Founder + Director, Roger Beeston's journey to becoming a built heritage conservation architect began growing up in the gold rush town of Castlemaine. It gained momentum at architecture school when the opportunity arose to visit India and work on the World Heritage site, Vijayanagar. 

Roger undertook a 7-year apprenticeship with Peter Lovell, where he cut his teeth on significant heritage projects such as the restoration of the Athenaeum Theatre and the Fitzroy Town Hall and designed extensions to the Yering Station Winery and the official residence of the Governor General in Canberra, Yarralumla. 

Roger has been a pioneer of the field of Conservation Architecture as it has evolved from mainstream architecture in Australia. 

Roger is Deputy Chair of AusHeritage Ltd and also a member of The Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand, The National Trust of Australia and Australia ICOMOS. He currently serves on the academic advisory board for the Australian Centre for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage (ACAHUCH) at the University of Melbourne where is also is an occasional lecturer and has previously lectured and served on the Cultural Heritage academic advisory board at Deakin University. He is Adjunct Senior Industry Practitioner, Future Regions Research Centre (FRRC) at Federation University Australia.