Making buildings + homes
for moments & memories
Jointbah is a Sunshine Coast residential design and construction studio working from Nambour, across the Sunshine Coast hinterland, to South East Queensland and beyond. We design and build, we can do either or we can do both.
Led by an architectural education from one of Australia’s finest architects and a background in residential carpentry, we design and build homes, renovations and structures informed by climate, landscape and the rituals of everyday life — we bring a builder's pragmatic understanding of materials, detailing and making to the process.
“Highly recommend working with Jointbah. Friendly, courteous and meticulous attention to detail. We worked with Davo to design our dream home - he did a wonderful job of narrowing in on our needs and wants to create a unique yet practical design that fit our family.”
Jen Brown | Mt. Ninderry House
Inspired by country, setting + its materiality, recollections from travel experiences + cultural narratives. Jointbah is a small design + carpentry studio with a love for making the places people live.
The “joint” in jointbah represents the collaborative nature of each project culturally + socially environmentally + economically. The studio values the strong relationships that form between the project, clients brief, the site setting + its history and the workers on a site. As a small scaled studio we design, draft and hand make select projects bringing onboard other skilled professionals and craftspeople to add to the collaborative process.
Davo completed a carpentry apprenticeship in 2008. He studied a Diploma of Building Design at Nambour Tafe + completed a CertIV-Low Rise Building Registration. Ignited by an interest in design Davo went on to complete a Bachelor of Design + Masters of Architecture at QUT in Brisbane.
The studio began in 2020. Preceding this Davo worked as a carpenter throughout Queensland for builders such as Tony Morwood + Boydbuilt and in more remote parts of Australia, Strezleki Desert, Mitchell, Thargo, K’Gari + Mparntwe. Throughout his studies + post studies he was mentored through architecture work by Sparks Architects.
