WHO ARE WE?

We’re a mixed group – two architectural graduates, a carpenter and builder who co-founded The Tiny House Company in Brisbane in the hope of making sustainable and liveable housing alternatives for modern Australians.

Because we come from different professional backgrounds, we've brought with us a range of experiences, making us a well rounded team. 

GREG THORNTON

Greg’s decades of construction experience and broad understanding of the trades gives him the confidence to take on unusual challenges. This, combined with his relentless optimism, has led him quite naturally to building tiny houses on wheels. In running his own construction company, Greg Thornton Constructions, Greg has focussed mostly on architecturally designed houses and understands the value of careful detailing and effective collaboration between the trades in executing a design.

QBCC License No. 745093
http://gregthorntonconstructions.com/

LARA NOBEL

After completing a Masters degree in Architecture, Lara transitioned to an apprenticeship in carpentry to gain some hands-on experience. Lara loves a challenge, so as a carpenter struggling to enter one the world’s least affordable housing markets she saw tiny houses as an exciting solution. Lara has gone on to win numerous awards both for her trade and design and now splits her time between designing and building tiny houses, tutoring architecture at university, and advocating for tiny houses. 

Architect Registration 5447

QBCC Trade Contractor license no. 15096944 

ANDREW CARTER

Since completing his Masters degree in Architecture in 2010, Andrew has worked in architecture firms, researched and tutored architectural theory at the University of Queensland, and worked in landscaping and construction. Now a qualified carpenter, Andrew enjoys applying this cross-discipline approach to designing and building houses. He has a particular interest in, and is actively involved in, advocacy for alternative housing solutions.