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Stronger Together
Over the past decade, Talina Edwards Architecture has matured as a practice, gaining industry recognition as a leader in sustainable design. Talina has successfully grown our tribe to 5 passionate and dedicated women in our Ballarat studio on Wadawurrung Country in VIC. We’re grateful to have designed and delivered many projects across Victoria with wonderful…
‘Little Pot of Gold’: a WINNER of True Zero Carbon Challenge 2022
We’re honoured to be announced as a WINNER of the DMN “True Zero Carbon Challenge 2022” competition for our “Little Pot of Gold” home! (Our entry was a massive collaborative effort with my practice TEA with the good folk at Envirotecture and Detail Green) Our entry was called “LITTLE POT OF GOLD: should we be…
Desert Dreaming: Lessons from Larapinta
This beautiful image of Rwetyepme (Mount Sonder) in Tjoritja (the West MacDonnell Ranges) sums up the incredible experience this inspiring group of kinfolk shared together in the heart of Australia, re-connecting to country. We trekked over 100kms of this sacred region, including a gruelling hike to the summit which is ~1400m above sea level. The…
Please support me! Larapinta Trail – 1Million Women
I’m trekking the Larapinta Trail to help 1 Million Women empower more women around the world to act on climate change through the way they live. It’s my birthday this weekend! (And I’d love if you could please donate to this fundraiser!) To celebrate this year (in just over a week’s time) I’m going…
GET OFF THE GAS & “My Efficient Electric Home”
Electrifying our future is the key to tackling the climate crisis and creating a clean energy future. Let’s stop burning fossil fuels and get off the gas by creating healthier homes powered by GreenPower and the sun. Simple steps you can take today: Call your electricity provider and switch to 100% GreenPower. Swap your gas…
Workshop in Daylesford! ***POSTPONED***
NOTE: This has been postponed to a later date – to be confirmed. ________________________________________________________ YES – A REAL LIVE WORKSHOP! “How to create a passive house and how to electrify your home and car” Thanks so much to the lovely Mara from ORTO Straw Eco Farm (Village Dreaming) for organising this workshop at her beautiful…
What is it really like to LIVE in a certified Passivhaus? SUSTAINABLE HOUSE DAY 2021
Join us TOMORROW Saturday 16th October at 10am fro this free online event! (EDIT: you can watch the recording here!) What is it really like to live in a Certified Passivhaus? Ask a Passivhaus homeowner your burning questions in the Sustainable House Day panel. Featuring the owners of “Passiv Courtyard” in Sydney, “Earth House”…
We’re Carbon Neutral!
In Mid 2019 we joined the Australian Architects Declare movement, as it was launched. As a show of our commitment to the future we signed the declaration and in early 2020, and Talina also joined the Australian Architects Declare national steering committee. Over 1000 other Australian Architectural practices have now signed! A cornerstone to this…
Sustainability Awards 2021 Ambassador
Talina is very proud to be given the recognition of the role of being an Official Ambassador for the Sustainability Awards 2021. She was the recipient of the 2020 Sustainability Award for Emerging Architect, and was honoured to be amongst such inspiring people (and projects!) who are leading the way in Australia. The 2021 Sustainability Awards…
Passive House Accelerator “Global Happy Hour” – Owl Woods Presentation
Come drink in some low carbon building design knowledge and inspiration at the Global Passive House Happy Hours, held every week. This is physically-distanced social connection at its finest! We love the work that the Passive House Accelerator do to transform our industry towards healthier, more comfortable, climate-responsive and responsible buildings. Talina was recently…
PIP MAGAZINE 20th ISSUE – Mara Ripani writes about passive heating
We LOVE Pip Magazine and the good work they are doing !! We where happy to be asked to make a small contribution to the content of this piece, as well as having our Owl Woods Project shared in the beautiful feature image, and an interior. Check out the article in the latest issue “INSIDE…
GAZELLA – Women in the built environment
GAZELLA INTERVIEW TALINA EDWARDS / DIRECTOR & PASSIVHAUS DESIGNER /TALINA EDWARDS ARCHITECTURE / A SLOW EMERGING STORY / INTERVIEW / MAY 2, 2021 I’ve loved reading stories on the GAZELLA blog – celebrating women leaders in the construction industry. So I was honoured when the team reached out to me late last year for…
SPPHC Replay – “Owl Woods Wisdom”
We’re excited to be presenting a replay of our presentation from the South Pacific Passive House Conference 2020 #SPPHC2020! The annual conference is hosted by the Australian Passive House Association #APHA and the Passive House Institute of New Zealand #PHINZ . “Owl Woods Wisdom” is a Case Study of one of Australia’s first architect-design (&…
Is 2021 the year of the Passivhaus?
Passive House is gathering momentum down under. Late last year Sanctuary’s editor Anna Cumming chatted with two expert practitioners (Talina Edwards and Sven Maxa) about the benefits of the building standard and whether it’s poised for a great leap forward in 2021. The question was posed; “Is 2021 the year of the Passivhaus?” No prizes…
#DearArchitect Chapter 4: IT’S YOUR CALL(ING)
#DearArchitect is an open-letter from Talina Edwards to the architecture/built-environment profession, in response to the #ArchitectsDeclare movement. What started as a call-to-action, ended up being more of a mini-manifesto. Written during the intense summer bushfire season of 2020, one year later the message is the same (if not more) important than ever before… chapter 1…
#DearArchitect chapter 3: TECHNICAL+TRANSFORMATIONAL
#DearArchitect is an open-letter from Talina Edwards to the architecture/built-environment profession, in response to the #ArchitectsDeclare movement. What started as a call-to-action, ended up being more of a mini-manifesto, so is now presented as four easily digestible chapters. chapter 1 THE (CO-)MISSION chapter 2 MY (RE)ACTION chapter 3 TECHNICAL+TRANSFORMATIONAL chapter 4 IT’S YOUR CALL(ING) (or read…
Australian Architects Declare – Strategic Planning Statement
Prepared by Talina Edwards in collaboration with the Australian Architects Declare National Steering Committee Feb 2020 The twin crises of climate breakdown and biodiversity loss are the most serious issue of our time. Globally, buildings and construction play a major part, accounting for nearly 40% of energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions whilst also having…
Australian Architects Declare – one year anniversary
Architects Declare is a network of architectural practices committed to addressing the climate and biodiversity emergency. The Architects Declare movement was launched in the UK in May 2019. Under the wider banner of ‘Construction Declares’, or ‘Built Environment Declares’ it has now spread to more than 20 different countries, with over 5,000 signatories, and has…
It’s official! Certified Passivhaus! (Owl Woods Passive House)
We are thrilled to announce that our Owl Woods Passive House has been granted official “Passive House Certification” status! According to the International Passive House database, this means we are the 10th single detached family house to achieve this certification in Victoria, and only the 20th in Australia (for all Passivhaus buildings). We are proud…
Out of office but not out of hope
Out of office but not out of hope. This is not business as usual. We’ll be joining students, workers and responsible leaders on the streets for the global climate strike. It’s time to make a stand. Join us on Friday Sept 20 at 12noon Trades Hall, Camp St., BallaratAll invited and welcome. We also recently…