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Welcome to Arco Designs
_Good design is about people _It puts feel into format
_Happiness into home _ Design a life to be lived
_Make space to enjoy _Grow with ARCO
Since 1993 designing luxury homes and renovations on the Gold Coast for a wide variety of home sites from coastal and steep sites with ocean views to acreage and rural living, inner city urban designs and canal home design.
13 Sept 2025
Will Collins on The RABBOTT Hole Podcast
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FOREST RETREAT HOUSE
A remarkable transformation of a tired looking brick and tile home in Currumbin Valley – Gold Coast, this renovation changed the quality of life of this young family. A dark house, hot in summer and cold in winter gave space to a beautiful home filled with natural light. The added insulation to the roof space, the strategic positioning of new windows to allow for natural cross flow ventilaton, made this house a pleasant one. Added to its location amongst the forest on the Gold Coast, this is a real retreat! The owners loved the glass roof at the entrance where one can capture the whole essence of its surroundings.
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BURLEIGH HILL HOUSE
This was an outstanding renovation and addition design at the very top of Burleigh Hill with amazing Ocean views towards Surfers Paradise and beyond. We chose a contemporary design solution adding an extra floor to the already 3 level building getting in just under the town planning Impact Assessment height limits. The existing house was rendered and not taking advantage of the great city and ocean views. We opened up the living areas and designed a master bedroom suite to the top floor. It now has a real inside outside feel to the new patio.
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RESORT STYLE HOUSE
A new luxury home designed for 3 generations of family. Set on an amazing gently sloping block of land that had views from North Straddie to Cook Island, this home was designed to give that luxury resort style so that the owners never feel they have to leave home to go on holiday. With a shallow pond for small children located adjacent to the kitchen/dining and a large lap pool that stretches out from the patio this home is something will show up on instagram as a holiday destination. The home was designed with a plantation style roof as per the owners wishes and really sets the tone for that resort style design theme that runs throughout.
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CUDGEN HOUSE
Another luxury renovation and addition designed for a rural setting. We incorporated classic rock facing to give that classic timeless feel. We opened this building up to the northern sunshine so that the new addition wouldn’t block out the existing but actually enhance the inner living spaces. This is what we are about – MAKING SPACE ! Good building designers will not just add extra space but will make it work in all climates, give it appropriate style and design it so it’s buildable for a reasonable cost.
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CURVES RESIDENCE
This new 2 level home was designed for a steep site at the base of a very steep hill in Currumbin. A couple in their mid fifties needed a 3 bedroom house custom designed to suit the challenges of this steeply sloping block. The road had limited street parking so we designed the garage to have a long winding driveway that provide extra car spaces. Leading on from this design cue we adopted curves to other areas of the house and it’s facade. A curved copper parapet followed suit from the curved concrete and glass balcony railing. A curved pool face was designed so that it fit within the leftover space due to restrictive block shape.
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