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Looking for something outside of the box? Australian Roundhouses are a beautiful, flexible and unique building solution. Whether you need an extra room, a small office or a full-sized home, Australian Roundhouses will design and manufacture a kit to your suit your needs.

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All prices for our Roundhouses are currently under review due to changes to the NCC and BASIX"as of the 1st October 2023.

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Based in Goulburn NSW, Australian Roundhouses™ is the only company licensed to market, manufacture and construct Vital Designs trademark protected Roundhouses™ building processes and designs in Australia.

On the retirement of the previous license holder in March 2018 (Goulburn Yurtworks), Bob and Robert Allan decided to continue their passion for these Yurt-style buildings and entered into an exclusive 20-year license agreement with Vital Designs.

It is Bob and Rob’s vision to continue to improve and modernise the designs, manufacture processes and construction methods whilst maintaining the traditional Mongolian Yurt or Australian Roundhouses™ design concept that makes ‘living in the round’ so appealing to many people all over Australia.

Australian Roundhouses™ kits are manufactured locally in Goulburn and transported Australia wide for construction by Licensed and/ or approved owner builders. Construction options are also available, either by the Australian Roundhouses™ team in NSW or by partnering with a local builder in your State or Territory.

Bob Allan

Director and Head Builder

Bob has over 50 years’ experience in the building industry as a qualified carpenter and joiner. Involved in construction Australia wide and South East Asia, Bob began his journey into Round Houses in 1986 with Goulburn Yurtworks– making him one of the Australian pioneers of ‘living in the round.’

Robert Allan

Director and Construction Manager

Previously a qualified Chef, Rob began his building and construction career in 2014 when joined his father to work at Goulburn Yurtworks where he went on to complete an apprenticeship in Carpentry & Joinery. Rob has since obtained his NSW Builders Licence and is the construction manager for all on-site projects.

Travis Quennell

Architect - Quennell Building Design (QUBD)

Travis Quennell has been working in the building industry since 1987. He has had very wide experience in Architectural design and documentation both locally and abroad. Travis started working for architectural firms in Australia before heading to London for seven years where worked on sustainable housing in the UK and Europe. After returning to the Gold Coast and starting a family, Travis started his own building design practice - QUBD. QUBD started working on Roundhouses in 2010 with the first one being a series of five sustainable Roundhouses in the Ecovillage at Currumbin, QLD. Since then Travis has developed many designs of all configurations throughout Australia with clients including Australian Roundhouses™

David Raitt

Vital Designs Inc. - President/Director

DAVID RAITT Is a North American-based designer, manufacturer and contractor who has built Round Houses on five continents for over four decades. His ‘love affair’ with Australia goes back to the early 1980s and the first licensing of trademarked-protected Round House architectural designs and building techniques to Goulburn Yurtworks. Vital Designs™ continues to support ‘living in the round Down Under’ to the present day with their exclusive licensee Australian Roundhouses Pty Ltd™ a relationship that continues to be characterized by world class invocation in design and function.

Megan Allan

Accounts Manager

Introduced to the Round House business in 2018, Megan manages the office administration, accounts and payroll. Megan is also the face behind our Facebook/ Instagram pages and with view to furthering her knowledge in marketing, Megan is undertaking a Cert4 in Social Media.