About — Atelier DAU

Atelier DAU is an award-winning architectural and interior design practice founded by Emma Lucce. Operating across residential, heritage and urban environments in Sydney and regional NSW, the practice is defined by a commitment to design excellence, strategic thinking and delivering outcomes that are both beautiful and enduring.

Emma brings more than thirty years of experience across Sydney, Hong Kong and the Netherlands, working with leading international design practices before establishing an independent studio recognised nationally and internationally through awards and publications, including the Jury Winner, Architizer A+Awards 2020 for Chimney House. Emma is also listed among Architizer's 100 Women to Watch in Architecture (NY) for her contribution to architecture and creative education.

She has been the recipient of national and international design awards, including the Jury Winner, Architizer A+Awards 2020 for Chimney House, and was recognised among Architizer's 100 Women to Watch in Architecture (NY) for her contribution to architecture and creative education.

Over fifteen years of independent practice, Emma has maintained a 100% planning approval success rate across projects submitted to local councils including Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, Inner West and Lower North Shore. She brings extensive experience working with buildings of conservation significance and heritage listing, with foundations established working for Clive Lucas Stapleton & Partners — one of Sydney's most respected conservation practices — in the early 1990s. A significant body of the practice's work explores the dialogue between heritage fabric and contemporary space, materials and form

Atelier DAU is a full-service practice working at all scales — from interiors to complex builds. Every project benefits from a network of consultants, contractors and builders cultivated over three decades. These are not transactional relationships — they are long-standing professional partnerships, assembled around each project and held to the same standard of care and rigour that defines the practice.

Alongside the practice, Emma founded Archikidz — a creative education programme that grew from nothing into a nationally recognised movement — and MAX. Property Advisory, providing pre-acquisition planning and development advice to residential buyers.

Atelier DAU works with clients who value design thinking, creative intelligence and considered outcomes.

Chimney House I Redfern
Architizer A+Awards 2020 I JURY WINNER Architecture +Living Small