Toby Breakspear is the director of Breakspear Architects, located at Manly Beach in Sydney. He surfs daily and travels each year to Spain and beyond with his Spanish partner, Julia, and their son, Nico. The firm’s work is deeply influenced by the interplay between local environmental awareness and diverse cultural experiences. Breakspear Architects aims to create lasting architecture that is transformative – designs that serve as flexible frameworks, enriched through interactions with people, light, landscape, and the city. The practice has been published and awarded for its work across a range of project types, including single houses, multi-residential apartments, and public buildings.