reimagined habitat
Building Designers
About us
As Passive House designers in Australia, we create healthy, high-performance homes that respond to climate, comfort and long-term building performance.
Specialising in sustainable and healthy building design, we design Passive House and high-performance homes across Australia, using one of the world’s most stringent energy-efficient design standards to inform our designs relative to circumstances and budgets. Our belief is that a home should primarily ‘live well’, yet touch the earth lightly and inspire through design.
We have one of the largest cohorts of Certified Passive House Designers in Australia. Our team blends experienced designers with graduates who bring fresh perspectives to the thinking and visualisation of our projects. The combination of experience and unbridled design thinking creates strong outcomes for our clients.
We offer a complete interior and building design service for home improvements and new construction, specialising in energy-efficient, high-performance homes across Australia.
With team members based in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and the South Coast of NSW, we work with clients across the country, delivering homes that respond to local conditions and perform over the long term.
Why We Do What We Do
As Sustainable home designers in Australia, we focus on creating healthy, high-performance homes that respond to climate, comfort, and long-term living.
In a changing world, disrupted by climate change, disease, economic uncertainty and anxiety, the one constant refuge is home. We spend over 90% of our time indoors, and with more work time now at home instead of our workplaces, our well-being, comfort, health and the way we touch the earth at home now take on even greater significance.
We need to reimagine our habitat- both in how it works for us, and how it works in the rest of the world.
Understanding that current building methodologies will not survive the changes required to meet the needs of healthy, comfortable, efficient homes demanded by you, the homeowner, or meet the global energy targets set by Governments the world over, we asked ourselves what the ’new normal’ will look like in building thinking in 10 years. We researched many models to find global best practice. The design principles needed to allow for individuality and design to remain at the core of the process, but result in the healthy, comfortable, low-energy homes our clients were asking for. And it had to be scientifically verified and tested.
Net Zero Habitats
Our Net Zero Habitats are a collection of pre-designed, prefabricated homes that make high-performance living more accessible.
Designed for flexibility, they can be used as family homes, secondary dwellings, studios or private retreats — all built around the same core principle: healthy, comfortable and truly sustainable living.
These homes are designed to achieve net zero performance, producing more energy than they consume, while delivering exceptional comfort and efficiency year-round. In many locations across Australia, they can reach up to a 10-star energy rating, meaning virtually no energy is required for heating and cooling.
Built with high-performance materials and a carefully considered construction system, they offer long-term durability, low running costs and a simplified path to building better.
And for those wanting to go even further, our designs can be readily upgraded to Passive House certification.
Explore our range of Net Zero Habitats and discover a smarter way to build.
With offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra, we are able to work with clients across the country.
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Business details
- Category:
- Building Designers
- Business focus:
- Residential
- Verified ArchiPro member since:
- 2021
- Award winning professional:
- 13 awards
Awards
Best Materials Research Award – True Zero Carbon Challenge
Design Matters National
ACT Award – True Zero Carbon Challenge 2026
Design Matters National
BDAA National Awards - Unbuilt Category
BDAA (ZenHaus)
Winner Sustainability Excellence Award
AusMumpreneur Awards (Simone Schenkel)
Chris Reardon Award for Sustainable Buildings
BDAA National Awards (Chifley House - 2nd Place)
BDAA National Awards Small Projects Under $100,000
BDAA (reimagined office - FINALIST)
Leader in Sustainable Home Design
Build Architecture Awards (Simone Schenkel)
National Awards Documentation Quality
BDAA (Winner)
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