The directors and key staff of JPW have been together since 1985. We have a pro-active and multi-disciplined design approach that seeks to turn constraints into opportunities and to develop highly innovative design solutions. The pursuit of professional excellence is our fundamental aim, which can only be achieved through responsible design, sound technical expertise and competent project management.

Adam Swinburn

Senior Associate

Adam is passionate about finding timeless and enduring architectural solutions to our cities spatial problems.

As an Architect-Researcher he draws upon his decade-long experience in transformative urban renewal and academic discipline from specialist research in urban learning environments.

Adam’s strategic thinking and creative innovation have been recognised with scholarships and design prizes including the NSW Institute of Architects David Linder Prize and Designing Architecture in Response to Climate Change Scholarship

Adam current and completed city-making projects include Parramatta Square, Australian War Memorial, Glebe Mid-Rise Social Housing, Alexandria Commercial Feasibility,  and a design vision for a future urban school.

Daniel Wainwright

Senior Associate

Daniel has a wide range of experience gained over 15 years of practice in Australia and the UK, from large scale urban masterplans to small refined residential projects.

Daniel’s believes in the primacy and importance of cities, that each individual project should make a positive contribution to its environment, and that this is achieved through a clear understanding of context and brief, deeply collaborative team work, and innovative design thinking.

Daniel led teams for complex projects such as the Anzac Memorial Centenary Project, Chau Chak Wing Museum, and Three Parramatta Square. He is project Associate for the Glebe Mid-Rise Project and Adelaide Festival Tower.

Supinder Matharu

Senior Associate

Since joining Johnson Pilton Walker in 2006, Supinder has had experience with a variety of different projects from conception to completion.

Key projects include Britomart Customs Charter and Eastern Precinct Developments in Auckland, competitions in China including SIP Development, Merchant Bank in Suzhou, the Eastern Precinct Development at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Block 5 Central Park and 5 Martin Place in Sydney.

He is currently Project Associate for 33 Alfred St – the renewal of Sydney’s first skyscraper.

JPW acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country and honours their continuing connection to lands, waters, skies and communities.

We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging – as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work; and the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation on whose land our Studio is located.