The studio
Meet the people
in the practice.
Grove Studio is a Melbourne architecture and interior design practice specialising in residential renovations and extensions, including heritage homes.
The people
About
Dylan Grove.
Dylan Grove is a registered architect with over a decade of experience in architecture and interiors across Melbourne and Copenhagen.
Originally from New Zealand, Dylan studied architecture at RMIT in Melbourne and undertook an exchange at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen. His time in Denmark deepened his appreciation for furniture and craft, and their place in the design of a home.
The practice takes on a small number of projects, with Dylan leading each one throughout. This allows time to get to know our clients, develop ideas together and see those ideas through documentation and construction.
Those relationships are a lovely part of the work, and often continue long after clients have moved in.
Qualifications & experience
- Registration
- Registered architect
- Education
- Master’s in Architecture (With Distinction), RMIT University
Bachelor in Architectural Design (With Distinction), RMIT University - Exchange
- Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen
The practice
Our approach
to design.
We believe a home should be a pleasure to live in. It should bring people together, offer respite and remain useful as life changes. That lasting usefulness is part of how we think about sustainability.
We begin with the people who will live there and the house itself: its history, proportions, materials and place. Understanding both gives each project its own direction.
Architecture and interiors develop together, from the arrangement of rooms to the joinery and details you use every day. We think about light, movement and storage alongside colour, texture and the atmosphere of a room.
We look carefully at what to retain, what to change and how new work can belong. At Smethwick Cottage, this meant keeping some of the existing irregularities and using finishes, mouldings and alcoves to make a gradual transition between old and new.
See how this develops at Smethwick Cottage
Dylan Grove
Founder & architect
