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Architecture + Design

Front landscaping: How to disguise a steep slope

17 August 2010
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Those with a keen eye might have noticed that our Surrey Hills HIA Award Winning property as featured last week in the Melbourne Weekly has since had a landscaping makeover.
Not long after the home was completed, the owners presented us with the next challenge:
How can they landscape the front garden of their home while gracefully [...]

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Designing the Future: Melbourne Weekly Cover Story (Downloadable PDF)

11 August 2010
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Above: The Koedyk kids enjoy more than their 5 minutes of fame on the deck of our HIA Award Winning renovation – featured as the Cover Story in Melbourne Weekly and on the giant billboard of The Age building on Spencer Street.
In this week’s edition of ‘Melbourne Weekly’ magazine, Linley Wilkie interviewed our Designer and [...]

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Energy efficient house design: how much is each energy star really worth? (Free downloadable PDF)

3 August 2010
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At the recent State of Design Festival, we prepared a number of home energy cost calculators that helped festival attendees answer the question:
“How much is each additional energy star really worth?”

In this post, we’ll compare the energy cost savings for the same house finished to different energy star ratings.

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Pixel Building Melbourne: 5 architectural lessons to apply to your new home

27 July 2010
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Welcome – you’ve just discovered one of our most popular posts!
If you got here because you are researching Sustainable Architecture for your property, you may also be interested in these articles:

Introduction to a 7 part series called ‘The 7 Pillars of Sustainable Architecture’
Does Sustainable Architecture pay off?

Alternatively, if you are ready to start the [...]

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State of Design 2010: Door Prize winner + your Top 5 questions answered

20 July 2010
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6500+ visitors, 23 workshops and 4 days later – its hard to believe that the State of Design Festival is behind us!
Thank you to everyone who stopped by and said hello – we loved that you felt just as passionately as we did about environmentally sustainable Design + Build!
In this post:

We announce the winner of [...]

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Sustainable Housing by Design: The Lunchtime Sessions

20 July 2010
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Over the course of the State of Design Festival 2010 we had more demand for our Sustainable Housing by Design workshops than we had places available.
As a result we will continue to hold a limited number of extra workshops over special, lunchtime sessions until the end of July!

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Does sustainable architecture pay off?

14 July 2010
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Australians no longer need to be convinced of the merits of sustainability for environmental reasons.
But how much value does Sustainable Architecture actually add to our house price?
Fortunately, a little known experiment that commenced over ten years ago in the ACT, can help us answer the question:
“Does Sustainable Architecture pay off?”

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Sustainable Architecture Pillar 7: Materials

6 July 2010
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When it comes to building materials for your new home, there are now more sustainable products to choose from than ever before.
But did you know that you can actually make an even bigger difference for the environment than merely selecting enviro-friendly products?

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Sustainable Architecture Pillar 6: Sealed Building Envelope

29 June 2010
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What could Sustainable Architecture possibly have in common with Submarine Design + Build?
Perhaps not a lot – except for one critical component!

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Sustainable Architecture Pillar 5: Thermal Mass

22 June 2010
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If you have experienced Europe in winter you may have noticed that despite the extreme cold outside, rooms inside are unexpectedly warm and cozy.
In Australia, however, its not uncommon to experience headaches, nausea, dehydration and cold draughts indoors when a heater is turned on in winter.
What’s the difference?

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