geoffrey pie is an architect and town planner who has been in private practice for over 40years and is a life fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. Over the years he has won numerous awards for meritorious architecture from the RAIA including the Robin Boyd Award in 1986 for his family house at Peregian Beach. While he has been involved in a wide range of large scale buildings including the Heritage Hotel (now Brisbane Stanford) and University of the Sunshine Coast, he now prefers to concerntrate on his real passion which is residential buildings. By partnering with James Engineering, Geoffrey hopes to offer these skills to a broader audience.


James engineering was established in 1963 as a general building contractor specialising in remote and difficult locations, and has developed into Australia's premier manufacturer of engineered custom designed transportable buildings. There has been an emphasis on longevity and adaption to a wide range of uses including; buildings for heavy industrial and process industries, blast proof buildings for petro chemical plants, MRI units in hospitals, police stations in remote areas, and community infrastructure buildings including schools and churches. Such experience is invaluable in the development of the Super Shack.