Allianz, Canberra — Davenport Campbell

Allianz, Canberra

  
Client
Allianz Australia

Sector
Financial, Insurance

Location
Canberra, ACT

Ngunnawal Country

Size
500 sqm

Services Provided
Space Planning,

Interior Architecture

Impact
Workplace Wellbeing,

Supporting Local Artists

Innovation
Team-Led Co-Design,

  Reflective of Place

Client	Allianz Australia
Sector	Financial, Insurance
Location	Canberra, ACT Ngunnawal Country
Size	500 sqm
Services Provided	Space Planning, Interior Architecture
Impact	Workplace Wellbeing, Supporting Local Artists
Innovation	Team-Led Co-Design, Reflective of Place

Back

“The signature “Canberra Red” bricks were produced in huge volumes at Yarralumla Brickworks from the 1910s-1970s, and were used to build many of the city’s early public buildings and homes, including Old Parliament House. They’ve since become an emblem of the city’s identity – a material that quite literally built Canberra.”

— Kate Treacy, Associate Director, Davenport Campbell

Materiality was inspired by Canberra’s infamous red bricks and natural landscape, reinterpreted through terracotta stone, brick-format tiles, venetian plaster, timber-look flooring, and pale oak joinery. Warm, muted paint tones, champagne metal finishes and abundant planting create a calm and biophilic atmosphere that supports wellbeing and reflects the team’s desire for a space that is warm, non‑sterile and connected to place. Local, First Nations artworks are integrated throughout the workplace, further embedding mutuality and shared purpose - woven sculptures by Harriet Goodall, clay works by Julie Pennington, and paintings by Sarrita King, Kathy Dodd, and Ingrid Treacle.

A CALM, CONNECTED WORKPLACE

Allianz’s new Canberra workplace is a future‑focused hub that brings their workplace strategy to life and supports a flexible, people‑first way of working. Designed as an aspirational yet grounded platform for work, it strengthens community, supports hybrid patterns, and gives the Canberra team a place they feel proud to call home.

Developed through a co-design process with the local team, the workplace responds directly to how people work today and how they want to work in the future. Neighbourhood-style planning brings together open workstations, focus rooms, meeting spaces, and a generous breakout hub, allowing people to move easily between concentrated work and collaboration. All spaces are carefully tuned for acoustics, privacy, technology and comfort – enabling confidential calls, hybrid collaboration and social connection, while maintaining clear sightlines to support a strong, people‑first team culture.