mi Vision.
Architecture should do more than shelter you. At its best it lifts a home beyond pure function into something enriching — and that’s the real benefit of your own mi shack®. Our aim is simple: to let more people live that way. We think that’s important.
Over 30+ years as a registered architect, I’ve built that thinking into the system itself. Every zone considers space, light, texture and massing, so a sense of sanctuary and calm comes through in any layout combination. It’s been tested and refined across a quiver of built and new projects. The result is a balance of spatial experience and cost that feels… just right.
Marcus Browne RAIA — Architects Board of WA Reg. 1596 · A+ Member, Australian Institute of Architects.
Creating a sense of
sanctuary and calm.
My Journey.
After graduating I jumped head first into residential, commercial, educational, institutional, industrial and health projects embarking on a 15 year journey developing and honing my design skills and construction knowledge in the fast paced commercial architectural world gathering insights, knowledge and experience within the industry.
Life then magically presented me with another opportunity, I say magically because at the time I had been conceptualising a method of delivering budget conscious architecture to the market place. I was presented with a proposal to run a boutique property development company focusing on small lot residential projects whereby I could source my own sites and create my own designs, uninhibited. It was during this period that I grabbed my chance to start developing a ‘zone design system’ that would allow me to give some surety of outcome in the aesthetics and cost of the product.
... and the journey goes on.
THE BIRTH.
True to form at the end of this cycle, life laid before me another opportunity allowing me to pursue ‘living the dream down south’ indulging my passion for surfing and music in the idyllic seaside hamlet of Yallingup. One day I got a call from a local builder who was on the look for an alternative architect designed product which represented the ‘down south life style’ but catered to client demands for a hassle free, budget conscious architecture in a simple design and build solution … mi shack was born.
Where would you rather be?
THE WHITE ‘DAWG’ OF YALLINGUP.
R.I.P Maxxy … miss ya buddy.
Maxxy ‘dawg’ (Maxximus) AKA – ‘THE WHITE DOG OF YALLINGUP’, grew up on the beach body surfing waves whilst retrieving balls, frisbees, logs ( he loved big sticks ), chasing dolphins and digging sand craters for tourists to trip in. His most favourite things to do were: terrorise rabbits and kite surfers and perfume himself with ‘eau de dead kangaroo’. You could be the only person on the planet and he would still manage to shake all over you after a little dawgy dip. Needless to say he was my wing dawg, attending site visits so that he could steal tradies lunches and passionately lick out their half finished iced coffee cartons … he was a love seeker and a fighter – but you would fall in love with him at first bark … or lick.
Maxxy’s gone, but the dream he grew up in hasn’t. mi shack® is still about the same thing: relaxed, considered homes that make you want to be exactly where you are.
If that sounds like your kind of place, let’s talk.
CONTACT MARCUS
