Education
Projects include flexible learning environments such as the Victorian Education Department’s Seven Schools Greenfield Bundle, Camberwell Girls Grammar Music and Drama Centre, TAFE Gippsland, and large-scale master plans for institutions in the Middle East.

Retail
Led global pilot concepts including McDonald’s Net Zero Future restaurant, which achieved a 30% reduction in carbon emissions, and the award-winning Porsche Studio pilots in Lebanon and Cape Town, along with international showroom, workshop, and pop-up programs.

Hospitality
Experience delivering luxury hotel and resort refurbishments, including the restoration of Singapore’s Raffles Hotel, the Raffles/Fairmont Lusail Katara Hotel in Qatar, and the Ritz-Carlton Spa & Gym in Doha, integrating heritage conservation with contemporary guest experiences.

Residential
Projects ranging from Carlton Lanes End, an adaptive reuse development featured on Grand Designs, to multi-story residential towers and master-planned communities in Dubai.

Commercial

2017 Dubai Harbour Operations Facility & Dockmasters, Dubai Marina, UAE

2013 Al Jazeera Network Broadcast Network, Doha, Qatar

2011 Doha International Airport Warehouse & Store, Doha, Qatar

2010 HALUL Offshore Medical Clinic & Lighthouse, Qatar

2009 Royal Palace & Majilis, Doha, Qatar

2009 HSBC Head Quarters Office & Retail, Doha, Qatar

2008 Emirates Financial G+27 Office Towers, Dubai, UAE

2007 Motor City G+23 Office Tower, Dubai, UAE

Retail

2024 McDonald’s Net Zero Restaurant Global Standard Design

2018 Al Marayah Mall Pedestrian Connections & Roof Top Park, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2016 Porsche Retail Concepts, Showrooms and Workshops, Middle East, Africa and India

Exhibition

2018 Porsche Museum, Kuwait

Hospitality

2015 Raffles Hotel, Singapore

2014 Raffles / Fairmont Lusail Katara Hotel, Lusail, QAT

2014 Ritz Carlton Room, Spa & Gym, Doha, QAT

Residential

2021 Lanes End Residential Home (featured on Grand Designs), Melbourne VIC, AUS

2008 Dubai Waterfront Residential G+20 Tower, Dubai, UAE

2007 Deira Palm Competition Villa Concept Design, UAE

2005 Soldiers Hill Mews Multi-Residential, Ballarat VIC, AUS

Education

2024 - VSBA 2024 Bundle of 7 schools, Victoria, AUS

2023 - Camberwell Girls Grammar School Music and Drama Centre, Victoria AUS

2020 - TAFE Gippsland Morwell & Port of Sale, Victoria, AUS

2019 - ALEF School of the future, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2019 - Yasmina Academy extension and sports complex masterplan, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Masterplan

2007 Jebel Ali Palm Winning Competition, UAE

Drawing on her experience as a musician, mathematician, and designer, and 15 years in a multidisciplinary architecture and engineering firm, she embraces both creative and analytical ways of thinking that position the architect as a strategic innovator.

urbanID has developed a unique offering that combines strategic advisory, human-centred methodologies, and design validation through simulation to inform and guide projects from the earliest stages. Her approach integrates client discovery workshops, project strategy and briefing, design direction, and client-side advisory with qualitative methods including user personas, journey mapping, contextual inquiry, and stakeholder engagement. Where relevant, this is supported by digital simulations of pedestrian movement, operational flow modelling, and scenario-based visualisations to stress-test design strategies and improve alignment. This methodology enables clients to reduce risk, evaluate options with confidence, and deliver environments that integrate people, process, and technology while maintaining clarity of vision and commercial viability.

As academic design lecturer at RMIT School of Architecture & Urban Design Annelise continues to explore and innovate how we can enhance our deliver of evidence based design.

Beyond practice, Annelise actively bridges industry and academia through teaching, mentoring, and professional leadership. She has contributed to institutions including the University of Melbourne, RMIT, Abu Dhabi University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the American University of Sharjah. She served as an AIA International Chapter Councillor and chaired the 2018 International Chapter Architecture Awards in Dubai. Annelise currently represents the Australian Institute of Architects on the UIA Sustainable Development Goals Commission and is a Design Studio Lecturer at RMIT.