To celebrate Envirotecture participating in Sustainable House Day for over 20years, Talina wrote this article about our evolution of sustainable design over time.

Envirotecture now has new and more compelling ways to tell its story. An in-depth collaboration has produced a new website and refreshed brand and design.

Human's primal love for fire has some big downsides. Andy digs into the implications of burning wood to keep warm and considers alternatives.

Read about lessons learnt from living in Sydney’s first Certified Passivhaus - with thanks to our wonderful clients who've been tracking data (both quantitative and qualitative).

Envirotecture have been carbon neutral in operations since 2012. Over the years we have used various tools to calculate our footprint and different entities to offset our emissions.

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

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

Huff'n'Puff Haus was awarded the Biophilic Design Award from The Living Future Institute of Australia: what a honour! This is a rural strawbale home, certified Passivhaus Premium.

Exciting News: The GardenHaus Project Shortlisted for the Sustainability Awards 2024! We are thrilled to announce that Envirotecture’s The GardenHaus has been shortlisted for the prestigious Sustainability Awards 2024! The GardenHaus is aptly named,

A huge congratulations to Nick from Sowden Building Solutions who has won the national 2024 HIA Australian GreenSmart Renovation/Addition Project award.

The Lithgow Area Womens Shed is a multi-purpose building, housing both the Women’s Shed workshop and tool room etc, a public meeting hall for up to a hundred people, with semi-commercial kitchen and

We extend our warmest congratulations to Architects Ink for winning the Sustainability Award for their Carrickalinga Shed Project at the 2024 HOUSES Awards! Huff’n’Puff Haus WINS Houses Sustainability Award Commendation! We’re also thrilled to

“Should we just knock it down and start again?” is regularly how a conversation with new clients begins. There’s no magic answer but this handy guide walks homeowners through the decision-making process.

Congratulations to Hedger Constructions We are so excited to announce that our Huff’n’Puff Haus project was awarded “Best Sustainable Home” in the 2024 Master Builders Australia – Northern Region awards, entered by the

At Envirotecture, we’re strong advocates for buildings that are more efficient, and all-electric. (As this leads to them being more comfortable and healthier too). Since the Zero Carbon Buildings Plan was released in 2011,

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

Thanks so much to Maddie Thomas for interviewing our Director Talina about our Envirotecture Huff’n’Puff Haus for an article about net-zero homes in the Guardian Australia. The project has won many awards since its completion and is

We were delighted to discover that our #Huff‘n’Puff haus project has been selected as a finalist in the Biophilic Design Awards! Amongst numerous stunning larger-scale projects, it’s truly thrilling to see our small

It sure was a BIG YEAR for this little house! At the DMN 2023 Awards evening in Melbourne, we received three more awards: Design Matters National (DMN) Awards 2023: WINNER Environmentally Sustainable Design

In the flurry of excitement (and exhaustion!) that was 2023, we forgot to post this about our wins at the ArchiTeam Awards! Our Huff’nPuff Haus picked up 2 more awards amongst some brilliant

Envirotecture picked up THREE awards at the 2023 National Sustainability Awards! (You can read about the other awards here and here) Our Strawbale Passivhaus won the Single Dwelling New category! The finalists were

We’ve been proud supporters of Fifteen Trees since our director Talina first met Colleen (founder of Fifteen Trees) back in 2013 – ten years ago now! Fifteen Trees helps individuals and businesses reduce

Sustainability Awards 2023: HIGHLY COMMENDED Single Dwelling (Alteration) – Copa Came in from the Cold Envirotecture were thrilled to recently receive a #highlycommended at the 2023 Sustainability Awards in the Single Dwelling (Alteration) category! Copa

The 2023 Sustainability Award Winners have just been announced! Envirotecture are honoured to our announce that Envirotecture’s founder and director Dick Clarke won a LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD! Whilst there’s still a lot of life

We are proud to announce that we recently won the “Chris Reardon Memorial Award for Sustainable Building Design” at the BDAA (Building Designer’s Association of Australia) National Awards for our Off-grid, Biophilic,Strawbale, Passivhaus-Premium

Our sister company, Passivhaus Design & Construct, has become a gold sponsor of The Sustainable Builders Alliance.

We are honoured to have projects shortlisted for the Sustainability Awards 2023.

We are honoured to have our Huff’n’Puff Haus (Certified Passivhaus Premium project) shortlisted for the Architeam Awards 2023.

At this time of year shade can be good one day and bad the next….

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