Alistair Ravenscroft  

Alistair is an Associate Partner and member of the Purcell Technical Leadership Group, which contributes to company-wide project delivery and technical stewardship. Within this forum Alistair strives to share a more consistent approach to projects by working with others as a central knowledge bank.

Based in Melbourne, Alistair describes himself as a collaborator, working across all aspects of heritage and architecture. Within his role leading our Melbourne studio, he supports our large-scale heritage consultancy projects centred around city shaping, such as Melbourne Arts Centre Precinct and Melbourne Metro.  He also oversees design and documentation of conservation, alteration, and new works at places of state and local built heritage significance.

Hailing from South Australia, he recently completed works on a project close to his roots – the Bice Building Refurbishment in Adelaide, which was delivered remotely throughout covid-19. The project was awarded the David Sanders Award for Heritage in the 2022 AIA Awards, South Australia. In the same year it was also successful at the MIPIM Asia Awards, being awarded ‘Best Refurbished Building’.

Alistair’s approach to heritage and conservation reflects his passion for problem solving. Whilst studying and working as a graduate, he was exposed to heritage conservation through field work on the conservation and adaptive reuse of various homestead or industrial buildings.

He is experienced in successfully navigating the history of a place and stories behind previous occupations to identify a considered, ecological sustainable next chapter.