Light House will be taking part in Sustainable House Day again this year.

Sustainable House Day is a major annual event that has become a trusted source of expert advice, insight, and peer-to-peer education about building, retrofitting or renovating sustainably. 

This year’s event will expand on the success of the virtual 2020 event, with a month of in-depth webinars with experts and homeowners and interactive house tours available on our website, culminating in a day of panels with homeowners streamed live on 17 October, alongside local in-person events. 

Hop over to the Sustainable House Day website for more information and mark the date in your calendar!

Stay tuned to find out what we will be doing as part of the event.

In 2020 our own Sarah won the National Emerging Architect Prize (EAP). The EAP recognises an individual emerging architect or architectural collaboration's contribution to architectural practice, education, design excellence and community involvement, which advances the profession's role within the public arena.

Each year, the national EAP winner completes a national tour to deliver a presentation in each capital city with this year's tour starting in Sydney.

On 1 June Sarah will be delivering her presentation to the ACT Chapter of the Institute of Architects.

This event is free for AIA members. Spaces are limited so please register.

The Green Rebuild Toolkit is a set of online resources, articles, and information developed by Renew to assist fire-affected communities plan for, retrofit and rebuild their homes to suit our changing climate.

As part of the Toolkit Renew is delivering a webinar series starting 1 June.

Jenny is presenting in webinar #1 Rebuild first steps which will discuss your first steps to rebuild a sustainable and bushfire resistance home. It will look at how to find appropriate designers, architects and builders and how to make sure you're getting the best outcomes for your home and a good Bushfire Attack Rating (BAL).

Head to Humantix to book your FREE ticket.

On Friday 21 May at the University of Canberra there is an exhibition and book launch of Canberra Net Zero: a research project by students of UC’s Masters of Architecture.

The research project involved researching topics related to the ACT’s 2045 Net Zero ambitions.  The topics span neighborhood and building design, food production and transport. The students have been challenged to consider how their spatial thinking and unique disciplinary skillsets - drawing, modelling, fabricating and film making – might contribute new modes of engagement with the residents of Canberra and in doing so, raise awareness of the questions their research uncovered.  

Jenny is stoked to be keynote speaker in the Business Futures section of this year’s virtual 2021 ArchiTeam Conference ‘Trajectories’ on 21 May.

The 2021 ArchiTeam Conference will explore the future trajectories for design, practice, and business that will enable architects to rise to the challenge.

Trajectories will look to the future to critically examine how architects should respond to unprecedented and rapid change.  How can small & sole practitioners test design leadership, business strategy, collaboration, and disruptive innovation to achieve positive outcomes in a world that looks very different compared to the last 5 years.

Head over to the ArchiTeam website for loads more info and to grab your tickets.

Tune into 666 ABC Canberra radio this SATURDAY from 10:30am - 11:00am to hear Jenny talk with Lish Fejer about keeping warm as Canberra heads into winter. There will be a Q&A session, so get your questions ready.

"Explore the living rooms of acclaimed Canberra houses in the inner north and inner south, and discover pop-up exhibitions with works on sale by local artists, makers and craft practitioners. Enjoy a progressive exhibition as you take in the beauty of design in our own backyard."

This year the home of Light House Director and Scientist, Jenny Edwards, will be featured in the second weekend of the festival as part of a program profiling female architects, designers and craft practitioners (Jenny's house was designed by Light House lead architect Sarah Lebner... and 'scienced' by herself). The program is still being finalised by DESIGN Canberra but the home and exhibition will most likely be open for 1.5 hours some time between 10am and 4pm.

The Light House architecture and science team are very excited to be collaborating with inspirational Queensland architects and engagement specialists POD (People Oriented Design) to present POD’s trademarked innovative and educational workshop about sustainable housing design: The Least House Necessary. 

The Nov 11 workshop has been tailored to suit conditions and precedents in the ACT and cool temperature climates and will take place at the ACT Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects in Red Hill as part of DESIGN Canberra.

The Least House Necessary (TLHN) design workshop was first developed by POD in 2011 and has been presented to over 500 participants in regional Queensland and Brisbane. It provides a historical perspective on housing design in Australia, including ethnoarchitecture and challenges participants about the principles of sustainable housing design, their daily behaviour patterns and how to better connect with our natural environment.

The workshop is perfect for new home buyers, home owners considering renovations, STEM teachers, architects, engineers, town planners, sustainability and environmental designers and students.

Don't miss out - spaces are limited. Buy your tickets here.

Sustainable House Day gives people a chance to visit houses that have been designed, built or renovated with sustainability in mind, as well as the opportunity to talk to owners and receive loads of great tips and ideas.

This year, Light House director and scientist, Jenny, was going to open her new and exciting, smaller and smarter, 8.2 star home to the public - but she's decided she needs a rest after hosting several very well-attended open homes over the last few months and with DESIGN Canberra coming up!

The good news is there are some other great homes around Canberra that will be open - one of our designs (CasaJarrah in O'Connor) and also the personal project/home of one of the terrific builders we regularly work with - Luke Dickerson of Bespoke Building Services. You can read and see more about Luke's house here.

To find out more about the event and to keep posted on all of the great homes that will be open on the day, register here.

 

SEE-Change, ACTSmart and the Australian Institute of Architects collaborate to deliver monthly ‘over-the-back-fence’ tours of sustainable houses, townhouses and apartments around Canberra.

In May, the new 8.2 star, 4 bedroom, 150 square metre home of Light House Director/Scientist Jenny and her partner, David (+ 2 teenage boys + dog), will be open for a squiz! Located on a tricky 405 square metre block in Wright the clever, compact house uses excellent design plus a range of new and old technologies to keep it at comfy temperatures all year round.

For more info, and to register, keep an eye on the SEE-Change events page .

We're excited to be part of the upcoming television series Pushing The Boundaries!

Pushing The Boundaries (PTB) counts down Australia's top ten most impressive architectural statements in each state for 2016, beginning with ACT. Tune in to see Jenny, as one of the industry expert judges, and Sarah, presenting Claire's House as a selected top ten contender.

The first episode of PTB starts this Saturday at 4:30 pm. So grab a comfy spot on the couch, tune in the Southern Cross, and check us out representing ACT alongside some similarly fantastic local architecture. 

The second episode of PTB airs Saturday the 13th May, at 4:30pm. 

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