fjcstudio has a reputation as an ideas-driven practice "with an agenda for strong public engagement and masterful resolution of tectonics"[1] and the firm's work demonstrates "an extraordinary ability to uncover the real and often contradictory issues and potentials of a project by a very careful analysis of purpose and place".
[6] In 2014, ORO Editions published a monograph of the studio's work titled Architecture as Material Culture.
[7] fjmt explored ideas of urban form and topographic placemaking, sustainable approaches to local climatic conditions, and tectonic expression.
Adopting a collaborative approach, fjmt's carefully designed spaces respect their historical, natural and social contexts.
We should pursue an architecture appropriate to citizens rather than consumers.” [citation needed] fjmt is the only Australian firm to have won the World Building of the Year Award (once in 2013 for Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki and again in 2024 for the Darlington Public School in Sydney).