Studio THI is an independent urban change leader with a vision to shape an equitable, resilient and sustainable urban future.
Our place.
Studio THI provides a platform and an extensive toolkit for practitioners, organisations, elected officials, and the community to work together to collectively shape sustainable, liveable urban development.
We offer the opportunity to partner with a mission-driven and independent not-for-profit. We can act from a system’s view, independent from the specific interests of a profession or industry segment.
We pride ourselves at being deep content experts in urban transition leadership and sustainable urban change. We can connect with global networks and have sector-leading knowledge.
For more than 20 years we’ve been working to amplify the benefits of urban development for all stakeholders, delivering community and practitioner literacy and advocacy around the need for ambitious, sustainable urban development.
Our values.
Our values have become engrained over 20 years in practice and provide the foundation for everything we do.
We believe that everyone deserves to have access to great places to live, learn, work and play.
We believe that every place can be extraordinary, regardless of location or size.
We believe that great places arise from engaging and listening to communities.
We believe in being bold and pushing for change and innovation that can enhance our lives.
We believe that collaboration and knowledge sharing can enable us to solve urban challenges.
We believe in grounding practice with rigorous, practical and relevant research.
Our NFP objects.
As a registered not-for-profit organisation we:
Undertake education, research and development projects to find practical solutions to urban design problems
Apply the knowledge and resource of the company to improve the quality of the lives and environments of individuals and their communities
Provide information to, and educate, individuals and their communities in the creative development and management of the built environment
Support individuals and communities to acquire job skills in order to establish themselves and become self-supporting
Our history.
The Hornery Institute (now trading as Studio THI) – was founded in 2001 by Stuart Hornery.
Stuart had an unwavering commitment to creating a more equitable society and throughout his life, he used his influence to make a practical difference to communities and to promote grassroots involvement in development; an ideology still embraced by the organisation today.
Over the past 20 years, our practice has been focused on helping our clients – government, private sector and the community – to create a vision and develop a strategy for urban development that puts people first and maximises social and economic benefits. Our work has encompassed strategic place making; community and stakeholder engagement; organisational resilience and capability training; community research and insights; and incorporating skills and employment programs into large-scale projects.