Sans-Arc Studio is an ‘off-beat’ architecture studio using environmentally responsible design to make fun and beautiful spaces.

A building, a house, a place is nothing without the people it contains, and the lives they live in them. As the world speeds up and life gets hectic, good design can help slow us down and help us notice the moments that make up a life. Moments are embodied in scale and shape as well as materials, light, shadow, and smell. Good architecture has these things. Good architecture quiets the noise.

Sans-Arc director
Matiya Marovich

We believe in the power of design to create moments of warmth and joy and facilitate social connection. We design efficiently, use eco-friendly materials, employ passive design principles, and aim to create enduring architecture. Because… it makes sense to do that. We approach every project with a desire to better understand the human needs and wants driving the project versus the constraints (like time and money) trying to stop it. It’s our experience that design has the power to resolve this tension.

Since our founding in 2015 we have completed projects across SA, VIC, ACT, NSW and SE Asia. We’ve been awarded for our work and been profiled and published in-print and online, nationally and internationally.

Sans-Arc Studio is based between Melbourne and Adelaide, Australia. We’re open to new projects globally.

  • Selected Awards
  • 2023 Australian Design Awards | Silver | Bankston + Sans-Arc – Super Collection
  • 2022 Good Design Award Winner | Product | Bankston + Sans-Arc – Super Collection
  • 2022 LOOP Design Awards | Category Winner | Bankston + Sans-Arc – Super Collection
  • 2022 iF Design Awards | Product | Bankston + Sans-Arc – Super Collection
  • 2021 Eat Drink Design Awards | Best Cafe Design | Commendation – Midi
  • 2021 Eat Drink Design Awards | Best Cafe Design | Commendation – Bloom
  • 2020 SA Architecture Awards | City of Adelaide Prize | Commendation – Part Time Lover
  • 2020 Australian Interior Design Awards | Best of State Residential | Plaster Fun House
  • 2019 SA/NT DIA Awards | Built Environment | Residential Gold | Plaster Fun House
  • 2018 Eat Drink Design Awards | Best Bar Design | Malt & Juniper
  • 2018 DIA Awards SA/NT | Built Environment | Hospitality Gold | Malt & Juniper
  • 2016 Eat Drink Design Awards | Best Bar Design | Pink Moon Saloon
  • 2016 SA Architecture Awards | The City of Adelaide Prize | Pink Moon Saloon
  • 2016 Restaurant and Bar Design Awards | Australia & Pacific Bar | Pink Moon Saloon