Living Future Institute of Australia

Don't miss your chance to register for our Building Better Webinar: The Future of Healthy Materials Tuesday 10th September! 🌱🧱 Learn from healthy materials specialists from both the International Living Future Institute and the Living Future Institute of Australia. We will cover: ✨ Global industry trends ✨ Latest changes and updates to the Red List ✨ The future of healthy materials ✨ Case studies and inspiring success stories ✨ How you can benefit and get involved. 📅 Date: Tuesday 10th September 2024 🕑Time: 9:00am-10:00am (AEST), 11:00am-12:00pm (NZ) 🎫 Cost: FREE for LFIA and ILFI Members, $20 for Non-Members Book your spot today! https://lnkd.in/gaPVTprp #healthymaterials #healthybuildings #buildingmaterials #builtenvironment #sustainability #environment #architecture #construction #regenerativedesign #redlistfree #livingfuture #lfia

Book your spot at the Introduction to Biophilic Design course hosted by the Planning Institute of Australia on 12th September. 🌱 Our very own Living Future Institute of Australia Board Chair Vanessa Trowell, CEO Laura Hamilton-O'Hara, and Biophilic Advisory Panel Chair April McCabe will be presenting this 4-hour course. 🌱 Learn about #biophilic and #regenerative design theories and research, the principles and elements of biophilic design, along with case studies to help you understand how to support its integration into the places we create. 🌱 This event is for planners, urban designers, developers, development and project managers, landscape architects, engineers, students and educators and any person who is interested and eager to take action to embed a #RegenerativeDesign philosophy into planning practice. 🌟 No prior biophilic design knowledge is needed! 🌟 📅 Date: Thurs 12th September 2024 🕑 Time: 9:30AM-1:30PM AEST 🌏 Venue: Online 🎫 Cost: $235 PIA Member, $335 Non-Members Book online: https://lnkd.in/gQsaXk_v #biophilicdesign #biophilic #biophilia #planning #townplanning #urbandesign #environmentalplanning #architecture #landscapearchitecture #engineering #nature #regenerativedesign #livingfuture #lfia

Join us in congratulating Earp Bros on their third #RedListFree Declare® Label. 👏👏👏 Their Porcelanosa floor and wall tiles from Villareal, Spain have been on the database for an amazing 7 years and Keope porcelain tile from Casalgrande, Italy has recently been added. The Declare® public database equips specifiers to make healthier product choices – it's empowering knowing what is in the materials we build with, and that they are safe, including at end-of-life. To find out more about Declare®, take a look at https://lnkd.in/g3VNRVmr To learn more about the Keope and Porcelanosa products and their Declare® listings visit: https://lnkd.in/diZVHvgg 🌏 A big thank you to Earp Bros for supporting the Declare program and showing leadership in product transparency labelling. #Declare #LivingFuture #MaterialsTransparency #HealthyBuildings #LFIA

🌱 Our CEO Laura Hamilton-O'Hara is looking forward to joining the panel for the "Women Designers Leading The Charge Towards Circular Economy" session as part of Saturday Indesign in Sydney on Saturday 7th September. Come along for a fabulous and thought-provoking discussion on the #CircularEconomy. Celebrating the careers of women as experts in design, the discussion will bring a refreshing dynamic to the debate. 📅 Date: Saturday 7th September 🕑 Time: 12:00PM-12:30PM 🌏 Where: Seeho Su, 198- 222 Young Street, Waterloo SYDNEY NSW 🌱 Find out more at: https://lnkd.in/dzerG_re

Don't forget to register for our Building Better Webinar: The Future of Healthy Materials on Tuesday 10th September. 🌱🧱 Together, the International Living Future Institute and the Living Future Institute of Australia will bring you the latest updates and insights on healthy materials We will cover: ✨ Global industry trends ✨ Latest changes and updates to the Red List ✨ The future of healthy materials ✨ Case studies and inspiring success stories ✨ How you can benefit and get involved. 📅 Date: Tuesday 10th September 2024 🕑 Time: 9:00am-10:00am (AEST), 11:00am-12:00pm (NZ) 🎫 Cost: FREE for LFIA and ILFI Members, $20 for Non-Members Book your spot today! https://lnkd.in/gaPVTprp #healthymaterials #healthybuildings #buildingmaterials #builtenvironment #sustainability #environment #architecture #construction #regenerativedesign #redlistfree #livingfuture #lifa

Need some mid-week nature inspiration? Don't forget to book into our next National Biophilic Design Award winners lunchtime webinar on Wednesday 4th September! 🌱 🌿 Learn about the winning projects of the Building Scale category from 2024 and 2023, including Huff'n'Puff Haus, the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC), and the Taronga Institute of Science & Learning. Our speakers for this webinar are Talina Edwards from Envirotecture, Joe Agius from Cox Architecture and Andrew Duffin from NBRS. WEBINAR DETAILS 📅 Date: Wednesday 4th September 2024 🕑Time: 12:00-1:30 PM (AEST) 🎫Cost: FREE for LFIA Members, $20 for Non-Members 🌳BOOK your spot today. https://lnkd.in/gtMVDf43 📷 Photo 1 credit Marnie Hawson - a photographer for people doing good things 📷 Photo 2 credit John Gollings #biophilicdesign #biophilic #biophilia #architecture #biophilicarchitecture #landscapearchitecture #rengerativedesign #livingfuture #lfia

Are you a planner or built environment professional wanting to learn more about biophilic design? Book into the Introduction to Biophilic Design course hosted by the Planning Institute of Australia on 12th September. 🌱 Our very own Living Future Institute of Australia Board Chair Vanessa Trowell, CEO Laura Hamilton-O'Hara, and Biophilic Advisory Panel Chair April McCabe will be presenting this 4-hour course. Learn about #biophilic and #regenerative design theories and research, the principles and elements of biophilic design, along with case studies to help you understand how to support its integration into the places we create. 🌳 📅 Date: Thursday 12th September 2024 🕑 Time: 9:30AM-1:30PM AEST 🌏 Venue: Online 🎫 Cost: $235 PIA Member, $335 Non-Members Book online today! https://lnkd.in/gQsaXk_v

Congratulations to Dr Fiona Gray for her latest article in Sanctuary Magazine. 🌱👏 This article features a micro case study on the stunning Huff'n'Puff Haus designed by Envirotecture and a joint winner of the Building Scale Category in our 2024 National Biophilic Design Awards. Read more below ⬇️

Congratulations to Arup on the opening of their incredible new office in Perth! 👏 🌱 Arup is pursuing the Living Building Challenge (LBC), which is the most ambitious regenerative building standard in the world for this project! This exciting new office showcases a #regenerative and #sustainable workplace. The space incorporates connection to Country, biophilic design principles, reused materials, non-toxic materials and more. Congratulations to everyone involved in this massive achievement. 👏 To learn more about this exciting project watch the video below and check out the link.

🌱 Book your ticket for our upcoming National Biophilic Design Awards webinar on Wednesday 4th September! 🌿 Join us to learn about the winning projects in the Building Scale category from 2024 and 2023, featuring Huff'n'Puff Haus, the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC), and the Taronga Institute of Science & Learning. SPEAKERS 🌳 Talina Edwards from Envirotecture, Architects for Huff’n’Puff Haus, 2024 Joint Winner Talina is a Director of Envirotecture, and is passionate about creating healthy, beautiful, functional, comfortable and sustainable architecture which combines building-science and biophilic-design. Talina feels a deep connection to country, and she creates nature-aligned architecture for a more regenerative future by integrating her expertise with Passivhaus and Living Building Challenge. With over 25 years’ experience, Talina has received many awards for sustainable architecture advocacy and leadership. 🌳 Joe Agius from Cox Architecture, Architects for the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, 2024 Joint Winner Joe sets and guides design direction for many projects in the Sydney studio as Design Director at COX Architecture. He has experience across sectors, including public and cultural, education, research, health, as well as urban design and master planning. Achieving strong public domain and civic outcomes are central to his design and philosophical approach – ‘any building must give more than it takes’. He has led the design of many award-winning buildings locally, nationally, and internationally, including the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre being one of his most cherished projects. 🌳 Andrew Duffin from NBRS, Architecture, Interior and Landscape for Taronga Institute of Science & Learning, 2023 Winner Andrew is the Director of Design at NBRS, a multi-discipline architecture and design studio based in Sydney and Melbourne. Andrew is an award-winning architect committed to achieving excellence, believing that good design can positively transform lives. Andrew’s projects draw from the contextual cultural heritage of place and harness the environmental conditions for unique responses. For over 35 years Andrew has sought to meld together art and science to create inspiring people-focused projects. WEBINAR DETAILS 📅 Date: Wednesday 4th September 2024 🕑 Time: 12:00–1:30 PM (AEST) 🎫 Cost: FREE for LFIA Members, $20 for Non-Members 🌳BOOK your spot today! https://lnkd.in/gtMVDf43 #biophilicdesign #biophilic #biophilia #architecture #biophilicarchitecture #landscapearchitecture #design #nature #regenerativedesign #livingfuture #lfia