About

Peter Besley is an Australian and UK architect based in Sydney.

His work includes buildings and urban design in the UK, Australia and the Middle East. He formerly led Assemblage, a London-based studio of architecture and urban design which he co-founded.

In parallel with practice Peter teaches in the Masters program at the University of Sydney. Peter formally co-led a design Unit at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, London.

 
⠀ Facade Study: Brise Soleil⠀ ⠀ 2020⠀ ⠀ . . . .⠀ ⠀ This study tests compositions for a 9 metre high brise soleil for a new house in Brisbane, Australia. Refractory brick pieces are used, sourced from a local family-owned works. ⠀ ⠀ At a distance the
Comparative grain studies: Barcelona, Tokyo⠀ ⠀ Design District⠀ Masterplan for 16 buildings and associated public space for the creative industries in London UK. ⠀ ⠀ 2020⠀ ⠀ . . . .⠀ ⠀ Currently under construction, due to open quadrants in late 2020.
Appia House⠀ New house on a river-front site in Brisbane, Australia. ⠀ ⠀ 2020⠀ ⠀ . . . . ⠀ ⠀ This house contrasts a sense of solidity on the exterior with a light and lofty interior. The white masonry skin is built up in layers like sediment, with al
Rukomo Chapel⠀ Competition entry for a hilltop chapel in rural Rukomo, Rwanda. ⠀ ⠀ 2019⠀ ⠀ . . . . ⠀ ⠀ Design for a pilgrimage chapel in a remote rural hilltop location in Rwanda. The proposal includes a thin radio tower which broadcasts services to
Building C3⠀ ⠀ New purpose-built commercial building for the creative industries in London, UK. ⠀ ⠀ Due for completion: 2020⠀ ⠀ . . . . ⠀ ⠀ I designed this building as one of the cluster of 16 buildings by various architects at the Design District, i
Auchenflower House⠀ ⠀ New House in Brisbane, Australia⠀ ⠀ 2020 (in progress) ⠀ ⠀ . . . .⠀ ⠀ Facade Study: Trapezoidal brickwork in lattice rainscreen format. Exceptional quality of all-solid stock from Claypave. I have only seen their like in Denmark
Ashburnham Place⠀ Four new 2-bed townhouses in London, UK. ⠀ ⠀ 2019⠀ ⠀ . . . . ⠀ ⠀ A scheme for a sequence of four townhouses in Greenwich. The houses form a small family of buildings tucked away in the middle of a leafy urban block. The bases of the
Couldrey House⠀ New house in Brisbane, Australia. ⠀ ⠀ 2020⠀ ⠀ . . . . ⠀ ⠀ This is a house I designed for a member of my family in the foothills of Mount Coot-tha (“Honey Mountain”) in Australia. I became fascinated with the beautiful topo
Couldrey House⠀ New house in Brisbane, Australia. ⠀ ⠀ 2020⠀ ⠀ . . . . ⠀ ⠀ This is a house I designed for a member of my family in the foothills of Mount Coot-tha (“Honey Mountain”) in Australia. I became fascinated with the beautiful topo
Couldrey House⠀ New house in Brisbane, Australia. ⠀ ⠀ 2020⠀ ⠀ . . . . ⠀ ⠀ This is a house I designed for a member of my family in the foothills of Mount Coot-tha (“Honey Mountain”) in Australia. I became fascinated with the beautiful topo
Couldrey House⠀ New house in Brisbane, Australia. ⠀ ⠀ 2020⠀ ⠀ . . . . ⠀ ⠀ This is a house I designed for a member of my family in the foothills of Mount Coot-tha (“Honey Mountain”) in Australia. I became fascinated with the beautiful topo
Couldrey House⠀ New house in Brisbane, Australia. ⠀ ⠀ 2020⠀ ⠀ . . . . ⠀ ⠀ This is a house I designed for a member of my family in the foothills of Mount Coot-tha (“Honey Mountain”) in Australia. I became fascinated with the beautiful topo
Couldrey House⠀ New house in Brisbane, Australia. ⠀ ⠀ 2020⠀ ⠀ . . . . ⠀ ⠀ This is a house I designed for a member of my family in the foothills of Mount Coot-tha (“Honey Mountain”) in Australia. I became fascinated with the beautiful topo
Couldrey House⠀ New house in Brisbane, Australia. ⠀ ⠀ 2020⠀ ⠀ . . . . ⠀ ⠀ This is a house I designed for a member of my family in the foothills of Mount Coot-tha (“Honey Mountain”) in Australia. I became fascinated with the beautiful topo
Couldrey House⠀ New house in Brisbane, Australia. ⠀ ⠀ 2020⠀ ⠀ . . . . ⠀ ⠀ This is a house I designed for a member of my family in the foothills of Mount Coot-tha (“Honey Mountain”) in Australia. I became fascinated with the beautiful topo
Octavia Smith. ⠀ ⠀ View of the famous eucalyptus-oil landscape baths, arriving by boat.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ @peterbesley @overland_flows @uqarchitecture_⠀ #architecture #urbanism #urbandesign #design #architecturestudent #utopianurbanism⠀
Daniel Avila Citadel in the abandoned suburb . . . @peterbesley @overland_flows @uqarchitecture_ #architecture #urbanism #urbandesign #design #architecturestudent #utopianurbanism
Malakai Smith. ⠀ ⠀ Parasite cluster - early phase⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ @peterbesley @overland_flows @uqarchitecture_⠀ #architecture #urbanism #urbandesign #design #architecturestudent #utopianurbanism⠀
Nidhi Torvi⠀ ⠀ River step baths to captured gardens⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ @peterbesley @overland_flows @uqarchitecture_⠀ #architecture #urbanism #urbandesign #design #architecturestudent #utopianurbanism⠀
Yujing Zhang Memorial Hill in the canal archipelago . . . @peterbesley @overland_flows @uqarchitecture_ #architecture #urbanism #urbandesign #design #architecturestudent #utopianurbanism
Hamish Buchhorn⠀ ⠀ Medicinal Baths in former industrial brewery superstructure.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ @peterbesley @overland_flows @uqarchitecture_⠀ #architecture #urbanism #urbandesign #design #architecturestudent #utopianurbanism⠀
Lara Rann⠀ ⠀ Step cuts through existing floor plates, to the Reflecting Pools⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ @peterbesley @overland_flows @uqarchitecture_⠀ #architecture #urbanism #urbandesign #design #architecturestudent #utopianurbanism ⠀
Sabrina Chowdhury ⠀ Destroyed gallery rehabilitated as Parliament⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ @peterbesley @overland_flows @uqarchitecture_⠀ #architecture #urbanism #urbandesign #design #architecturestudent #utopianurbanism⠀
Matthew Walton⠀ ⠀ Political Buildings of the New Settlement⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ @peterbesley @overland_flows @uqarchitecture_⠀ #architecture #urbanism #urbandesign #design #architecturestudent #utopianurbanism⠀
Lachlan Sweet Memorial Peninsula . . . @peterbesley @overland_flows @uqarchitecture_ #architecture #urbanism #urbandesign #design #architecturestudent #utopianurbanism
Hyesu Jeon The Rill of Past Children . . . @peterbesley @overland_flows @uqarchitecture_ #architecture #urbanism #urbandesign #design #architecturestudent #utopianurbanism
Emily Hildebrandt proposes new urban grain in a former open-cut mine. Large concentric terraces of excavated rock provide tectonic “shelves” from which a distinctive architectural environment grows. ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ @peterbesley @overland_flows
Elizabeth Robbins⠀ ⠀ The Wasp Nests⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ @peterbesley @overland_flows @uqarchitecture_⠀ #architecture #urbanism #urbandesign #design #architecturestudent #utopianurbanism ⠀
Meghna Prasanth. ⠀ ⠀ Sanatorium.⠀ ⠀ “Whereas during those months of separation time had never gone quickly enough for their liking and they were wanting to speed its flight, now that they were in sight of the town they would have liked to slow
Malakai Smith. The “parasite” building outlives its hosts, who eventually disappear and are replaced by fields and animals.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ @peterbesley @overland_flows @uqarchitecture_⠀ #architecture #urbanism #urbandesign #design #architectur
Meghna Prasanth. Ill citizens of an afflicted city are ferried by boat to a cluster of buildings at the inaccessible foot of sheer stone cliffs. The buildings are part quarantine facility, part sanatorium, and part oasis. The sequence of medicinal tr
Daniel Avila. In the event of social disintegration, some suburbs in the city are abandoned in favour of citadels. The citadels formed are wall-cites, rich worlds unto themselves, and harbour captured landscapes within. The former suburbs decay over
Octavia Smith. The people of a river city suffer from an acute malaise. A series of treatment and support centres are created along the river so people and goods can move between the centres by boat without entering the city fabric. Despite the absen
Emily Hildebrandt proposes new urban grain in a former open-cut mine. Large concentric terraces of excavated rock provide tectonic “shelves” from which a distinctive architectural environment grows. ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ @peterbesley @overland_flows
In the event of social disintegration, some suburbs are abandoned in favour of citadels. The citadels are wall-cites, rich worlds unto themselves, and harbour captured landscapes within. The former suburbs decay over time, forming a crumbling museum