Sustainable, urban design.

Many factors come into play in order to create sustainable development in urban areas. Those that focus on outcomes that use local, recycled or recyclable materials, are of a smaller scale and consume less energy are what we look for to publish in green magazine. Renovations that stay within the original footprint and reuse materials in creative ways, new builds that use less space within a block, thereby allowing vegetation to offset the hard surfaces and medium density developments that focus on ground-breaking, sustainable urban design is what you will find. We look for inspirational architecture with good  passive design that consumes little energy, houses that consider how to reduce the amount of new material, sourced locally when possible, introduce plants for heat control and consider community.

Homage

Issue 73

Via Porta, Eatery & Deli is more than a restaurant: it’s an homage to the Italian heritage of Studio Esteta co-Director, Sarah Cosentino and her siblings Simon, Jonathan and Ryan.

Future Proof

Issue 73

Anthrosite Architects used Structural Insulated Panels to reduce construction time and costs for this affordable housing development in Newcastle.

Hardworking Beauty

Issue 73

A home by Clare Cousins Architects and garden by Eckersley Garden Architecture uses a sloping site and simple, efficient forms to nestle a family of four into a bushy block near Blackburn’s Gardiner’s Creek.

Future Food System

Issue 77

Joost Bakker has created a Greenhouse mark V and this is his most ambitious and thought-provoking to-date.

Challenge Accepted

Issue 73

A challengingly-oriented site proved no match for NIELSEN JENKINS, who created a contemporary place of refuge that celebrates daily happenings.

Rewritten

Issue 73

Working closely with devoted clients, Breathe Architecture has turned a run-down warehouse in Brunswick, Melbourne into a “beautifully insulated” family home.

Slow and Steady

Issue 73

Kate Stokes and Haslett Grounds, of Melbourne-based furniture and lighting design studio Coco Flip, happily create at their own pace – always with sustainability and integrity front of mind.

Deft Touch

Issue 72

In defiance of a building report recommending demolition, a Brunswick artist and her partner challenged Zen Architects to retain as much as possible of their Victorian weatherboard while creating an impeccably sustainable home/studio animated by glorious landscaping and locally-handcrafted detailing.

Handcrafted

Issue 72

It started with a humble set of Flea chairs. And it ended with an epic penthouse refurbishment atop Fender Katsalidis’ iconic Hero building, in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD.

Sustainable Machine

Issue 72

Architect Clinton Cole integrated landscape, food and energy into the architecture of his family home to create a machine for sustaining life.