{{Short description|Architectural firm based in Adelaide, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}}
{{Infobox architectural practice |image = |caption = |name = JPE Design Studio |architects = |city = [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]] |coordinates= <!-- Use {{tl|coord}} --> |founded = {{Start date and age|1851|df=y}} |founders = [[Daniel Garlick]] |dissolved = |awards = {{unbulleted list|Thorndon Park Playground, National Award of Excellence for Playspace| 'The Nest', Kidsafe - National Playspace Award }} |significant_buildings= {{unbulleted list|[[Adelaide Aquatic Centre]]|Mayfair Hotel|The Wave|Margaret Tobin Centre |[[Thebarton Theatre]]}} |significant_projects = |significant_design = |website = {{URL|https://www.jpe.com.au/|www.jpe.com.au/}} |}}
'''JPE Design Studio''' is an [[architectural firm]] based in [[Adelaide]], South Australia. Tracing its origins to 1851 and its founder, [[Daniel Garlick]], the firm is South Australia's oldest surviving continuously operating architectural practice. It offers [[architecture]], [[interior design]], [[landscape architecture]] and [[urban design]] services, and has been responsible for the design of many of Adelaide's most recognisable buildings and outdoor public spaces.
==History== The biographies of many architects associated with JPE Design Studios and its predecessor firms are included on the Architects of South Australia database. These include: * [[Daniel Garlick]] (1818–1902) - founder and prominent architect during the establishment and development of the colony of [[South Australia]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Christine |date=2008 |title=Garlick, Daniel |url=https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=16 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Architects of South Australia - Architect Details}}</ref> * Thomas English (1819–1884)<ref>{{Cite web |last=McDougall |first=Alison |date=2008 |title=English, Thomas |url=https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=55 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Architects of South Australia - Architect Details}}</ref> * George Abbott (1794–1869)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Julie |date=2008 |title=Abbott, George |url=https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=95 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Architects of South Australia - Architect Details}}</ref> * William McMinn (1844–1884)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bishop |first=Geoffrey C. |date=2015 |title=McMinn, William |url=https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=105 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Architects of South Australia - Architect Details}}</ref> * Rowland Rees (1840–1904)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Christine |last2=Garnaut |first2=Christine |date=2008 |title=Rees, Rowland |url=https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=28 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Architects of South Australia - Architect Details}}</ref> * [[George Soward]] (1857–1941)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=McDougall |first=Alison |date=2014 |title=Soward, George Klewitz |url=https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=66 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Architects of South Australia - Architect Details}}</ref> * Arthur Garlick (1862–1901)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Julie |date=2013 |title=Garlick, Arthur Daniel Bendle |url=https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=120 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Architects of South Australia - Architect Details}}</ref> * Sydney Jackman (1878–1944) - After Jackman's death, the practice was renamed Garlick and Jackman and Gooden in 1945.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Julie |date=2013 |title=Jackman, Sydney |url=https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=113 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Architects of South Australia - Architect Details}}</ref> * H.M. Jackman (1897–1968)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Julie |date=2008 |title=Jackman, Herbert Montefiore |url=https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=93 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Architects of South Australia - Architect Details}}</ref> * H.L. Jackman (1867–1936)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Julie |date=2008 |title=Jackman, Herbert Louis |url=https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=92 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Architects of South Australia - Architect Details}}</ref> * Lance Gooden (1898–1987)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Julie |date=2008 |title=Gooden, Lancelot Harrie Leighton |url=https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=100 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Architects of South Australia - Architect Details}}</ref> * George Parker (1918–2007)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Susan |date=2008 |title=Parker, George Lucas |url=https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=80 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Architects of South Australia - Architect Details}}</ref> * Earle Scott (1924–2012)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Round |first=Kerrie |date=2013 |title=Scott, Philip Earle |url=https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=103 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Architects of South Australia - Architect Details}}</ref> * Adrian Evans - In 2002, Evans joined Jackman Gooden Architects as a director, and the practice was renamed Jackman Parken Evans.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025 |title=Evans, Adrian Dennis |url=https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=180 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Architects of South Australia - Architect Details}}</ref>
From the time of its foundation in 1851, the [[architectural practice]]'s partners and name changed many times. The firm has been known as JPE Design Studio since 2008, an abbreviation of Jackman Parken Evans Design Studio.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> It is South Australia's (and Australia's) oldest surviving continuous architectural design firm.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stevens |first=Daniel |date=2011-10-24 |title=Adelaide Design Studio Turns 160 |url=https://glamadelaide.com.au/adelaide-design-studio-turns-160/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Glam Adelaide |language=en-AU}}</ref>
As of March 2026, the current directors at JPE Design Studios are Josephine Evans, Sharon Mackay, Simon Dodd and Tom Vinall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=People — JPE Design Studio |url=https://www.jpe.com.au/studio/people/index |access-date=2026-02-16 |website=www.jpe.com.au}}</ref>
== Notable projects == Recent projects with which JPE Design Studio has been associated include: * [[Adelaide Aquatic Centre]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2024 |title=Construction begins on Adelaide Aquatic Centre |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/construction-begins-on-adelaide-aquatic-centre/ |website=Architecture,Au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 June 2023 |title=Designs revealed for new Adelaide Aquatic Centre |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/designs-revealed-for-new-adelaide-aquatic-centre/ |website=Architecture,Au}}</ref> * [[Mayfair Hotel, Adelaide|Mayfair Hotel]] redevelopment, 41-49 King William Street, Adelaide<ref name=":1" /> * The Edge, King William Street and The Wave, Gilles Street, Adelaide<ref name=":1" /> * Margaret Tobin Centre, Bedford Park<ref name=":1" /> * New Learning Centre at [[Adelaide High School]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Worrall |first=Julian |last2=Noonan |first2=Sam |date=2015 |title=Adelaide High School New Learning Centre |url=https://search.informit.org/doi/epdf/10.3316/informit.527950738045570 |journal=Architecture Australia |volume=104 |issue=5 |pages=80–87 |via=Informit}}</ref> * Pridham Hall at the [[University of Adelaide]] (in collaboration with [[Snøhetta (company)|Snøhetta]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pridham Hall |url=https://www.snohetta.com/projects/pridham-hall |access-date=2026-02-16 |website=www.snohetta.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Norwegian architects Snohetta joins JPE Design Studio for its first Australian project {{!}} Architecture & Design |url=https://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/editorial/industry-news/Norwegian-architects-Snohetta-joins-JPE-Design-Stu |access-date=2026-02-16 |website=www.architectureanddesign.com.au |language=en}}</ref> * [[Thebarton Theatre]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zakhour |first=Lara |date=2024-09-21 |title=Thebarton Theatre's $8 million revamp is taking shape |url=https://glamadelaide.com.au/sneak-peek-thebarton-theatres-8-million-revamp-is-coming-to-life-and-were-excited/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Glam Adelaide |language=en-AU}}</ref> * [[Warriappendi Secondary School]] (2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gilchrist |first=Charlie |date=2025-11-03 |title=New $25m Indigenous school after old site demolished for South Road - News {{!}} InDaily, Inside South Australia |url=https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in/2025/11/03/new-25m-aboriginal-school-after-old-site-demolished-for-south-road |access-date=2026-02-16 |website=www.indailysa.com.au |language=en}}</ref>
== Awards == JPE Design Studio has received multiple awards from the [[Australian Institute of Landscape Architects]] and the [[Australian Institute of Architects]], amongst others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Recognition — JPE Design Studio |url=https://www.jpe.com.au/exchange/type/recognition/index |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=www.jpe.com.au}}</ref>
At the 2025 South Australian Architecture Awards, JPE Design Studio received a commendation in the [[Sustainable architecture|Sustainable Architecture]] category for the Ngutungka Henley project, a combined library and community centre.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Celebrating design excellence at the 2025 SA Architecture Awards - Australian Institute of Architects |url=https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/news_media_articles/celebrating-design-excellence-at-the-2025-sa-architecture-awards |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251116212351/https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/news_media_articles/celebrating-design-excellence-at-the-2025-sa-architecture-awards |archive-date=2025-11-16 |access-date=2026-02-16 |work=Australian Institute of Architects |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2023, the [[Thorndon Park Reserve]] Playground won the National Award of Excellence for Play Spaces.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Award of Excellence for Play Spaces: Thorndon Park Playground by 'JPE Design Studio' |url=https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.425193050358307 |journal=Landscape Architecture Australia |volume=180 |pages=22–23 |via=Informit}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Raymond |first=Ebony |date=2023-10-25 |title=Adelaide playground named best in Australia at AILA National Awards |url=https://glamadelaide.com.au/adelaide-playground-named-best-in-australia-at-aila-national-awards/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Glam Adelaide |language=en-AU}}</ref>
At the 2018 South Australian Landscape Architecture Awards, 'The Nest' at Alberton Primary School was awarded the Play Spaces Landscape Architecture Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Australia's best landscape architecture honoured {{!}} Architecture & Design |url=https://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/editorial/industry-news/south-australia-s-best-landscape-architecture-hono |access-date=2026-02-16 |website=www.architectureanddesign.com.au |language=en}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide.jpg|Thebarton Theatre, Torrensville, South Australia File:Mayfair Hotel Adelaide.jpg|Mayfair Hotel, Adelaide </gallery>
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==External links== *[https://www.jpe.com.au/JPE Design Studio website] *[https://architectsofsa.omeka.net/ Architects of South Australia] *[https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/BRG+238/1 Plans by architects English, Soward, Rees, Garlick and Jackman] held by the [[State Library of South Australia]] *[https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/record=b2182576~S1 Records of Jackman Gooden Architects] held by the [[State Library of South Australia]].
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