Darrin Leung is the founder and creative force behind Diana & Dakota—a Brisbane-based developer exploring the space between architecture, property, design and contemporary culture.

Named after his two daughters, Diana & Dakota is deeply personal. Each project is approached as an opportunity to create something enduring: architecture with identity, spaces with emotion, and experiences that extend beyond the physical building. The practice is grounded in the belief that considered design and elevated execution create value—not only financially, but in how a place is lived in, remembered and experienced.

Darrin is also the founder and director of Grow Property Group, an established boutique property business based in Newstead since 2005. His experience across development, real estate and project marketing gives him a complete understanding of the property lifecycle—from recognising possibility in a site to shaping the final built form and introducing it to the market.

With qualifications in civil engineering and urban design from Queensland University of Technology, Darrin’s perspective is both technical and instinctive. His work draws from architecture, interiors, fashion, hospitality and art—bringing these disciplines together through a distinctly personal lens.

He currently oversees approximately $72 million in boutique special projects spanning luxury residences, apartment developments, commercial environments and hospitality concepts.

For Darrin, development is not simply the production of property. It is the creation of an experience—expressed through proportion, material, light, detail and the way a place makes someone feel.