see Caloundra Lighthouses on Facebook recording local history and heritage Roger & Sally Todd practice at 8 Campbell St, Moffat Beach, Caloundra, on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia Roger Todd Architect toddarch@powerup.com.au Sally Todd Designs in Colour electrocuted@powerup.com.au Roger 07 5491 7654 Sally 07 5491 2510
Personal interests include built environmental issues, local heritage, surfing and the environment. He believes that good design, and a considered response to the site, climate and client's aspiration's are key factors in producing quality buildings. Roger runs ArchiCAD 20 on a Mac Platform. This system enables the generation of perspective views, sun studies, and 3D visualisation. ArchiCAD can export BIMx files which can be viewed on the free app on iPad. see Roger is active within the heritage conservation area, and respects the built fabric left from the past. Reuse solutions can add layers of meaning to places. Sally Todd Designs in Colour is an interior design business specialising in colour consultancy. Sally graduated in interior design from Griffith University. Color consultant ![]() Illustrations above show Roger & Sally's home and office at 8 Campbell St, the old Caloundra lighthouse, alterations and extensions to 1939 flats at Kings Beach First floor addition to a 1983 steel framed Logan home. To maintain continuity with the place, the original was “lightly touched” by a new first floor. Full advantage was taken of the northerly exposure towards the lake, with midday sun admitted during winter but excluded in summer due to fine tuned eaves overhang & sunshading.
Roger is an advocate for sustainable design and planning. He believes that climatically responsive individual buildings within a neighbourhood planning approach are the way forward. Placemaking, including heritage conservation is also vital in maintaining healthy communities.
The amenities building at the Ballinger Beach
Reserve draws on the imagery of the Caloundra Coastline. The
eroded Landsborough
Grey sandstone
and ruins of World War II fortifications are echoed
in the textured
concrete finish. It is nestled behind the frontal dune, with the
light weight roof responding to the line of wind carved
vegetation, and alluding to the monopitch Fibro roofs of the old
beach houses still common in the area. Moffat Headland rock texture From 2010 to 2014 the Rotary Club of Caloundra, of which Roger is a member completed a tranquility Garden at Caloundra Hospital Recent heritage related projects: A project to map and describe places of cultural significance on the Coast - The first project was to investigate post WW2 places on the Coast, with a pilot study of Moffat Beach Works to Fairview, Maleny for the Sunshine Coast Council Following a detailed Management Plan for this 1908 pit sawn Beech farmhouse, the current works include interior and exterior painting, roof maintenance, stabilisation of the rear verandah, restoration of lost elements including a window, door and verandah balustrades, and work to the kitchen and bathroom. Memorial Park CMP for the Gympie Regional Council Master Planning for the old Redcliffe Fire Station The 1948 brick building with subsequent extensions occupies a prominent position on Oxley Ave and is on the Queensland Heritage Register. It was proposed to be repurposed for an arts centre by the Moreton Bay Regional Council. ![]() In 2014, Roger assisted with general advice and 3D documentation of streetscape works within the heritage context of Palmwoods township for the Sunshine Coast Council. Roger has also been active in community lobbying for conservation of heritage assets in Palmwoods ![]() Woombye School of Arts The project involved liaison with the the building owners/users and designers to explore the brief, as well as design directions and alternatives. Recommendations were made to modify the initial proposals to lessen the impact on the significance of the place. The final document also served as a Heritage Impact Assessment Report for the revised design. Conservation of the projector room and evidence of the layout of the front rooms has been enabled Conservation works to 15 Ngungun St, Dicky Beach This 1970s beach house was designed by influential architect John Railton and is still used as a holiday house |