Stephen Cheney is a recognised authority on the strategic planning, design and construction of community facilities. He is an experienced senior architect, with a 30 year track record of successful completion of many large scale community projects throughout Australia. His innovative approach and thorough understanding of masterplanning, feasibility, strategy and operational imperatives is highly sought after by clients for new and existing civic projects.

Stephen’s recent experience encompasses the masterplanning and design of a variety of community development projects involving numerous libraries, leisure centres, town centres, schools and other community infrastructure typologies. He is actively involved with the Australian Institute of Architects, Association of Consulting Architects and Property Industry Foundation. He is regularly invited to speak to industry groups and participate in media commentary on the community, sports and aquatic sectors.

Stephen is recognised as an industry leader and was appointed to assist Aquatics & Recreation Victoria (ARV) with preparation of their ‘Pool Concourse Guidelines: Design, Construction, Management, Maintenance Considerations’ 2010-2011. Stephen also assisted ARV in working groups for ‘Pool Concourse Cleaning Guidelines’, ‘Benchmarking and Environmental Performance of Local Government Aquatic and Recreation Centres’ and ‘Guidelines for Planning, Designing, Managing and Maintaining Active Water Spaces’.