Abbie Galvin

CityLab is a professional consultancy with a singular focus on making better cities through design expertise, strategic thinking and effective delivery. We are committed to fair and equitable procurement processes, ensuring the best ideas rise to the top. We work with both public and private clients to ensure each project is built on a strong foundation, with a rich brief, a rigorous procurement process and a collaborative network of advisors and jury members.
CityLab is Australia’s number one design procurement consultancy, with experience working at all scales, from large to small, and in every state across the country. We pride ourselves on delivering systems and processes that both clients and design professionals trust. We are laser-focussed on delivering the highest design standards while meeting all technical and legislative project requirements.
The Team
CityLab is a small team of design professionals with deep roots in Australia’s built environment. We have extensive experience in assembling the best teams of people to deliver the best project solutions.
Design expertise
CityLab has longstanding connections with numerous design experts who are vital in the procurement process of high-quality architecture and design. Some of our recent design experts include:


Corbett Lyon
● Founding Director, Lyons

Francine Houben
● Founding Director, Mecanoo

Geoffrey London
● Emeritus Professor of Architecture, University of Western Australia

Jeremy McLeod
● Founding Director, Breathe Architecture and Founder, Nightingale Housing

Jill Garner
● Victorian Government Architect and Principal, Garner Davis Architects

Jocelyn Chiew
● Director of City Design, City of Melbourne

John Choi
● Founding Partner, CHROFI

Kirsteen Mackay
● South Australian Government Architect

Sadie Morgan
● Director, dRMM and Commissioner of the National Infrastructure Commission UK

Sarah Lynn Rees
● Associate and Lead Indigenous Advisor, Jackson Clements Burrows Architects

Xu Tiantian
● Founding Principal, DnA Design and Architecture
COLLABORATORS
CityLab also works with a range of consultants whose expertise is tailored to each project every step of the way. The suite of consultants that we can either directly engage, or engage through the client, includes buildability consultants, sustainability experts, planners, First Nations design consultants, writers and proof editors, graphic designers, legal and probity advisors, quantity surveyors, and other technical specialists.
