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Phone: +61 1300 766 889

Address: 6B Cowper Wharf Road 2011 Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 Appearing today on ABC TV, Chris Knierim the National President of Building Designers Association of Australia to discuss concerns over the current state of the construction industry in Australia. https://www.watoday.com.au//opal-tower-evacuation-sparks-q

22.01.2022 Wouldn’t it be great if no household waste was wasted? If each and every item of refuse was turned into something else new products, raw materials, gas or at least heat? Sweden is almost there. More than 99 per cent of all household waste is recycled in one way or another. This means that the country has gone through something of a recycling revolution in the last decades, considering that only 38 per cent of household waste was recycled in 1975. Today, recycling stations are as a rule no more than 300 metres from any residential area. Most Swedes separate all recyclable waste in their homes and deposit it in special containers in their block of flats or drop it off at a recycling station. Few other nations deposit less in rubbish dumps.

21.01.2022 Thank you HIA, we are honoured to be recognised for this project. Thank you to our wonderful team, and of course our fabulous clients.

21.01.2022 A new report shows that the adoption of green building certification programs is on the rise in commercial buildings throughout the world. According to the International Green Building Adoption Index, 18.6 percent of office space in 10 markets across Australia, Canada and Europe is now certified green compared to just 6.4 percent in 2007.

20.01.2022 Sydney and Melbourne have green roof and green wall policies aligned with their 2030 and 2040 sustainability targets, launched in 2012 and 2015 respectively. Sydney has the Green Roofs and Walls Policy Implementation Plan, while Melbourne has the Growing Green Guide 2014. These policies appear most aligned with the voluntary-light approach adopted in London. Sydney had a 23% increase in green roofs since its policy launch, although this was from a very low starting point. Melbourne also reports an increase in green roofs and walls, though the amount of uptake isn’t publicly available.

19.01.2022 Victorians are being offered a new initiative with homeowners being given the opportunity to see what it's like working with an architect to design a house. The Architects Registration Board of Victoria along with Open House Melbourne and ArchiTeam will uncover stories about architect-designed homes. A series of interactive workshops called the Naked Architect will help people understand the benefits of using an architect. It's about opening up architecture to the public and ...showing the value of well designed homes and better-designed cities. The Naked Architect is an opportunity for people thinking of hiring an architect to see inside six architect-designed homes and to learn about the full process, from commissioning the right architect through to budgeting and building. The series covers the common myths of working with an architect, such as the idea that it’s always more expensive to work with an architect (hint: it can actually save you from making costly mistakes). The videos also look at practicalities, like scheduling, working with councils and planners, managing a budget, and the ins and outs of the construction process.

18.01.2022 Extremely proud to announce that our project "The Boulevarde" that we designed and built, won national design awards at this years BDAA National Design Awards held in Brisbane. We were also fortunate to have won international design awards for this project presented in Milan, Italy. It has also been nominated for Two Master Builders Association awards and Three Housing Industry Association Awards.... Updates to follow.

18.01.2022 Technology is moving at such a rapid rate it's hard to keep up with all the new developments and products coming into the market place. Now prefabricated concrete roofs. The potential is really only limited by our imaginations.

18.01.2022 Evacuated tubes for solar hot water and solar underfloor heating systems. Located on the roof at the Forest Lodge Eco House. #sustainability #buildingdesigner

17.01.2022 Great to have our team recognised once again for this great project.

16.01.2022 In a truly remarkable feat of innovation, scientists have figured out how to create hybrid solar cells that generate power not just from sunlight but also from raindrops. This means we may soon see all-weather solar panels that work when it is cloudy and even at night, if it’s raining.

15.01.2022 Uluru for the final awards for 2019.... #mbaawards19

14.01.2022 Fantastic to receive even more awards for our recent project "The Boulevarde"

13.01.2022 The Carbon Footprint of Travel We all love to travel. The inconvenience of living out of a suitcase and the delay frustrations of airport security and immigration systems notwithstanding, we still love to plaster our Facebook pages with our latest overseas holiday pictures. Tourism is a trillion dollar industry, growing faster than international trade, truth be known. But the carbon footprint of tourism has been measured at four times larger than previously thought.... A world first study by the University of Sydney, University of Queensland and National Cheng Kung University assessed all the elements of tourism: transportation accommodation food and beverages souvenirs clothing cosmetics and other goods Put together, global tourism produces about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, much more than previous estimates. Our growing appetite for travel and a business-as-usual scenario would increase carbon emissions significantly by 2025. This increase is largely driven by rising incomes, making tourism highly income-elastic and carbon-intensive. How can we, as travellers, help? At a personal level it’s worth looking at the carbon-cost of your flights, choosing to offset your emissions where possible and supporting tourism companies that aim to operate sustainably.

12.01.2022 Through integrated site design, a comprehensive approach to sustainable building and site design, sustainable residential landscape architecture practices can not only improve the environment, but also result in net-zero or even climate positive homes. If part of a broader integrated site design, sustainable residential landscape architecture can help eliminate the need for fossil fuel-based energy, while creating a healthy residential environment.

10.01.2022 Fantastic to have another win for the team, in the final awards presentations for 2019.

09.01.2022 You’ve gone through the process of choosing the right design, and signed the contract it’s finally time for your new home build. A new home build will require 6 12 months (subject to a range of factors) to complete, with a set sequence of stages that take place. Understanding the timeline will help you keep track of the progress and know what’s required of you throughout the construction.

09.01.2022 Forest City, a $100 billion sustainable smart city development in Johor Bahru, Malaysia will house as many as 700,000 people across four reclaimed man-made islands roughly four times the size of New York City’s Central Park.

08.01.2022 The impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on places of relaxation such as street furniture or public parks has been muted. Now, that is changing. In December, the federal government awarded a research grant to the University of New South Wales under which an interdisciplinary team from the latter’s Built Environment faculty will work with the Georges River City Council and Street Furniture Australia to install ‘responsive’ technology such as smart sensors on street furniture to monitor and respond to their use in real time.

05.01.2022 This Cottage was built with an eco-conscious design. The Cottage boasts many elements that deliver superior environmental performance. We kicked off the project fortuitously with a nearby site excavating boulders ear marked and destined for landfill. After lengthy negotiations, the oversized boulders were delivered on to site for recycling and reuse. These boulders were hand cut and shaped into manageable sizes in order to create enough sandstone blocks for the construction of the home and the remaining off cuts were used in the landscaping.

05.01.2022 We'll soon know the location of almost every tree and building in Australia. Cool or creepy? Read the full article here

03.01.2022 Sustainability: Where to? Sustainability is not just about net zero energy, passive house, and smarter building design. Sustainability goes much further than that and can be a part of our everyday living. The thing is, that planet Earth will not survive unless humans help it, rather than destroy it slowly. Here’s a couple of clever ideas that have taken sustainability that extra step into our lives. 1. Edible food packaging... Graduate Roza Janusz has created an alternative to plastic food packaging, which is made from organic material and can either be eaten after use, or composted. The material is a membrane made of bacteria and yeast, which is created through a fermentation process. The material is fermented in a room with a temperature of between 25 to 25 degrees celsius, before being placed in moulds. It does not need sunlight to grow. It is designed to store dry or semi-dry foods, including seeds, nuts, herbs and salad. 2. Manchester United’s Shirt made from ocean plastic Adidas has continued its collaboration with environmental initiative Parley for the Oceans by creating a Manchester United Football Club kit from recycled ocean plastic. The sportswear brand worked with environmental organisation to create the kit from ocean plastic, to highlight the issue of marine pollution. 3. Concrete from desert sand A team of scientists in the UK have developed a biodegradable construction material made from desert sand a resource that has until now been useless for construction. Called Finite, the material was developed by a group from Imperial College London. It is as strong as concrete but has half the carbon footprint. The world is facing a potentially disastrous sand shortage, hence the start-up's name, Finite. The breakthrough comes amid increasing concern about the world's dwindling supplies of construction-grade sand, which are an essential ingredient in concrete.