Meet the Ever Studio team.
Ever was founded by Billy Lam, following a 6-month stint volunteering in Cambodia with Swiss architect Martin Aerne. This experience has remained central to the philosophy that underpins our practice, inspiring our commitment to caring for people and for the world through design.
Over the years, Ever has evolved from a solo architect to a talented multi-cultural studio. Working as a small, close-knit team means that our clients receive both a highly personal approach and the benefit of our combined perspectives and experience. In our studio we collaborate openly, explore ideas thoroughly to draw out the best outcomes, and encourage everyone – from senior architects to graduates – to be actively involved in every part of the process.
Prioritising the wellbeing and the professional growth of our people is a cornerstone of our studio culture. We want our staff to feel challenged, valued and empowered - and we intentionally move away from traditional expectations of strict hierarchies and excessive overtime. Fostering an uplifting process, delivering an excellent outcome and creating a positive impact for you all starts with the way we treat each other as a team.
You’ll find us friendly, thoughtful and approachable as we humbly disrupt our industry. We challenge and critique preconceptions everyday out of a desire to serve you better.
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Billy Lam
Director and ArchitectBorn in Hong Kong but raised in Brisbane, Billy is passionate about serving people through intentional and purposeful design. After a six-month volunteer stint with Swiss Architect Martin Aerne in Cambodia in 2015, Billy established Ever Architecture Studio in 2016 to design homes and buildings that are marked by a sense of peace derived from connection to nature. Each project reflects a deep-seated desire to help - to get to know, understand and design for the good of clients and their families, to design homes that uplift and reflect people’s cultures and desires, and to celebrate the opportunity to cultivate and make something beautiful in a specific place.
Since our inception, he has completed a range of new build and renovation projects from mid-range to high-end across South East Queensland.
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Registered Architect
QLD 4964Architect on Voluntary Exchange
Aerne Architect & Associates
Phnom Penh - 2015Architect
Graduate of Architecture
Student of Architecture
Elevation Architecture 2011-2015Master of Architecture
Bachelor of Design (Architectural Studies)
Queensland University of TechnologyTutored Architectural Design at QUT
Also has qualifications in Graphic Design and Theology
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07 3726 5430
billy@everstudio.com.au
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Frankie Lau
Architect | Studio LeadFrankie joined the Ever Studio team in February 2024 and brings considerable experience in Multi-Residential, Education and Commercial projects. He is a gentle and calming influence within our office, working with a quiet determination and a strong desire to help, and his experience in the design and delivery of larger buildings allows us to bring a new dimension of service to our residential and non-residential clients alike.
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Registered Architect
QLD 5999Master of Architecture
Bachelor of Architectural Design
University of QueenslandVoluntary Exchange
Toronto, Canada -
07 3726 5430
frankie@everstudio.com.au
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Georgina Kreutzer-Kern
Associate | Interiors Lead
Masters GraduateGeorgina joined Ever Studio in 2019. Apart from her warmth, generosity and formidable creativity in architectural practice, she is an accomplished artist with a wide following - and has represented a host of household brands. Georgina is an all-round creative force with a shared passion and empathy for serving and helping people.
Follow her @georgina_kreutzer on Instagram!
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Master of Architecture
University of SydneyBachelor of Environmental Design
Griffith UniversityWinner of the University of Sydney Edmund Barton Medal, the highest honour awarded to one masters alumnus annually, as well as Griffith Award for Academic Excellence and Griffith School of Environment Commendation for High Achievement
Worked and studied in Rome, Milan, and the Netherlands in both architectural and artistic capacities
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07 3726 5430
georgina@everstudio.com.au
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Dana Kittel
Graduate of ArchitectureDana joined the Ever studio team in 2024. Her interests align with designing for social good and addressing community needs. She is drawn to design that takes a sensitive response to people and context, and considers human emotion and how people experience spaces.
Dana has gained valuable experience at architecture studios Vokes and Peters, and Woods Bagot, working on a variety of different scale and types of projects.
Outside of architecture, she practices as an abstract painter.
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Graduate of Architecture
Vokes and PetersGraduate of Architecture
Woods BagotMaster of Architecture
Bachelor of Architectural Design
Bond University
2020Recipient of Abedian Foundation Scholarship.
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07 3726 5430
dana@everstudio.com.au
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Aithra Vorvolakou
Graduate of ArchitectureAithra joined the Ever team in 2024. She is passionate about sustainable and purposeful design that considers local communities and social matters.
Born and raised in Athens, Greece, Aithra graduated from National Technical University of Athens with an Integrated Masters of Architecture. She has experience in residential and commercial design, as well as social housing projects. She has research experience on earthen materials, while her Master's thesis focuses on a cohabitation program, including sustainable design practices. Aithra brings in a European point of view from her experience in Greece and Portugal.
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Integrated Master of Architecture
National Technical University of Athens
2024Student of Architecture
VOIS Architects, Athens, Greece
2023 - 2024Student of Architecture
Wilton Holdings, Athens, Greece
2022 - 2023Also has qualifications in music and languages.
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07 3726 5430
aithra@everstudio.com.au
So… how does our studio work?
We’re not here to impress you — we’re here to support you. To walk with you. To listen well, work hard, and build something that genuinely matters.
We will start your project with a Detailed Briefing session involving multiple members of the team. Looking after you means getting to know your needs and desires deeply.
Over the course of your project, you will likely interact with the whole team. While the Architects have a direct responsibility in overseeing the projects, we are firm believers in shared exploration, collaborative creation and pushing each other constantly. We believe that each staff member has been gifted in unique ways, and we believe in rightful attribution of each other’s work. We know that the team environment drive better outcomes than if we were in our own silos working alone.
We aim to walk with kindness - this is not being soft, but this is how we hold space for complexity, creativity and long-term value. We’re not “nice” for the sake of it; our warmth is purposeful. It helps unlock complexity, deepen collaboration, and deliver outcomes that last.
So there’s no need for pretense, no secret wizardry, no agendas. Instead, the Ever team will welcome you into our world of considered, joyful collaboration. You will participate and have a say in how your project evolves as it takes shape. You will be understood, listened to, respected and honoured. We promise to walk with you — openly, thoughtfully, and with integrity — from start to finish.
Good process drives great outcomes, which in turn results in good impacts that ripple out. We look forward to walking with you to create something truly enduring and meaningful.
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Rosaria Ting
Associate | Senior Designer
Masters GraduateRose joined the Ever Studio team in 2021. She’s kind, articulate, gentle and gracious - but she also brings considerable talent, clarity of insight, and experience as an Associate of a renowned architecture firm.
Rose’s strengths are especially felt in Design, and most importantly she shares in our common vision to serve our clients through architecture.
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Master of Architecture
Bachelor of Architectural Design
University of QueenslandExperience as an Associate at leading, large international architectural firm Populous focussing on public and sport facility projects
Dean’s List for High Achievement, Scholarship Recipient and one of four students in her cohort to be accepted for student exchange to University of California, Berkeley
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07 3726 5430
rose@everstudio.com.au
Our Values
People
To creatively and intentionally seek what’s authentically good for the client, for co-workers, for the community. To be understanding, dependable, attentive and trustworthy, working with the client from beginning to end. To see inherent worth in the people we interact with. To share joy and praise if it comes, knowing we can’t deliver a building alone.
Nature
Buildings designed with connection to the garden as a starting point. Spaces are formed “from the outside in”, and key views help to define the architectural response.
The building is quiet and a frame for nature to speak – so that the client/user is invited to slow down and contemplate their place in the world. This ensures better design outcomes, and buildings that exist in a complimentary way to their surroundings.
Timelessness
Light, breezes, greenery – these are gifts to us, and they provide a sense of rest and refreshment – “true luxury” - that money can’t buy.
In an industry based on facades, fads and fake veneers, the desire is to stand for authenticity in materiality and expression.
In opposition to an Instagram-fuelled hyperactive world where buildings are judged within two seconds on its immediate “wow” factor, the design aim is to exude quality in a quiet way that endures and appreciates over time.
Generosity
Being intentional in investing time in, and training up, young Architects and students. Devoting time and resources to teaching and impactful thought and action, knowing that the pursuit of good and beauty has deeper worth and meaning.
