An open letter from director Talina Edwards to the architecture/built-environment profession, in response to the #ArchitectsDeclare movement.

Our director Talina Edwards was interviewed for a lovely candid chat with The Mindful Builder Podcast. Her episode has been titled “My Super Power is Passion”.

Talina Edwards is interviewed along side some industry-colleagues who are experts in sustainable design and what that really means.

We're in a climate emergency: there are already solutions that can massively reduce the carbon footprint of the construction industry.

Envirotecture director Andy Marlow is excited to be re-presenting his 20/20 Vision presentation at the upcoming ‘best of the best’ PechaKucha Online series hosted by the Australian Passivhaus Association.

Our Director Andy Marlow is excited to be presenting his 20/20 Vision presentation on stage at the upcoming Pecha Kucha event series hosted by the Australian Passivhaus Association, in Sydney.

Envirotecture participated in the THRIVE Passivhaus Conference 2024, where our teams from both NSW and VIC studios came together for intellectual stimulation and lively debates. It was an enriching opportunity for learning and

in this episode, Matthew Cutler Welsh dives into the highlights of the 2024 Thrive Passivhaus Conference, in Melbourne Australia.

Climate change poses unprecedented challenges for our built environment and society. How can architecture help us adapt and thrive in these uncertain times?

Accoya – it’s treated pine but not as you know it, and can replace hardwoods in all but one application.

Passive Houses tick a lot of boxes, but what are they actually like to live in? The team at the Australian Passivhaus Association surveyed Passive House residents for some answers.

Director Andy Marlow on the possibilities of more equitable policy on energy efficiency if we took a leaf out of the Scottish book; set the goals first, then work through how to get there….

This episode features Andy Marlow from Envirotecture, a Sydney sustainable design firm. Andy is also involved in Passivhaus Design & Construct, and joins Adam for a conversation about the Passive House (also known as Passivhaus) concept, how it works, and what it means.

“How good is democracy!?” someone may have said recently. It is both a basic human right and a rare privilege. And here we are at the pointy end of a Federal election which is both more interesting and more critical than any in the last 70 years.

When less is more Homes going small on size, site and budget, but big on heart

EXPERTS EXPLORE: Andy Marlow on indoor air quality in increasingly airtight homes

Retrofitting for energy efficiency; a straw bale Passive House; design for bushfire & climate resilience; keeping backyard chickens

Sadly, a building designed by Envirotecture, and owned and built by one of our close friends, succumbed to the eastern flank of the massive Gospers Mountain fire in early December. The only building to be lost in this part of Laguna, near Wollembi, there are some lessons to be learned.

What’s stopping us humans from achieving perfectly sustainable outcomes every time? We usually wilt in the face of difficulties.

NZ PreFab CoLab 2019 was held in Auckland in March, and Envirotecture director Dick Clarke went along to see what the Kiwis are up to. Plenty, it turns out.

The annual South Pacific Passive House Conference recently wrapped in Wellington New Zealand as part of the annual gathering of the Passive House community. As always it was a huge event packed with great speakers, inspirational stories and lots of useful (and slightly geeky) technical nuggets of gold.

Almost a decade since Black Saturday and the subsequent introduction of Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) ratings, many people are still grappling with this aspect of the building regulations. Building designer Dick Clarke unpacks his experiences with the standard, and suggests ways to improve its workability.

Having a plan for a place without a plan for how it is to be used is like cooking dry toast and forgetting the butter and honey: it sticks in the throat and

Hemp masonry is gaining recognition as a high-performance, low-impact and contemporary building product. Building designer and hemp proponent Dick Clarke explains how it’s best used in housing and its role in regenerating local agriculture.

Passive House or PassivHaus as it is known in Europe is often derided as an esky-approach to building that prevent people from opening windows, results in ugly boxes and is generally un-Australian. I disagree.

The federal Government’s proposed carbon tax threatens to become yet another divisive issue, when we should be working together on tackling climate change. The usual personalisation of issues – “Gillard’s new tax” etc,

Envirotecture directors Dick Clarke and Andy Marlow recently went on an intensive study tour to Singapore, to look at the latest green buildings.

Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship report Engaging Communities: Shifting focus from building to urban scale now released

At its best it’s a low energy alternative with plenty of potential for effective passive solar design, with houses sprung from the very ground they rest on. Dick Clarke outlines the modern application of one of the oldest building materials around.

We recently attended the Australian Passive House Association conference in Melbourne in an attempt to discover whether PassivHaus is appropriate to warmer climates such as coastal Sydney and further north. What is PassivHaus?