Material: Rendered strawbale Built: 2007 Location: Cape Otway The Otway Ranges is know as much for its inclement weather as it is for its stunning natural landscapes. This strawbale home needed to have as much protection to the walls as possible while still allowing the maximum amount of winter sun to penetrate the windows. 3D […]

Material: Corrugated iron Built: 2009 Location: Daylesford

Material: Double-skin mudbrick external walls, recycled timber everywhere else! Built: 2010 Location: Hepburn Shire Gumtree Spring is a bush retreat just outside of Daylesford offering holiday accommodation. Unfortunately the original mudbrick house was destroyed by fire and the owners were keen to replace the building, however this time with more emphasis placed on energy efficiency […]

This four bedroom strawbale home sits acrest an undulating landscape in the granite strewn fields of the Mitchell Shire. We used 3D modelling to determine whether two large trees to the north of the site would interfere with the solar access to the building and then used photo montaging to test the opportunities for the […]

Material: Recycled timber lining, corrugated iron Built: 2010 Location: Hepburn Shire New holiday house recently finished. Due to the sensitive nature of the undulating site, it was decided that minimal site disturbance and zero site excavation would be the most appropriate course of action. The house sits on a split-level timber sub-floor, allowing for the […]

Material: masonry, weatherboard, plywood, recycled timber Built: 2010 Location: Macedon Shire Le Cavage is a private agricultural concern specializing in boutique produce in the Macedon Sire. We were commissioned to create a modern yet complimentary addition to an existing weatherboard farm house, which would fit in with the landscape and be as energy efficient as […]

Our second home designed and to be built for the Blue Mount Rise Estate, a low-density housing sub-division based on sustainable living principles. This three bedroom + study home makes very efficient use of space in a compact plan which also offers plenty of interest in the third dimension. The bulk of the house has […]

To be built in a rural style residential subdivision, the Telescope House is a hybrid construction of strawbale, highly insulated weatherboard walls and corrugated iron. The main elements of the brief were to allow for home office spaces separate from the hub of the living areas, an outdoor living area with a hot tub positioned […]

Our brief was to improve the amenity and enjoyment of this home. We have redeveloped the kitchen and bathroom and added a living area wing that flows from the original house and opens up to the north sun and the backyard.

This family home is to be the farmstead headquarters for a large farming property. Situated in an unforgiving environment, where strong winds can blow frequently from any direction all year round, with hot summer sun and cold winter temperatures, the design needed to be extremely versatile. Thermal mass core walls and highly insulative strawbale walls […]