Building design & interiors · Western Australia
Dorian Morelli Designs creates warm, considered homes shaped around landscape, light and the people who live in them.
Thoughtful design
for everyday living.
The studio
Established circa 1995, the studio brings decades of experience to every project. Each begins with close attention: to the site, to the changing light, and to how your home needs to work. The result is design that is quietly distinctive and deeply personal.
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Upcoming projects
Perth Hills · Upcoming
A future hillside home composed around stone hearths, deep gabled roofs and a cascading pool, designed to settle naturally among the trees and changing levels of its site.
Russell Street · Upcoming
A forthcoming renovation that brings a robust new layer of recycled brick, black metal cladding and sheltered outdoor living to an established South Fremantle setting.
Attadale · Upcoming
A future family home defined by broad cantilevered roofs, finely screened outdoor rooms and a grounded palette of stone, white render and black metalwork.
Bicton · Upcoming
A new corner residence shaped through clean white curves, strong dark roof forms and vertical screening that balances privacy, light and a confident street presence.
Churchlands · Upcoming
A new family residence that reworks familiar gabled forms through dark brick, crisp white planes and finely detailed black metalwork, set within a relaxed native garden.
Dunsborough · Upcoming
A future coastal home shaped by crisp white planes, softly curved screening and a sculptural stone entry, balancing openness, privacy and a relaxed connection to its landscaped setting.
Rose Street · Upcoming
A future renovation shaped around a private pool courtyard and calm, light-filled living spaces, pairing recycled brick and black metal cladding with a restrained interior palette.
Selected work
01 — 16
Balingup–Nannup Road · Project in progress
A new country residence in progress, bringing together sheltered arcades, warm rendered walls, terracotta roofs and a sequence of gardens shaped for the rolling South West landscape.
Denmark residence · Great Southern
A low, contemporary country home composed as a series of dark-clad pavilions, with broad sheltering roofs and carefully framed views connecting everyday life to the surrounding bush landscape.
South Perth townhouses · Project in progress
A new townhouse development in progress, bringing together warm vertical cladding, deeply framed windows and landscaped private entries to create a cohesive collection of contemporary homes.
Mt Hawthorn - Renovation
A considered renovation and rear addition that creates a generous, light-filled family home around a central courtyard and pool. At the time of sale, the home set a record for the area.
Mt Claremont renovation · Perth
A bold reworking of a family home, pairing generous double-height living spaces with finely resolved black steel, glass and timber details.
Woodlands residence · Perth
A confident contemporary residence organised around a planted courtyard, with crisp white planes, deeply framed openings and intimate interiors.
Mid-Century Jandakot · Perth
A warm, grounded family home where expressed stone, rich timber cladding and a sunlit landscape reinterpret the ease of mid-century living.
Karagullen residence · Perth Hills
A new hillside residence that frames the Perth Hills landscape through expansive glazing, generous outdoor living and a richly detailed interior palette.
Nova Lane residence · North Perth
A new urban home that balances raw recycled brick, black steel and lush internal planting to create a robust, light-filled retreat in North Perth.
Wasley Street residence · North Perth
A contemporary North Perth home shaped around a lush internal garden and pool, where deep openings, curved landscape walls and black-framed glazing connect the interiors to light and greenery.
Cypress Way residence · Coogee
A generous new home that brings together sculptural white forms, expansive glazing and a calm material palette to make the most of its coastal setting.
Morden Street residence · Wembley Downs
A new coastal home with generous white planes, warm timber floors and a textured stone hearth, carefully shaped for everyday family living.
City Beach residence · Perth
A new City Beach home that draws on the rhythm of traditional gables, recast through clean white forms, generous balconies and a layered coastal landscape.
Arcadia Drive residence · Shoalwater
A contemporary Shoalwater home composed through strong horizontal lines, layered metal cladding, stone and shaded outdoor space.
East Fremantle residence · Perth
A contemporary East Fremantle home shaped by an expressive roofline, double-height glazing and a sheltered water courtyard that brings the living spaces together.
Marine Terrace residence · Sorrento
A contemporary Sorrento home organised around a bright internal courtyard, where the pool, garden, open stair and double-height living spaces remain closely connected.
How we can help
New homes, thoughtful alterations and additions that bring clarity to the way you live.
Materials, kitchens, bathrooms and spaces with warmth, purpose and a sense of ease.
A considered path from early feasibility through approvals, documentation and construction.
Google reviews
“Dorian is an exceptional talent! Extremely consultative and focused on delivering on client wants while delivering a superior result. I couldn’t recommend Dorian more highly!!”
“Dorian is the best in the business, trusted and highly skilled he has nailed every design for me over the last 20 years.”
“Dorian did the most amazing design on a 7.5 m wide block for me. I didn't think it would be possible to create something both visually stunning and practical but he managed to do that. I highly recommend him especially if you want something unique.”
Let's make something considered