The Great Indoors is a Sydney-based, award-winning design consultancy in architecture and interior design for residential, retail, hospitality, and workplaces.
With over 25 years of experience, we bring strategy, creativity, and hands-on expertise to every project—managing everything from design and construction to shop fits and commercial fit-outs.
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What inspired you to start your own business?
The Great Indoors was born from Lee and Gesa’s shared passion for meaningful, well-crafted design. Lee brings bold, visionary creativity, while Gesa’s architectural expertise ensures precision and structure. Together, they shape inviting and inspiring spaces that connect people with places.
Their journey began in Berlin in 1996, working on Urban Geometry, a project reimagining city spaces. Later, in London, they contributed to some of the world’s most iconic commercial and retail environments, including Selfridges, Harrods, Fortnum & Mason, Nike Town, Hearst Media Tower, and DFS Galleria.
The Great Indoors specialises in branded environments, seamlessly merging architecture and identity to create spaces that leave a lasting impression—whether an office, cafe, restaurant, or retail destination.
Why should our clients choose you?
The Great Indoors is an award-winning design consultancy based in Sydney, specialising in architectural design and interior design and fitouts for residential, retail, cafe, restaurant hospitality and office spaces.
With over 25 years of industry experience, we combine strategic thinking, creative vision, and practical expertise to deliver outstanding spaces—from initial concept through to full construction completion.
Our end-to-end service ensures every project is not only visually stunning but also functional, seamless, and tailored to your needs.
Whether you're planning a new space or transforming an existing one, we offer a full suite of services including design and build, café fitouts, retail fitouts, and expert advice on commercial fitouts and refurbishments.
Architecture and Interior Design
We offer complete residential and commercial architectural and interior design services for the entire project stages or tailor-made to suit your needs. Our design process consists of client briefing, site feasibility, space planning test fits, concept design, specification of finishes and materials, and construction documentation. We specialise in residential, retail, cafe, and restaurant architecture and interior design.
Building and Shopfitting
We collaborate with the best-skilled shopfitters and builders to complete your project on time and within budget. We ensure the concept vision is completed to the highest quality and accuracy, down to the very last detail.
Brand and Graphic Design
We work with the industry's brightest talent to create or refresh your brand to make it stand out from the competition. Our brand partners build chemistry between people and brands by delivering an experience that emotively connects across every conceivable channel. Strategic brand thinking and design craft combine with a strong passion for experiences, communications, and content.
Project and Design Management
We control and manage all aspects of the project and suppliers until the job is done. Our top priority is seeing the job we set out to do in the way we envisage. Managing the project to ensure we reach those is key. We work with external stakeholders to ensure the appropriate design management approvals are granted before construction.
Cad documentation and drafting
We provide full construction CAD documentation that allows a thorough understanding of the project. Our quality CAD documentation allows the builder to scope and cost the project in detail and execute the final built work. The documentation follows through on the concept vision to accurately portray the full design package solution.
Building Approvals
Navigating building approvals is becoming increasingly challenging. We manage building approvals through council or private certifier methods for DA approval or CDC (Compliant Development Certificate). We successfully coordinate with our network of engineers and consultants to ensure the appropriate construction details and statements required for the approvals.
