Eloise Atkinson

Eloise Atkinson is a Brisbane-based architect and director of the cross-disciplinary design practice, Deicke Richards. She has over 25 years’ experience in the design of public and affordable housing, collaborating with governments and community organisations.

Eloise has advanced well-designed housing through her role as Independent Chair of the Brisbane Housing Company, Queensland’s largest not-for-profit housing developer.

Her knowledge of housing and development models informs Deicke Richards’ work in retirement living and aged care.

Eloise is also a trusted partner of education clients across the government, Catholic and independent spheres, with a particular interest in collaborative master planning.

She is involved with Sharing With Friends, a new foundation with an innovative plan to address older women’s housing needs and the risk of homelessness – providing advice on design, funding and opportunities.

Eloise has performed myriad roles for the Architecture Institute of Australia Awards, most recently as Chair of the 2021 Queensland State Awards.

Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.