Projects

Retro-fit project complete – Old Fremantle House
By admin on April 16, 2021

Welcome to a project close to our heart - the Old Fremantle House, a retro-fit project completed by Ecotect Architects. The home now feels light and fresh, especially the new modern walk-through dressing room with beautifully chosen tiles and subtle lighting. The indoor/outdoor room features an aluminium solar pergola and Everbright cover and the addition of retractable blinds provides extra shade and shelter while maintaining views of the feature random-stone wall and leafy garden. The wrought …

Hempcrete Home
By admin on April 7, 2020

Built with a focus on natural materials including hempcrete, this small home near Margaret River will provide Perth couple, Andrea and Holger with a comfortable, healthy, low-bills retirement. Featured in the latest Sanctuary Magazine, the house - designed by our very own James Shaw - captures the winter sun and keeps the residents comfortable at any time of the year with minimal energy use. Because of the thermal regulation of Hemp, they won’t even require an air conditioner in summer! …

ILIOS – Residences available for sale now.
By admin on December 5, 2019

  Do you want to make a 21st century shift to a better and more ethical lifestyle? ILIOS promises to provide you with an easy-care residence with cool courtyards, well-tended communal gardens and all the current smart energy saving strategies. ILIOS embeds the comfort and space you expect but places the values of a sustainable lifestyle at it’s heart. The brainchild of award-winning energy efficient and sustainable architects, Garry Baverstock and James Shaw, 50% of ILIOS i…

Russell Centre, 159 St Georges Terrace Perth (1986)
By admin on November 18, 2019

Ecotect-Architects designed a conversion for The Russell Centre to retrofit it as a commercially viable solar efficient office building. Retrofit additions include an internal shade-controlled solarium and a series of external shade awnings designed to reflect light upwards into the building. Resulting heat loads and light levels were kept uniform in the building and external skin thermal loading was reduced by 85%. The project viability was assessed using a discounted cashflow approach to energ…