A senior architect with architectural firm peckvonhartel has won the Property Council of Australia ACT Future Leader of the Year Award.

Dominic Pelle graduated as an architect in 2003. He has has worked on several significant design projects, including the Hospital of Hope Timor Leste, a new hospital complex in Dili; the new horticulture facilities for the Canberra Institute of Technology at Bruce; and a series of projects across Australia for the Families and Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs portfolio.

He is now working on two projects of national security significance and is upgrading security for the Australian Parliament House.

While judges said Pelle’s professional career is certainly noteworthy, they were also impressed by his professional networking achievements and his clear sense of responsibility to the broader industry.