Sarah Paddick FRAIA
Senior Associate Architect, Grieve Gillett Architects, Australia
Trained in Architecture at the University of Adelaide, Sarah was a director in her own Architecture and Interior Design practice from 1994 to 2023 when she accepted a Senior Associate role with Grieve Gillett Architects as part of a merger. She now leads GGA’s social Justice sector. Her main area of expertise is in Secure Facility Architecture, undertaking over 100 projects in secure facilities in South Australia. In 2010, she undertook a worldwide tour of Women’s Secure Facilities in her role as the Catherine Helen Spence Memorial Scholar, focusing on residential parenting programs. She has worked as a consultant to the South Australian Department for Correctional Services as a design advisor on their major redevelopment programs at the Yatala Labour Prison and Adelaide Women’s Prison and was a member of the Stronger Foundations and Clear Pathways Women’s Ministerial Work Group.
Sarah is one of the founding directors of the UTurn Foundation, a not-for-profit social initiative focusing on improving outcomes for incarcerated women on their release from prison, by creating employment pathways into the construction industry. She was part of the team that developed the very successful UTurn Construction Pathways Program at the Adelaide Women’s Prison, a unique program that gave incarcerated women work experience and training on a live construction site within the prison. In 2023, Sarah received an Australia Day Award, the Inspiring South Australian Woman’s Award, for her work in the social justice sector.
Sarah is passionate about improving conditions for incarcerated women, and focusing on their specific needs to gain better outcomes.
