The studio

A maker’s approachto architectural concrete.

Dan leads the Youdell team with a carpenter’s eye for architectural concrete and microcement.

Completed bespoke poured-concrete work integrated with the surrounding architecture

Poured in place · completed work

Precision built into the form.

Dan Youdell · founder

From carpentry tocontinuous material.

Carpentry teaches sequence, tolerance and the consequence of every junction.

That discipline now shapes the geometry beneath each finished surface.

NSW contractor

256557C

QBCC

15408115

Cemher-certified installation
NSW licence 256557C
QBCC licence 15408115
Elanora based · Yamba–Brisbane + Sydney projects

Working principles

Quiet finishes requireclear thinking.

Three principles guide the work.

01

Buildability is part of design

Set-out, access and interfaces are resolved early.

02

Materials should feel inevitable

The material belongs to the architecture, not over it.

03

Handwork leaves quiet character

Variation remains quiet; edges and planes stay deliberate.

Collaboration

One direct contact,backed by a skilled team.

Your first conversation is directly with Dan. He remains your point of contact while the Youdell team coordinates the work from drawing to finished surface.

Explore capabilities
Completed bespoke concrete work coordinated with a landscaped setting
Concrete in context · completed work
Detailed hand-finished curved junction in microcement
Material junction · process detail

Working alongside

  • Architects
  • Landscape designers
  • Builders
  • Homeowners

Where we work

One Elanora base. Two established project corridors.

01

Yamba to Brisbane

02

Greater Sydney: Cronulla to Palm Beach, west to Penrith

Speak with Dan.

Start directly with Dan, then draw on the wider Youdell team as the project takes shape.

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