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Founding Director Jon McComish has been immersed in design and building for nearly 25 years, delivering world-class projects of significant size and complexity along the way.

Prior to starting MAEK, he worked on projects in Western Australia and Victoria, and overseas in Singapore and London, delivering over 400 apartments, four high rise towers, museums, shopping centres, numerous industrial facilities and large-scale design and construct projects such as The Old Swan Brewery (Perth), Haig Road Towers (Singapore) and Wembley Stadium (London).

When he returned to Perth, Jon undertook a role where he was acting as client-side representative for several major design and build projects. It was during his time in this role that he was able to experience first hand the issues that clients face when looking to build. It also gave Jon the opportunity to try and test different construction delivery models. What he discovered is that none of the traditional methods worked very well. They were fraught with client risk and contractor disputes and created constant issues for the client which put both themselves and their project at a disadvantage.

It was then that Jon identified a clear issue in the building market where old fashioned ‘Design-Tender-Build’ delivery methods were no longer efficient in delivering high-end luxury homes of today, and that a newer, better model needed to developed.

This led to Jon starting MAEK in 2009, which offered an effective new style of project delivery that enabled greater cost and time savings for clients, and also allowed significant residences of one-off, detailed design to be created in an organised and controlled environment. A surprise benefit of this new process was that it organically fostered greater relationships between all involved.

Since its beginnings, MAEK has delivered over $150m worth of projects, only taking on a handful of builds per year, and has steadily grown to become an industry leader.

Paul Jones

Paul is one of Australia’s most highly regarded contemporary architects with a portfolio spanning 30 years of significant local and international experience in architectural and interior design. His ability to concept a design with pencil and paper that is both beautiful and functional is hard to match, and is one that can only come from decades of work in the sophisticated residential space.

“As Design Architect for MAEK, I highly value their intelligent and organised approach to creating one-off luxury homes, where I know that my designs will be brought to life in the best possible way, by some of the best in the business.”