calm, and uplift. We specialize in designing spaces for care, reflection, and renewal — from boutique retreats to assisted-living homes.
We partner with developers and investors to design sustainable, high-performing buildings that elevate both function and financial return.
Upgrade existing spaces with smart, sustainable solutions.
We transform existing buildings into efficient, comfortable, and future-ready spaces. Our retrofitting approach focuses on improving energy performance, indoor comfort, and environmental impact — without compromising character or functionality. Services include passive design upgrades, insulation and glazing improvements, renewable energy integration, water-saving systems, and sustainable material use.
Whether you're modernizing a home, commercial space, or care facility, we deliver tailored solutions that reduce operating costs, boost performance, and extend the life of your investment.
Wellness
Architecture
OUR EXPERTISE
Wellness
Architecture
Tino Architects designs functional and inspiring sports and leisure facilities that support performance, wellbeing, and community use. Our work includes sports halls, fitness centres, swimming facilities, and recreational spaces, all designed with efficiency, safety, and long-term sustainability in mind.
Tino Architects creates calm, restorative environments that promote wellbeing, balance, and renewal. Our wellness and retreat projects are thoughtfully designed to harmonise with their natural surroundings, supporting physical, mental, and emotional health through considered space planning, natural materials, and sensory comfort.
Tino Architects provides strategic master planning services that guide long-term development with clarity and vision. We create cohesive, future-ready plans that balance functionality, sustainability, and placemaking, ensuring developments grow efficiently while responding to their social, environmental, and economic context.
OUR PROCESS
Dialogue
Discovery
& Imagination
At Tino Architects, we follow the six recognized architectural stages, as is standard with most registered architects. But beyond the structure, our process is creative, collaborative, and deeply personal.
Designing a space isn’t just about reaching a destination, it’s a journey. One that involves dialogue, discovery, and imagination. From initial sketches and models to final documentation, this is where ideas evolve and align with your vision.
We believe the best outcomes emerge when we commit fully to the process. Good design isn’t a fixed product, it’s the result of exploring possibilities together, understanding your lifestyle, and synthesizing ideas into something meaningful and lasting. The final design is uniquely yours, shaped by your needs and aspirations, and crafted through shared experience.
The architect begins by developing a detailed project brief with you, considering your goals, budget, site conditions, and legal constraints. A concept design is created and refined through feedback, showing how the building will function and look. The design is then developed further with input from consultants, covering materials, systems, and costs to ensure feasibility and clarity.
Stages 1–3: Inception to Design Development
Once the design is approved, the architect prepares and submits plans for local authority approval. At the same time, detailed construction documents are produced. The architect manages the tender process, helping select a suitable contractor and finalising the construction contract. They take on the role of principal agent, overseeing coordination and contract administration.
Stages 4.1–4.2: Documentation and Procurement
During construction, the architect monitors progress, chairs site meetings, inspects work, and approves payments. Once the building is nearly complete, a practical completion certificate is issued. In the final stage, defects are resolved, final payments processed, and all record documents handed over. The architect’s role concludes at final completion, though they may assist with any later defects.
Stages 5–6: Construction and Close-Out
OUR PROCESS
Dialogue
Discovery
& Imagination
At Tino Architects, we follow the six recognized architectural stages, as is standard with most registered architects. But beyond the structure, our process is creative, collaborative, and deeply personal.
Designing a space isn’t just about reaching a destination, it’s a journey. One that involves dialogue, discovery, and imagination. From initial sketches and models to final documentation, this is where ideas evolve and align with your vision.
We believe the best outcomes emerge when we commit fully to the process. Good design isn’t a fixed product, it’s the result of exploring possibilities together, understanding your lifestyle, and synthesizing ideas into something meaningful and lasting. The final design is uniquely yours, shaped by your needs and aspirations, and crafted through shared experience.