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Sustainable House Day 2016 in Ballarat
Sustainable House Day 2016 comes to Ballarat! (And it’s just a few weeks away!) This year it is on Sunday 11th September, with a large list of houses all over the country available for you to visit and be inspired. The full list of houses is still being updated, so keep an eye on…
Inspiring Ballarat Women Leaders (Parlour Instagram Guest-Host Series)
This post is part of my #Ballarat series of guest posts for Archi Parlour on instagram. This series is all about Ballarat’s Inspiring young women leaders. Parlour is all about supporting women in architecture, but since there are only a small handful of female architects in Ballarat, I wanted to introduce you to some of my…
Ballarat Contemporary Architecture (Parlour Instagram Guest-Host Series)
This post is part of my #Ballarat series of guest posts for Archi Parlour on instagram. This series is all about Ballarat’s Contemporary Architecture. Our city is more well known for it’s heritage buildings, but there are some great examples of contemporary architecture too… and hopefully many more to come in the future! So I…
Ballarat Heritage Architecture (Parlour Instagram Guest-Host Series)
This post is part of my #Ballarat series of guest posts for Archi Parlour on instagram. This series is all about Ballarat’s Heritage Buildings – as we have a wealth of historic architecture, dating back to the days of the gold rush when the city boomed in the late 1800s. Our city has many beautiful…
Parlour Instagram Guest-Host: Ballarat Series
The Australian Archi Parlour is a fabulous website full of helpful research about women, equity and architecture. PARLOUR: a space to speak – bringing together research, informed opinion and resources; generating debate and discussion; expanding the spaces for women in Australian architecture. Last year I supported their crowdfunding campaign which raised funds for their ongoing research. As part of my ‘reward’ for…
Your Home Designed Globally, Created and Aligned Locally
I often get asked to explain what I do – even when I say I’m an architect, or that I run my own architectural practice, I still get blank looks, or people want me to explain more. I’ve met some very inspiring women entrepreneurs over the past few years, and many of them have great business advice –…
Three (very tempting!) reasons YOU should come to the Sustainable Living Festival in Ballarat!
Want to live a more a sustainable life? The Smart Living and Building Expo can help you! Well it’s that time of year again! The nation wide Sustainable Living Festival is on once again – including our very own local Ballarat (Buninyong) version – The Smart Building and Living Expo!This is the third…
Know the way, go the way, show the way
Hello there! How’s the new year treating you so far? Hope you’ve got off to a good start, and had a chance to have a break and some time for reflection about what your dreams are for 2016! I’m really excited about the year ahead, and this is for a number of reasons, and today I want…
Victoria Premier’s Sustainability Awards – Winners announced!
I was thrilled that the winners were announced last week for the Victoria Premier’s Sustainability Awards – and local charity, Eureka Mums (with sister organisations St Kilda Mums and Geelong Mums) were awarded both the Community Award and the top gong with the Premier’s Recognition Award! The Premier’s Sustainability Awards have been run by Sustainability Victoria since 2007, rewarding…
Folio: ‘Holiday’ at Work [Lifestyle Travel ]
How can you get that holiday-vibe at work? Here’s what we did at a new workplace for a Travel Agency. When Leonie Spencer of Lifestyle Travel approached me to help out with the design of their new workplace, I immediately wanted to be involved. Leonie already had a great team on board, including a local…
Creative Cubby Project at Ballarat Heritage Weekend 2015
Here’s some images from our Creative Cubby Project event at the 2015 Ballarat Heritage Weekend. This year’s theme was “A Century of Service”, and we were commissioned by The City of Ballarat for the “In Their Boots” children’s’ activities. We designed and constructed an interactive maze-like installation that replicated World War 1 trenches for the”Kids Trail”, that was fun, educational…
How much fun is a cardboard box?!
Here’s a few pix from our Creative Cubby Project at the Ballarat Begonia Festival Weekend to show you just how much fun a cardboard box (or dozens of them!) can be!
The Creative Cubby Project is back!
Our fabulous Creative Cubby Project which teaches kids more about sustainability and design while making eco-cubbies out of recycled materials, is back! We will be at the Ballarat Begonia Festival THIS Weekend (Sat 7th – Mon 9th March)! For those who don’t know, Ballarat Begonia Festival was the 2014 winner of “Australia’s favourite event”! It is FREE with loads to see and…
Ballarat Smart Building and Living Expo & a GIVEAWAY!
Talina Edwards Architecture is proud to announce we will be attending Ballarat’s Smart Building and Living Expo once again this year, as part of the statewide events for the Sustainable Living Festival. Last year was such a great day – with lots of sustainable products and services – and I met so many lovely people who…
Creative Cubby Project – Ballarat Show 2014
You probably know by now that I’m not “just an architect” (nor just a mother), but that I also love sharing my passion with others about sustainable design, often by writing and speaking about it, and being involved with the local community. I’ve been involved with a fabulous project with a great team that brings…
Creative garden wonderland for Ballarat kids!
I wanted to share with you a few photos of a gorgeous art exhibition/installation/experience that is currently on in Ballarat. It is called “Emily and Margie’s Marvellous Magic Garden“…. and it truly is magical! Local designers, artists and mothers, Margie Balazic and Emily Van Der Molen (Bunty and Sars) both spent many months putting this…
Are all sustainable homes the same? (The past, present and future of green buildings.)
This post continues on our the theme of what a sustainable home is – and are they all the same? We’ll take a quick look at past, the present, and where we are (or should be!) headed in the future with regards to green buildings. Talina Edwards Architecture is a Ballarat-based studio, specialising in sustainable design, green…
5 ways to embrace springtime (for a healthier home – and life!)
Thank goodness Winter is over here in Ballarat…well almost…we’ve had a few teaser days of glorious Spring weather. There’s a lot to love about Winter, but I am certainly ready to embrace the change of seasons and celebrate the “newness” of Spring. It has a positive feel…some sunshine, fresh air, new blossoms signifying new life…So…
WHAT Is A Sustainable House? Ballarat Green Drinks Presentation
Talina Edwards Architecture is a Ballarat-based studio, specialising in sustainable design, green buildings and healthy homes. We like to help answer your questions about environmental design. We recently began a series of posts covering the WHY, WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN and HOW of sustainable design. You can read about the “WHY” here and the…
Green building resource guide
Talina Edwards Architecture is a Ballarat-based studio, with a passion for sustainable design, green buildings and healthy homes. We like to help answer your questions, so if you have a query please let us know! We’ve recently added a “Resources” page to our website, as we often find that we’re recommending links or websites to people for…