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Zoe Ridgway

Associate Director, Architect

 
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Applying architectural principles to enact change and improve and enrich the way people live is a key driver for Arkhefield Associate Director Zoe Ridgway.

As Arkhefield’s “emerging housing” specialist, Zoe has led Brisbane student accommodation projects including the award-winning Student One in Elizabeth Arcade and Student One in Adelaide Street.

Her research has included leading a number of Masters studios at the University of Queensland, and encompasses emerging housing types like build-to-rent, co-living, student accommodation and new models of social and affordable housing, all of which contributes to positive change within the industry.

She has a special interest in cities and how different cultures approach urban life and architecture. Using this curiosity to refine her work, she strives to make places that enrich people’s lives.

 

Contact

zoe.r@arkhefield.com.au

 

Expertise

Living

Commercial + Mixed Use

Education + Community

 

Qualifications

Bachelor of Architecture (Honours 2A), The University of Queensland

Registered Architect Queensland

recent projects

Student One on Elizabeth Street
Student One on Elizabeth Street

Student One on Elizabeth Street

Student One on Elizabeth Street is an iconic building providing student accommodation with a vibrant retail arcade and public realm at its heart. The 901 bed facility across two towers will comprise 244 single studios and shared units, served by generous shared study zones, meeting, media and games rooms as well as an outdoor cinema lawn on the roof deck.
Social Housing Design Guidelines Toolkit - Indicative Floor Plans
Social Housing Design Guidelines Toolkit - Indicative Floor Plans

Social Housing Design Guidelines Toolkit - Indicative Floor Plans

The Indicative Floor Plans are a tool developed by Arkhefield for the Queensland Government - Housing Partnerships Office (HPO), Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy to form part of their Social Housing Design Guidelines Toolkit.
Student One on Wharf Street
Student One on Wharf Street

Student One on Wharf Street

The Student One on Wharf Street tower is one of three in the heart of the Brisbane CBD which offer premium student accommodation geared for learning. Capturing 753 rooms over 40 levels the design responds to the brief for a tower that was safe and secure, compact, robust, fun and collaborative.

Student One on Adelaide Street
Student One on Adelaide Street

Student One on Adelaide Street

Designed and delivered as a fully managed Student Accommodation facility in the heart of Brisbane’s CDB, Student One Adelaide Street is the first of three student accommodation towers to be completed by Arkhefield.

News + Insights

A breakdown of QHIGI
A breakdown of QHIGI

A breakdown of QHIGI

QHIGI (Queensland Housing Investment Growth Initiative) aims to fast track the delivery of 6,365 new social homes through a $1.8 billion investment in a 4 year integrated capital investment program.
Experience Cards – A new journey in social housing
Experience Cards – A new journey in social housing

Experience Cards - A new journey in social housing

If there was an opportunity to deliver new social housing, how could existing models be improved? What would it look and feel like, and how would people experience these places and services?

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