In the print media.

Links to articles written about us and our work.

Over on our Journal you will find links to articles written by us and a range of podcasts and webinars we have been involved in.

2023

The Canberra Times: Light House Architecture, 360 Building Solutions win at HIA GreenSmart Awards

2022

• Clarify Magazine: Recycling the ex-govie

• Canberra Weekly: Canberra sustainable home: Blackburn House

• RiotACT: Energy-busting makeover wins national sustainable housing award

• AllHomes: Live your sustainable architecture dreams at Design Canberra Festival 2022

• ArchitectureAU: Winning the climate battle at home: sustainable suburban housing models

• The Sydney Morning Herald (& The Age): The simple changes that could cut your home energy usage by 25 per cent

• The Canberra Times: Watson ex-government home gets all electric upgrade

• ABC News Online: Switching from gas to electricity at home can save money, planning the transition helps

• The Guardian: Air flows, draught sealing & double glazing: how homeowners can retrofit houses for warmth (NOTE: the reference to double glazing is to highlight that people should focus on draught sealing and insulation before upgrading windows -> much bigger thermal bang for buck.)

• AllHomes: Canberra home buyers value energy efficiency: Sustainability in Property Report

• ArchitectureAU: Deep retrofit for more accessible, equitable and resilient houses

• The Guardian: Freezing indoors? That’s because Australian homes are closer to tents than insulated eco-buildings (NOTE: this article incorrectly suggests the energy efficiency measures at Little Loft House cost $400k. That’s wrong - the majority of that budget was spent on an extension and complete modernisation in terms of functionality and aesthetics: new kitchen, laundry, bathrooms, study, integrated joinery throughout, pergola and some hard landscaping. The much less obvious energy efficiency measures were a fraction of that total budget: insulation, double-glazing, draught sealing + all-electric appliances.)

• Climate Council: Tents to Castles: Building energy efficient, cost saving Aussie homes

• ABC Everyday Online: These DIY window insulation tips will keep the cold air out of your house this winter
  (NOTE: this article confuses air leakage and insulation - bubble wrap won’t stop air leakage but it will reduce heat transfer through the glass. Draught sealing and insulating are different things.)

2021

• Your Home case study: Wright, Australian Capital Territory

• Sanctuary Magazine: Design Powerhouse: Remembering Derek Wrigley

• Sanctuary Magazine: Surprise package - Renew

• ArchitectureAU: Winners announced in Canberra Low Carbon Housing Challenge

• Canberra Builder MBA magazine (page 28): Designs that makes you green with envy

• The Guardian: Thermal mix: a modest Canberra renovation holds and traps the sun

• The Guardian: Australia’s best sustainable architecture for 2021 – in pictures

• All Homes: Little Loft House: A look inside a Giralang extension project

• Canberra City News: Architect with designs on more affordable homes

2020

• HER Canberra: Canberra’s big new homes can come with big costs

• HIA article about our award winning Gingerbrick House: A design for all time (hia.com.au)

2019

• The Canberra Times: When proof of a design concept begins at home

• Business World Australia : Lighting the way

• All Homes: Adult treehouse: A floating extension for Lyons family home

2018

• HIA Housing Magazine article about Jenny, our resident Sustainable Scientist, on p18 Housing November 2018 (hia.com.au)

2016

• All Homes article about our Three Generation House: Light House Architecture’s renovation makes farmhouse light and energy-efficient (allhomes.com.au)

• All Homes article: Architects Awards 2016: Sustainable design (allhomes.com.au)