Team
John Durkin
Director, Principal Registered Architect
John has always loved ‘making’ and improving people’s experience. To see and experience the product of his work has always appealed. John loves to question, see things differently, explore ideas and reveal hidden opportunity.
He says the design and creative process is intuitive and the feelings and emotions it triggers are universally felt. His work has introduced him to some great people and wonderful places. He loves that Architects can make a living by how they think about things, and how this leads to solid, long lasting work.
Outside of Architecture, John is passionate about family, health, travel, and golf. His love for Liverpool Football Club is a genetic malaise.
Sheldon Carr
Project Lead, Registered Architect
Sheldon got his first job drafting at the age of 16. He’s always had an interest in supporting people and helping others achieve their goals. He says he’s been fortunate to always have the best support and influence when it comes to the profession. In a way, it’s about making them proud.
Allowing others to construct memories in the spaces that he helps them create. That, paired with a love for art and design, has led him here.
Sheldon specialises in creating a relationship between context and person through a collaborative design-led approach. He employs allegory, which is a story that has an underlying meaning meant to teach us something.
He holds a huge amount of pride in the things he does. At Abri, he has found a supportive environment with people that share a common goal. The best thing about this for him is the opportunity and responsibility to grow.
Kelly Boyd
Project Lead
Kelly enjoys being in a profession where she is immersed in an artful, creative and technical sphere. She is passionate about bringing the unique desires and aspirations of Clients to life through innovative and functional designs that carefully consider how people experience place.
Creative challenges involved in the “nitty-gritty” aspects of how a building comes together drives Kelly’s interest in architecture.
With several years of experience, she brings a wealth of knowledge across various aspects of architectural design, including healthcare, commercial, and high-end residential projects. At Abri, Kelly thrives in a collaborative work environment that aligns with her professional ethos. Our cultural approach promotes teamwork and open communication, making it an inspiring environment to work and grow.
Beyond the office, Kelly likes to maintain a healthy and balanced lifestyle, finding joy in spending time with her closest family, friends, and most importantly – her two dogs. Her favourite pastimes range from tackling a new-found recipe, to crafting, or to experiencing live music.
Harry J Rainger
Architectural Graduate
From an early age, Harry found joy in the creative disciplines. He became driven to develop his creative skills in ways that could serve greater purposes and positively impact people’s lives. Ultimately, this led him to pursue Architecture.
He enjoys being a part of the process that nurture’s Client aspirations to deliver thoughtful architecture that considers functionality while enriching the lived experience of space and place. Harry believes that finding unity between the beauty of craft and sustainable high-performance systems is fundamental to designing healthy and heartening built environments that allow users to thrive.
Harry thrives in collaborative teams with forward-thinking and open-minded designers. He values the supportive culture created at Abri, where shared professional and personal values foster a cohesive working environment. Outside of architecture, his passions lie in various fields of art, music and adventure. He finds most joy when spending time sharing in these interests with his favourite people.