Selected Commissioned Projects

Ramsay Rebuild

Hillcrest, South Australia

PARAQUAD SA

(In association with Emilis Prelgauskas architect & Taylor Cullity Lethlean) Development of 3 ecologically responsible 7 Star rated accessible dwellings.

Competition winning scheme proceeding to construction.

Rawnsley Park EcoVillas

Wilpena, South Australia

Tony & Julie Smith

Four strawbale villas providing 5 Star eco-tourism luxury accommodation with fabulous views of Wilpena Pound. Subject of TV programs and recently published widely across Australia including in (inside) magazine and SA Life.

CoHousing Project

Gungahlin, Australian Capital Territory

Canberra CoHousing Association

(In association with Paul Barnett Design Group) Cohousing development of 27 ecologically responsible dwellings, community space & gardens with community house in ACT sub-division adjacent to newly established Gungahlin Town Centre.

BioPark Organic Farm

Wistow, South Australia

BioPark

(In association with Emilis Prelgauskas architect) Uncompromising ecological showcase 47 hectare model whole farm plan including infrastructure, land-use and all buildings.

Christie Walk Ecological CoHousing Project (Stage 3)

Adelaide, South Australia

EcoCity Pty Ltd

4-5 storey 13 apartment building with community facilities. Steel frame, lightweight cladding. Atrium entry, photovoltaic roof, stormwater capture, non-toxic construction. Major street frontage demonstration of urban, private sector "green building" development - "leading edge" environmentally advanced inner-urban housing.

Yass Medieval Village

Yass, New South Wales

"Pattern book" house designs in strawbale construction and "pattern language" planning for new village project with medieval theme and modern expectations regarding ecological performance and human comfort.

Ecological Anglican Church and Anglicare Complex

Whyalla EcoCity Core Site, Whyalla, South Australia

Diocese of Willochra

Outreach Centre and Church. Strawbale, earth and steel, passive solar design for the arid zone.

Trees For Life Offices

Brooklyn Park, South Australia

Trees For Life

Environmentally responsible office refurbishment.

Schmitz House

Summertown, South Australia

Karl & Jenny Schmitz

1 storey, energy efficient hill-side house.

Duthy House

Hindmarsh Valley, South Australia

Warrick & Jennifer Duthy

1 storey, partially earth-sheltered hill-side solar house.

Bar-am House Extension

Skye, South Australia

Sonja & Miron Bar-am

1 storey house energy efficient house extension.

Richards House

Ashbourne, South Australia

Sally Richards

1 storey, solar house.

Crouch House

Ashbourne, South Australia

Nick Crouch

2 storey, solar strawbale house.

Dodd-Egan House

Aldgate, South Australia

Janine & Barry Egan

1 storey, strawbale house & extension to Wairoa heritage building.

Williams-McCune House

Blakiston, South Australia

Philippa Williams & Shannon McCune

1 storey, solar strawbale house extension.

Williams-Smith House

Crafers, South Australia

Simon Williams & Felicity Smith

1 storey, solar strawbale hillside house.

Frick House

Woodside, South Australia

Greg Frick

2 storey, active solar strawbale hillside house.

Sheppard House

Stirling, South Australia

Ian & Barbara Sheppard

2 storey passive solar strawbale hillside house.

Williams House

Wistow, South Australia

Ben Williams

3 storey solar strawbale hillside house.

Hall of Conciliation

Ganmain, New South Wales

Huff'n'Puff Constructions

Timber & strawbale special purpose structure constructed in just 5 days during the first International Straw Bale Conference in NSW December 2002.

Britton-Frith House

Henley Beach, South Australia

Stephanie Britton & Clifford Frith

2 storey, house & studio refurbishment & extension.

Milner House

Eden Hills, South Australia

Fran & Steve Milner

1 storey, solar Autoclaved Aerated Concrete house.

Celmins House

Kangarilla, South Australia

1 storey self-sufficient house and home office.

Christie Walk Ecological CoHousing Project (Stages 1 & 2)

Adelaide, South Australia

Wirranendi Inc

14 dwellings - 4 townhouses in AAC and poured earth, 4 two and three storey strawbale cottage, 6 apartments in a 3 storey apartment building topped by a roof garden - "leading edge" environmentally advanced inner-urban housing.

Goetz-Hickman House

Aldinga, South Australia

Harald Goetz & Felicity Hickman

Solar dwelling in Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.

Turner-Gilfoy House Extension

Aldgate, South Australia

Libby Turner & Gary Gilfoy

1 storey, solar lightweight framed hillside house extension.

Blake-Dennis House

Meningie, South Australia

Julie Blake & Jerry Dennis

Lightweight solar non-toxic dwelling.

Pavelic Extension

Adelaide, South Australia

Paul Pavelic

Unusual, inner-city basement and upper floor house extension.

Douglas-Macintosh Retreat

Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

Mark Douglas & Terri Macintosh

Lightweight construction, ecological "retreat".

Braz House

Streaky Bay, South Australia

Tony Braz & Partner

2 storey strawbale house.

Furuvick House

Macclesfield, South Australia

Stefan & Narelle Furuvik

Compound of pavilion dwellings in timber-framed strawbale construction.

Lauck-Frakes Residence

Glenalta, South Australia

Tom Lauck & Dana Frakes

Autoclaved Aerated Concrete and Strawbale 2 storey hillside solar house.

EcoCity Information Feature

Whyalla, South Australia

Whyalla City Council

Innovative, arid region ecodesign interpretive feature in adobe, steel, and recycled timber.

Shearers' Cottage Extension

Keyneton, South Australia

Joe & Sally Keynes

Strawbale and Colorbond/timber frame, eco-tourism project.

Ecological Housing Sub-division Design

Whyalla EcoCity Core Site, Whyalla, South Australia

Whyalla City Council

Innovative, energy and resource conserving inner-suburban design undertaken with Connell Wagner.

James House

Wistow, South Australia

Josephine James

Strawbale and timber frame, passive solar. The first strawbale house in SA constructed using a conventional building contract, ie. not an owner builder project.

Clark House

Stonyfell, South Australia

Ernie & Julienne Clark

AAC/recycled timber, passive solar.

Stanford House

Sutherlands, South Australia

Jane Stanford

Strawbale and steel frame, low-cost 5 bedroom, allergy-neutral house.

Three Ecological House Types

Whyalla EcoCity Core Site, Whyalla, South Australia

Whyalla City Council

High insulation/internal mass, solar heating/thermal flue cooling, eco-houses for arid zone.

Cafe and Workshops

Whyalla EcoCity Core Site, Whyalla, South Australia

Excel Enterprises

Mudbrick, AAC and steel design for disabled services organisation.

Whyalla Eco City Development Master Plan

Whyalla, South Australia

Whyalla City Council

Master plan and community education and participation project for 15 hectare inner-city site, in association with UEA. Project included setting up an Arid Lands Centre for Urban Ecology.

Buddhist Temple and Meditation Centre

Whyalla EcoCity Core Site, Whyalla, South Australia

Sakya Yiga Choeling

Straw bale and steel construction.

Chilean Community Centre

Adelaide

Chilean Club

Tilt-up concrete and mudbrick.

"Bourne Court" Townhouses

Adelaide

Wirranendi Inc

Five poured earth and lightweight concrete ecological townhouses.

Surflen Street Solar Apartments

Adelaide

Halifax Ecohousing Cooperative

Poured earth multi-storey solar apartments.

Halifax EcoCity Project

Adelaide

Urban Ecology Australia Inc

Internationally acknowledged, widely published, award-winning inner-urban ecological development project. Precursor to the Christie Walk, Whitmore Square EcoCity Project.

Flagstone Urban Centre

Brisbane, Queensland

Hall Construction

Ecological design study for a 10,000 population new town.

Earth-sheltered Self-sufficient Dwelling

Silverton, South Australia

Sally Campbell

Rammed earth solar house.

Coastal Ecovillages Strategic Development Plan

Taree, New South Wales

Greater Taree City Council

Strategic development plan, including community consultation and production of educational material.

Ecological Urban Design Guidelines

Gosford, New South Wales

Gosford City Council

Development controls based on community workshopping. Local Agenda 21 and provisional AMCORD Urban guidelines, in association with Urban Ecology Australia Inc.

Co-Housing Permaculture Village

Burra, South Australia

Kooringa CoHousing Cooperative

23 rammed earth, solar row dwellings.

Allergy-neutral, Non-toxic House

City of Brunswick, Victoria

Private Clients

AAC, low-cost, solar design.

Environmentally Responsible Village Development

Salisbury, South Australia

Salisbury City Council

Victoria Square Redevelopment

Adelaide, South Australia

Proposal for redevelopment of major inner-city square with underground car parking and commercial facilities.

Various dwellings

South Australia

Various Private Clients

Yarmouk New Town Planning Concept

Irbid, Jordan

Yarmouk University

As part of Planning Team.

School Design for the World Bank

Amman, Jordan

World Bank & Jordanian Education Ministry.

The Oxwich (Bioregion) Project

Oxwich, Cymru/Wales

Research Project

Bioregional/ecological human settlement planning research project.

Mobile Theatre for European Tour

Cardiff, Cymru/Wales

Experimental theatre group

Demountable bamboo, muslin and timber.

70 units High Density Housing &
35 units Medium Density Housing

Cymru/Wales

Rhymney Valley District Council

As Project Architect.

Community Kitchen Complex

Cymru/Wales

Rhymney Valley District Council

As Project Architect.

Private Housing Projects

Cymru/Wales

Various Private Clients

Design and project management.

Crymlyn Bog Wetlands Redevelopment

Cymru/Wales

Advocacy Project, converting industrial wasteland into wetlands with interpretive facilities working in association with Andrew Lees (late Campaign Director, FoE UK).