IN-TERIA is a design studio based in Hobart, Tasmania. Our team has expertise in architecture, building design, interior design and product design. Focusing on individually crafted interiors, we specialise in projects of reinvention, renewal, and adaptation.
What is a well-made life to you?
Is it a spot in the morning sun for a cup of tea? Perhaps the view of distant hills and the row of Casuarinas you planted over a decade ago? Is it that you just love arriving at your desk each morning because you enjoy the expansive view and cool south light in your workspace? Or maybe you love the warm tones of timber, the muted sound of diners and the feel of the earthenware bowls at the café that you’ve owned for years. Is it the sound of your daughter practising the piano whilst the sea breeze billows the curtain or the smell of garlic and butter on the stove as you pour a glass of red for your oldest friend?
We want to craft places for these moments to occur in daily life, be it at home, your place of work, the business you run. We understand how the environments we create and occupy can play an important role in how we experience life. They can nurture, shield and uplift us. They are the vessels of the past, present and future. They support us in solitude and connect us to others.
Do you need help to refine, enrich or expand your own spaces to support a well-made life?
Whether you are thinking about re-imagining your existing space or creating something entirely new, we may be your agents of change.
[Crafting] Spaces, Experiences and Objects in lutruwita (Tasmania) since 2003.
About
Established in 2003, IN-TERIA offers architectural and interior design services to the public, commercial and residential sectors. We enjoy projects that require us to reimagine the existing built the environment.
As our name suggests, our focus is on the interior, where daily life unfolds.
Our portfolio includes homes, restaurants, cafes, workplace and retail projects.
We work to make built spaces that support, amplify and enhance the workings of the day-to-day, while stimulating the senses and deepening connections with the Tasmanian landscape.
Our work has been recognised locally, nationally and internationally through the following award programmes:-
Australian Institute of Architects, The Diemen Awards, Eat Drink Design Award, Skyes Design Award, The Design Files Awards and Archiproducts Award.
Working from the inside out, we get overly excited by a perfectly functional plan, and a modest yet bold and expressive detail rocks our boat.
Materials are our bread, and composition is our butter. Breathing new life into buildings is our jam.
A commitment to cultural and environmental sustainability underpins all of our endeavours.
Most importantly, we relish the opportunity to create positive change for and with Tasmanians seeking a well-made life.
Let's build real value together.
Karryn & Dean
Co-Captains
The multi-disciplinary leadership of IN-TERIA reflects our 'from the inside out' approach, where architecture reflects and responds to the interior, the most tangible, and impactful, interpretation of our client's design brief.
KARRYN DARGIE
Managing Director
B DES (INT DES), B ARTS (ARCH) UTS
MDIA Accredited Designer
Karryn loves to spend time with clients understanding the moments that make up their home or working lives. She is a big picture thinker, developing concepts that draw together the threads of place, occupant and program. She tends to think from the inside out, seeing internal modes of occupation as starting points for design.
DEAN BAIRD
Director, Architecture
B ENV DES, B ARCH UTAS
Registered Architect TAS #619
Accredited Building Practitioner CC5681B
Dean loves to spend time on the detail of how things go together, with a particular interest in using material efficiently, and smoothing the way for builders. He loves working onsite with builders and is well known for developing innovative solutions that don’t feel like compromises.
Please explore our Selected Projects, Approach, Journal and News below.
