VBook an Intro Call
Test your build

We design homes around how life is actually lived.

Founder Kobus Smit brings residential, educational and community design experience across South Africa and Australia to every Varloch Design project. Read more about our approach →

Street view of a contemporary home with a raised concrete form, vertical timber screening, stone retaining walls and mature trees framing the architecture.

Featured project

Banksia Edge

Renovation / Addition · Whale Beach, Northern Beaches, Sydney

Currently active

Projects on the boards right now. Each one carries a running journal of how it’s progressing.

Projects

  1. Zoo Proposal – Africa

    Community / Institutional · Africa - Botswana

    2016

  2. Courtyard Green

    Renovation / Addition · Leichhardt, Sydney

    2025

  3. House Fourcart

    Renovation / Addition · Rozelle, Sydney

    2025

  4. Ekaru Play

    Community / Institutional · Bloemfontein South Africa

    2020–2022

  5. Acacia Gate House

    New Build · South Africa

    2018

  6. Ekaru Residential Estate

    New Build · South Africa

    2020

  7. Mozam Primary School

    Community / Institutional · Mozambique

    2022

  8. Uganda University Student Housing

    Community / Institutional · Uganda, Africa

    2018–2019

  9. House Dichaba

    New Build · South Africa

    2018

  10. House Company

    New Build · South Africa

    2017

  11. House Moeletsi

    New Build · South Africa

    2022

  12. House Kashane

    New Build · South Africa

    2022

  13. Uganda Student Centre

    New Build · Uganda, Africa

    2018

  14. Savanna Edge Residence

    New Build · South Africa

    2019

  15. Prototype House

    New Build · South Africa

    2022

  16. Student Village

    Community / Institutional · Limpopo, South Africa

    2019

  17. Firehouse

    Community / Institutional · Palmerston, Darwin

    2023

  18. Farm Stall

    New Build · South Africa

    2019

  19. Writer Pavilion

    New Build · In the Australian Bush

    2026

  20. Internal Office fitout

    Interior · South Africa

    2021

  21. Limpopo Riverfront Hub

    Commercial · Limpopo, South Africa

    2017–2019

  22. Road to Rio

    Community / Institutional · South Africa

    2015

  23. Transport Facility

    Community / Institutional · South Africa

    2017–2018

  24. Canobean

    New Build · Not place specific

    2020