Testimonials

Stephen Coon from MLA designed & managed the construction of our new family home which was completed in 2022. It was a long journey to plan & build a new house but with the support of Stephen & the MLA team, we now have a beautiful light-filled, very comfortable, modern family home. The end result is fantastic and we’re extremely happy. Stephen was easy to deal with, made great suggestions, and listened to our needs.

We recently had the pleasure of renovating our home with Mark Lawler Architects (MLA) and the experience was far better than we could have imagined. In a day and age where you can roll the dice with builders and architects by way of a Google search (and read countless horror stories), we chose to canvas our friends for recommendations and MLA came up more than once in those conversations.

Stephen took on our project and guided us through the process. From carefully listening to our desires and requirements, to offering suggestions and recommendations, Stephen provided an iterative process with careful consideration that led us to an impressive and rewarding design. From design we moved toward selecting a builder. MLA has a broad collection of builders with whom they have a previous working relationship, but Stephen was also open to entertaining a builder of our choice. After a contemplative tendering process, we ultimately chose one of the builders that Stephen had prior experience with, ARiX Building, and the match could not have been more perfect.

Belinda and I are so pleased we chose Mark Lawler Architects to design our custom build in Speers Point. Stephen and his team were professional and clear in their communication in all aspects of their service from design to documentation through to tender process. Stephen is highly personable and is a talented Architect. Stephen went above and beyond to ensure our development was approved with council which we are very grateful for. Would definitely engage Stephen again for future projects. We certainly will be recommending MLA to family and friends.

We decided to build a bespoke house as our retirement home. We are delighted with what Mark Lawler Architects have done for us. From the initial contact to completion the level of detail, responsiveness and clarity have been very professional. We wanted something to live in that is unique and we got it. We have gone from initial design to development of the plans and specifications to supervision of construction. At each stage we’ve been a part of the process and always been in control. Thank you Stephen Coon and everyone at MLA for a very special feeling every day.

We decided to build a bespoke house as our retirement home. We are delighted with what Mark Lawler Architects have done for us. From the initial contact to completion the level of detail, responsiveness and clarity have been very professional. We wanted something to live in that is unique and we got it. We have gone from initial design to development of the plans and specifications to supervision of construction. At each stage we’ve been a part of the process and always been in control. Thank you Stephen Coon and everyone at MLA for a very special feeling every day.

We are very happy with the finished result and credit Mark with seeing the potential that we would never have seen ourselves.

Stephen Coon helped us to transform our dark 1980s brick house in to a beautiful modern light filled home.

We would highly recommend MLA to anyone considering renovating a property.

We are stoked with the place, really enjoying it! Copping plenty of compliments on the design and the layout.

We are delighted with the house, in terms of both design and construction. We found Mark and Stephen to be professionally very competent as well as personable. We received excellent feedback from them throughout the course of construction.

Mark Lawler Architects have been most professional and helpful in all stages, we would recommend Mark Lawler Architects to others seeking a new design.

Overall excellent service. As we haven’t built previously, your architectural services took the “stress off our shoulders”. We love the design of our new home.

Overall a good result. The fact that we would use your services again speaks for itself.

We would like to take the opportunity to express our delight with the ways things are progressing. From our initial meeting with both you and Mark we have been impressed with the efficiency and quality of your service.