Studio_Mobile — Trower Falvo Architects

Trower Falvo Architects is an award winning, design focused practice established in 2020. As a primary team of two, Dayne Trower and Simona Falvo, the practice is fundamentally one of collaboration between both directors, striving to achieve built work that embraces our focus on design through careful observation and meaningful intervention.

We celebrate the process of making architecture through building, research and art practice.

People

Dayne Trower
Director
Trower Falvo Architects
B. Des Swinburne, B. Arch RMIT,
M. Arch RMIT, RAIA

Simona Falvo
Director
Trower Falvo Architects
B. Envs (Arch) University of Melbourne,
M. Arch University of Melbourne, RAIA

Selected Awards

Grand Designs
House of the Year Awards
Large Renovation
Winner
2025

Australian Institute of Architects (AIA)
Dulux Study Tour
Winner
2024

Australian Institute of Architects (AIA)
National Awards
Small Project Architecture
Commendation
2023

Australian Institute of Architects (AIA)
WA Chapter Awards
Small Project Architecture
Iwan Iwanoff Award
Winner
2023

37th Dulux Colour Awards
Commercial Interior, Retail and Workplace
Winner
2023

37th Dulux Colour Awards
Commercial Interior, Public and Hospitality
Finalist
2023

Australian Interior Design Awards (AIDA)
Retail Design
Winner
2023

Australian Interior Design Awards (AIDA)
Best of State Commercial Design
Winner
2023

Australian Interior Design Awards (AIDA)
Retail Design
Shortlist
2023

Australian Interior Design Awards (AIDA)
Installation Design
Shortlist
2023

Houses Awards
Alteration and Addition over 200 square metres
Shortlist
2022

Houses Awards
Emerging Architecture Practice
Shortlist
2022

Think Brick Awards
New Entrant Award
Commendation
2022

Selected Press and Publications

‘The Patchwork’
UNION
Essay: Felix McNamara
2025

‘A 19th Century Australian House Reborn’
Domus
Essay: Gerardo Semprebon
2025

‘Westgarth’
Divisare
2025

‘The Futureproof Home - Design for Conscious Living’
FRAME
2024

‘Brooklyn’
Divisare
2024

‘Contemporary Australian Practices’
PLOT Magazine
Argentina
2023

‘The Graceful Symphony of Perth’s State Buildings and the Postal Hall Project’
The Architect
Essay: Dr. Emil Jonescu
2023

‘Emerging Practice: Trower Falvo Architects’
Artichoke and Architecture AU
Essay: Thomas Essex-Plath
2023

‘Glencairn, Remarks on One Work’
Inflection Vol. 10
2023

‘Beauty in Impermanence: Postal Hall by Trower Falvo Architects’
The Local Project
Essay: Joseph Brown
2023

‘Crafting the New Civic’
UNION
Essay: Belqis Youssofzay
2022

‘Where Embellishment Meets Austerity’
Design Anthology
Essay: Tiffany Jade
2022

‘Architectural Abstractions’
Design Anthology
Essay: Emma-Kate Wilson
2022

‘Place, Landscape and Heritage’
The Local Project
Essay: Bronwyn Marshall
2022

‘Glencairn’
Divisare
2022

Selected Exhibtions and Lectures

Parts of Practice
Design Gallery, University of Melbourne
2025

Parts of Practice: Pedagogies
Parts of Practice
Design Gallery, University of Melbourne
2025

Dulux Colour Symposium
37th Dulux Colour Awards
2023

NAM #41
New Architects Melbourne Speaker Series
2023

Houses and Housing by Architects
MADA
2023

Particular Architectural Issues
Melbourne Design Week, NGV
2023

External Walls
Permanent Collection
JAHM Justin Art House Museum
2016

M Pavilion Steel Sculpture
Government House Conservatory
Melbourne, Victoria
Naomi Milgrom Foundation
2014

Conversation with Brian Sadgrove and Dayne Trower
MADA Volume Control Speaker Series
2014

Ground Form
FortyFive Downstairs Gallery
Melbourne, Victoria
2014

Levelling
FortyFive Downstairs Gallery
Melbourne, Victoria
2013

Slow Decline
FortyFive Downstairs Gallery
Melbourne, Victoria
2011

Bushfire Australia Exhibition
TarraWarra Museum of Art
2010

Tertiary Teaching Experience

One of Dayne and Simona’s most significant contributions to the broader architectural profession is through their ongoing role in teaching at the University of Melbourne, and extensive participation in guest moderations at various institutions.

Over the years, Dayne and Simona have established high quality pedagogic structures and studio operations,
committed to delivering excellent student outcomes and learning development in preparation for students’ future in creative practice. Their studios are run with the utmost care and dedication to students’ learning and experience.

A selection of the tertiary design studios which Dayne and Simona have taught are listed adjacent.

2026
Basin, Semester 01 (Masters, MSD)
Basin, Semester 02 (Masters, MSD)
Epsilon, Semester 01 (Bachelor, MSD)
Epsilon, Semester 02 (Bachelor, MSD)

2025
Basin, Semester 01 (Masters, MSD)
Basin, Semester 02 (Masters, MSD)
Epsilon, Semester 01 (Bachelor, MSD)
Epsilon, Semester 02 (Bachelor, MSD)

2024
Basin, Semester 01 (Masters, MSD)
Basin, Semester 02 (Masters, MSD)
Epsilon, Semester 01 (Bachelor, MSD)
Epsilon, Semester 02 (Bachelor, MSD)

2023
Hangar, Semester 01 (Masters, MSD)
Hangar, Semester 02 (Masters, MSD)
Epsilon, Semester 01 (Bachelor, MSD)
Epsilon, Semester 02 (Bachelor, MSD)
Basin, Summer (Masters, MSD)
Vocational Placement (Masters, MSD)

2022
Basin, Semester 01 (Masters, MSD)
Basin, Semester 02 (Masters, MSD)
NHG, Summer (Masters, MSD)
Vocational Placement (Masters, MSD)

2021
NHG, Semester 01 (Masters, MSD)
NHG, Semester 02 (Masters, MSD)
Basin, Summer (Masters, MSD)
Foregrounding, Summer (Masters, MSD)
Vocational Placement (Masters, MSD)

2020
Basin, Semester 01 (Masters, MSD)
Basin, Semester 02 (Masters, MSD)
Vocational Placement (Masters, MSD)
Compositions (Bachelor, RMIT)

2019
FCAP, Semester 01 (Masters, MSD)
FCAP, Semester 02 (Masters, MSD)
Vocational Placement (Masters, MSD)
Quarry, Semester 01 (Bachelor, MADA)
Compositions (Bachelor, RMIT)

2018
Quarry, Semester 01 (Masters, MSD)
Quarry, Semester 02 (Masters, MSD)

2014
Design Workshop, Semester 02 (Bachelor, MSD)