Beautiful, Sustainable Building Design
Hello & Welcome to Envirotecture!
Welcome to Envirotecture, where we have a strong desire for all people to live, sleep, work and play in buildings that are healthier for people and planet.
We truly care about our natural-environment, and we care about ensuring the built-environment we create with you aligns with our shared vision and values.
We’re not just environmental-architects; we’re passionate advocates for a more sustainable and regenerative future for all.
We are not only ambitious in our pursuits – we put these ideals into action. Yes we’re ‘dreamers’ (and we feel you might be too if you’re here seeking Architectural Services about your new future…) but we’re also very practical ‘doers’, and we are here to help transform design concepts into a built reality with you.
Our holistic approach combines beautiful biophilic design with rational building-science expertise – working with your brief and budget to create a site-specific design response. We help navigate constraints (as we see these as creative opportunities to be innovative) and help prioritise your needs.
Envirotecture have been Australia’s trusted sustainable-design experts across the country for over 25 years, working across many scales, and we also offer Passivhaus and Sustainability-Consulting too as we’re serious about implementing our intentions.
We will continue to care for the next 25 years and beyond, and continue to be the change we want to see.
We look forward to starting a conversation with you and seeing where it will take us together…
Our Approach To Sustainable Architecture
At Envirotecture we use sustainable architectural principles because we know that you want your building to:
- Inspire your soul & embody your beliefs
- Harmonise your needs with the forces of nature
- Be naturally comfortable and delightful to look at
- Be energy efficient & affordable
- Create healthy, safe places to live, work and play
- Minimize its environmental impact
- Responding to the nature of your site and context
What does sustainable design look like? Does it look good? Or aim to BE good?
We care about performance and efficiency (we really don’t like careless waste!), but we also care about the timeless-beauty of a biophilic design approach, so that we feel a sense of care and connection to nature by making choices that are more ethical when it comes to the built environment.
Our Services
We have teams located in NSW and VIC, and we work across Australia.
- New homes, extensions & renovations (see some of our projects here)
- Full Architectural Services or Partial services to suit your needs
- Sustainability consulting, site & design reviews
- Passivhaus Consultancy
- Larger-scale projects too where we can improve outcomes for more stakeholders/occupants & a broader community
Contact us today to find out how we can work together – to help make a meaningful improvement to the buildings you live, sleep, work or play in.
Envirotecture Cares… Do you:
Care about our impact on our earth? ENVIROTECTURE ARE ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHITECTS
Care about healthy and comfortable buildings? ENVIROTECTURE ARE PASSIVHAUS DESIGNERS
Care about starting where you are and doing what you can? ENVIROTECTURE ARE SUSTAINABLE RENOVATION/RETROFIT EXPERTS
Care about beauty & functionality? ENVIROTECTURE ARE INTERIOR DESIGNERS
Care about getting the right expert advice? ENVIROTECTURE ARE SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANTS
Care about natural light & views? ENVIROTECTURE DESIGN TO DELIGHT YOUR SENSES
Care about low-maintenance & low-tox? ENVIROTECTURE CARE ABOUT MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS
Care about nature? ENVIROTECTURE ARE PASSIONATE BIOPHILIC DESIGNERS
Care about designing for your unique location? ENVIROTECTURE DESIGNS ARE BIO-CLIMATIC & SITE-SPECIFIC
Care about energy efficiency and renewable power? ENVIROTECTURE ARE BUILDING-SCIENTISTS
Care about value for money? ENVIROTECTURE ARE EXPERIENCED WITH R.O.I. PRIORITIES
Care about natural materials? ENVIROTECTURE ARE ECO-WARRIORS
Care about Certification standards for quality-assurance? ENVIROTECTURE ARE CERTIFIED PASSIVHAUS CONSULTANTS
Care about social-sustainability? ENVIROTECTURE ARE COMMUNITY AND COMMERCIAL-DESIGNERS
Care about the positive impact we can have together? ENVIROTECTURE ARE COLLABORATORS
Care about multi-residential housing & build-to-rent? ENVIROTECTURE ARE ADVOCATES FOR GOOD HOUSING FOR ALL
Care about innovation? ENVIROTECTURE ARE THOUGHT-LEADERS & CHAMPION POSITIVE CHANGE
Care about education & advocacy? ENVIROTECTURE ARE AUTHORS, EDITORS AND PRESENTERS
It’s our one-year Mergerversary!
#StrongerTogether
From December 2022 Envirotecture and Talina Edwards Architecture have become one! We are very happy to announce our next chapter uniting our teams to be stronger together. We believe that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and the synergy created by this partnership will lead to greater impact and better outcomes.
The name ‘Envirotecture’ embodies what we are passionate about creating: architecture that honours and respects our deep connection to the natural environment.
Read more about our team here.
Not sure where to start?
Do you have questions about how we might be able to help?
Get in touch with us and we’ll aim to answer your questions!
Sustainable House Day Extension Sessions
Foundations to finishes: Choosing the appropriate building materials Our Director, Talina, was delighted to participate in this extension session alongside Rachel Goldlust, Sustainability Researcher at Renew. She joined a panel featuring Matthew Carland,
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Architecture and Design Magazine – Talina Interview
ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN MAGAZINE INTERVIEW WITH TALINA Our director Talina was honoured to be interviewed in the latest issue of Architecture and Design magazine alongside two industry colleagues who she has a lot
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Dear Architect (a mini-manifesto)
This is an open-letter from our Director Talina Edwards, written in January 2020, and still relevant today.
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