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Architecture + Design for a Healthy World. Melbourne | Sydney | Brisbane | Hong Kong We create environments for health and wellbeing.

Billard Leece Partnership is a global leader in social infrastructure design, creating social and cultural impact for a healthy world. Our approach has developed over 25 years of delivering projects across health, education, seniors living + communities, science + technology, and workplace sectors. We translate evidence-based research into physical environments, and design for human connection in

all our projects. Our socially connected environments empower communities and make a positive social impact. Our approach is mindful of minority and First Nations perspectives and responds to place, designing with nature to impact user experience. Based from our Sydney (Eora), Melbourne (Kulin), Brisbane (Meanjin) and Hong Kong studio hubs, our diverse team of architects, interior designers, master planners and health advisory are flexible, connected, and adaptive. We work in positive collaborations with our clients and partners to design and deliver projects locally and around the world.

11/02/2026

NEW DESIGN PANEL MEMBER✨| BLP’s Architecture Design Lead, Ivan Turcinov, has been appointed to the South Australian Design Review Panel by the Office for Architecture + Design in SA.

The SDRP provides expert advice on high-quality design across SA, bringing together specialists in architecture, landscape, urban design, heritage, sustainability, and more.

Ivan is passionate about creating meaningful connections between people and place through quality architecture.

“Born and raised in South Australia, then working nationally and internationally, it feels like the perfect opportunity to contribute to design quality in my home state.” - Ivan Turcinov

Huge congrats Ivan!👏

04/02/2026

OPEN HOUSE | 3,000 opportunities to step inside the New Footscray Hospital were offered to the public and claimed within days. For a place known as the People’s Hospital, the response felt fitting.

Born from community advocacy and shaped through collaboration, the hospital opened itself to the public yesterday ahead of its official opening, inviting people to explore spaces designed for care, connection and wellbeing. From the Village Green to the hospital street, visitors moved through a precinct conceived not only as a healthcare facility, but as part of the daily life of Melbourne’s west.

Footscray Hospital Community Open Day was presented by Western Health and Open House Melbourne, with thanks to the Plenary Group Health consortium including Cox Architecture and Tract Consultants, Victoria University, Footscray Community Arts, the Australian Tapestry Workshop and the Victorian Government. Our team joined the community - both hosting and sharing in the curiosity, pride and sense of ownership felt throughout the day.

The New Footscray Hospital officially opens on 18 February.

18/12/2025

2025 YEAR IN REVIEW | 2025 has been an incredible year full of opportunity and excellence. Achievements this year have ranged from BLP’s global expansion to project completions and announcements of projects, to awards and more!

We are looking forward to 2026, collaborating with clients and communities we consistently work with, particularly those in health, science and tech, and education sectors.

We appreciate and thank our team for their hard work and successes this year and of course thank everybody who has supported us throughout our journey to design for a healthy world.

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season!
#2025

17/12/2025

END OF YEAR 2025 | Wishing everybody a happy, healthy, holiday season! We would like to take a moment to thank everybody who has collaborated with or supported us this year in our aim to design for a healthy world.

Our team will be taking a well-deserved break to rest, spend time with loved ones and celebrate the holiday. Our studios will be closed from Friday December 19th.

We look forward to reconnecting and hope you also take this opportunity to connect with family, friends, and take a break. See you in 2026!

Best wishes from the BLP Team💛

#2025

11/12/2025

SHARE THE DIGNITY | Across our studios, BLP participated in Share the Dignity’s ‘it’s in the bag’ campaign, aimed at providing essentials to women, girls and others who menstruate in a domestic violence or homeless shelter.

Bags were packed with all sorts of essentials, including pads, tampons, baby wipes, shampoo and conditioner, baby wash, nappies, deodorant and more.

To help end period poverty and assist women and girls going through hardship donations are welcome

04/12/2025

FOOTSCRAY HOSPITAL SNEAK PEAK | The new hospital in Footscray VIC has opened its doors to the community for a first look at the design.

The $1.5 billion project is one of the state’s largest health infrastructure projects, with over 500 beds, and facilities to treat an extra 15,000 patients each year. 20,000 extra patients are estimated to be seen each year by the emergency department, improving pressure on nearby hospitals.

The façade has been designed to allow ample natural light, creating an environment that will support patients, staff and families.

04/12/2025

SHORTLIST - DULUX STUDY TOUR 2026 | The Australian institute of architects has released the shortlist for the Dulux study tour in 2026. Our own Francesca Carr has been shortlisted with 30 candidates, in the running to be chosen out of 5 for an architectural tour of three countries that have not been decided yet.

Winners will be invited to nominate their preferred sites and practices to help shape the itinerary. The tour is expected to commence in May 2026, and entrants will be judged on contributions to architectural practice, education, design excellence and community involvement.

Congratulations Frankie and all shortlisted for this amazing achievement. What a cohort of talent!

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01/12/2025

NATIONAL HEALTH AND INNOVATION PRECINCT SUMMIT | How do we create sustainable precincts?

Tracy Lord, Principal, Health Sector Lead BLP, and Sam Shepherd, Retail Development Advisor Bellinger, will focus on topics like “How does it generate business for other local businesses? How can hospitals commercialise their retail offerings? Learning from successes and failures, and perspective of a retailer in a precinct” Tracy and Sam will be sharing their deep understanding of precinct and retail development, and sharing insight into Australia’s innovation future.

Tracy and Sam will be speaking on Wednesday 3d Dec (day 2) at the National Health and innovation precinct summit, talking about the challenges and initiatives of getting mixed use precincts right.

For more information and event details, visit the sites below:

https://healthprecinctssummit.com.au/
https://healthprecinctssummit.com.au/agenda-2025/ #1727325054600-95170c5a-f790

05/11/2025

Billard Leece Partnership (BLP) is delighted to announce that Tara Veldman, Managing Director & Principal, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Australian Health Design Council (AHDC) Gold Medal Award. The announcement was made today at the AHDC Annual General Meeting, with the formal presentation to take place
at the 2025 AHDC Conference (27-29 October 2025).

The AHDC judging committee members advised that “Tara has made an invaluable and lasting contribution to healthcare design through her visionary leadership, compassion, and commitment to excellence. Her leadership on major projects in Australia has set new benchmarks for care. While her influence is strongest at the facility level, she also contributes as a thought leader and mentor, sharing knowledge and inspiring emerging designers, thereby shaping the future of healthcare design through both practice and professional development”.

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04/11/2025

Billard Leece Partnership (BLP) is delighted to announce that Tara Veldman, Managing Director & Principal, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Australian Health Design Council (AHDC) Gold Medal Award. The announcement was made at the AHDC Annual General Meeting, with the formal presentation to take place at the 2025 AHDC Conference (27-29 October 2025).

The AHDC judging committee members advised that “Tara has made an invaluable and lasting contribution to healthcare design through her visionary leadership, compassion, and commitment to excellence. Her leadership on major projects in Australia has set new benchmarks for care. While her influence is strongest at the facility level, she also contributes as a thought leader and mentor, sharing knowledge and inspiring emerging designers, thereby shaping the future of healthcare design through both practice and professional development”.

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28/10/2025

FUNDRAISING FOR THE KIDS

We are proud to be taking part in CCI’s CEO Dare to Cure event across Sydney and Melbourne, to raise money for childhood cancer research. Last Friday our MD, , coloured her hair green for the cause. Tara Veldman is an Ambassador for the event.
Every day Children’s Cancer Institute is in pursuit of Zero Childhood Cancer.

A life should be long. Support now if you can.

You can donate to the BLP team here

https://www.ccia.org.au/fundraisers/taraveldman538

07/03/2025

EQUITY BY DESIGN | As part of BLP’s involvement with the Champions of Change coalition, Tara Veldman, Principal, Member of Architects Group, will be attending the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 69th Session in New York.
The CSW is the chief global policy making body on women’s rights and gender equality.

In 2025 the focus for CSW is a review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly.

Why are we going?

- Listen and learn from the collective efforts and experience of women driving change internationally and bring ideas back to the Coalition in Australia.

- Share the Champions of Change approach and practical actions for engaging leaders and engaging across sectors on gender equality as a contribution to a global action-oriented discussion

- Profile the Champions of Change strategy and the Equity by Design Framework with a view to accelerating progress towards gender equality internationally.

This year, CSW 69 remains unaffected operationally, but broader US policies could shape the political tone and debates during the session. We look forward to understanding this evolving environment.

International Women’s Day is celebrated this weekend on Saturday, 8 March. It’s the perfect time to celebrate ALL the women shaping our world.

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