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Phegans Bay

This new home in the beautiful leafy suburb of Phegans Bay is located on a vegetated site backing onto Brisbane Water national park. ...

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Adelaide Hills

The Piccadilly project is a substantial new addition to an existing bluestone Adelaide Hills cottage for a young professional family needing more space for a growing family. ...

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Somerset Tasmania

The Somerset project is a substantial new addition for a professional family to an existing cottage on the esplanade in Somerset Tasmania overlooking Bass Straight....

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North Avoca 1

North Avoca 1 is a new family home that has been designed to maximise views to the beautiful North Avoca coast line. ...

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Mid North Coast Tiny House

Designed as permanent home for travelling couple, this tiny house perches on a ridge in the beautiful Mid North Coast Hinterland of New South Wales....

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Seagull Avenue

Designed as a flexible, robust holiday home for an active and extended family, this house sits on the back of the dune on the picturesque south coast of South Australia....

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Woy Woy Bay

Conceived as a contemporary ‘Lake House’ with its quiet, peaceful holiday cabin-like connotations, this project is perched on the shore of the picturesque Brisbane Water inlet on the NSW Central Coast....

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ABOUT US

Celsius Architecture is a design based architectural studio, bringing innovation and sustainability to the projects that we undertake.

Based on the scenic New South Wales Central Coast, our work draws upon the local climate, culture and coastal influences of the area to develop liveable, sustainable and regionally appropriate buildings.

We work collaboratively with our clients to establish a thorough, detailed project brief, including functional, aesthetic, social and cultural requirements through the early design stages of the project. This ensures that our design solutions resonate with their unique environments and are tailor made for our clients’ individual needs. We are registered architects and will undertake detailed site analysis, working closely with our team of specialist environmental and engineering consultants to go beyond Basix and provide you with the best advice for your project.

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Design Services

Celsius creates innovative and sustainable living and working environments in a collaborative process with our clients.

We look for opportunities to add economic and environmental value to our clients’ projects through the following key activities;

1. Understanding your requirements

Working with our clients to establish a thorough and detailed project brief, including major functional and Cultural requirements prior to the commencement of any design work. This ensures that design solutions are tailor made for clients unique needs.

2. Design for Site and urban connection

Careful assessment of the project site and context with a view to maximising the design potential of the site. This includes looking for opportunities of integrating internal and external spaces, exploring potential social and environmental benefits of connections between the project site and its immediate context.

3. Design for climate

Careful assessment of local and regional climate characteristics, with a view to creating buildings that are responsive and appropriate to their climatic locations. This has a 3 fold benefit of

Reduced costs
Reducing the buildings running costs,
Sustainability
Reducing environmental impacts and
Place making
Creating dynamic buildings that feel and look ‘at home’ in their setting.

4. Modelling of design options to ensure that concepts are well communicated, tested and fine tuned prior to proceeding with the project.

This process assists with the communication of the benefits of a proposal to councils and other stakeholders;

shortening approval times
ensuring that energy & environmental objectives are met
providing re-sale, tenant certainty and marketing for the project

Our 4 staged project delivery method ensures that clients maintain control of their project at all times while providing a high level of design quality throughout the project. This process includes the following stages:

Concept design
Preparation of DA development approvals
CC and Construction documentation
Construction contract administration

We offer an integrated design service that also incorporates the following services:

Interior design
Landscape design
Kitchen, bathroom and joinery design
Coordination of other specialist consultants required for the project including Sustainability assessment, thermal simulation & 3D modelling of design options
Council liaising and negotiations on your behalf

Sustainability

Creating sustainable environments is central to our approach to design and finding connections to site and place.

We work collaboratively with our clients to achieve healthier spaces in which to live and work, with minimum impact on natural systems, environments or budget.

We are registered architects and will undertake detailed site analysis as part of the concept stages of design, working closely with our team of specialist environmental, planning and engineering consultants to go beyond Basix and provide you with the best advice for your project. Our approach involves the following process:

Research the site, its physical, regional, climatic and environmental characteristics
Orientate building forms to maximise benefits offered by these site attributes, passive solar design and avoid adverse site impacts
Choose appropriate building service systems and construction materials, which minimise environmental impacts and promote well-being
Model and analyse design options using thermal assessment software to determine the most efficient design to proceed with for thermal comfort and budget requirements

This process provides our clients the confidence that they are receiving;

Value for expenditure in sustainability initiatives adopted
Faster BASIX, BCA and Council approvals on Development applications
An accurate understanding of the thermal performance of their building prior to commencement of construction
A star rating for your project that benchmarks it against industry standards for ABSA thermal performance and energy usage and marketing
Designs that maximise connections to natural attributes of site and location

We are members of the International Living Futures Institute.

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January 9, 2022

Copacabana 1

This project is set in the beautiful Copa basin overlooking Copacabana Beach and headland to the south east. The home...

December 3, 2021

Beach Residences

This new project for 2 attached luxury residences by the beach on the Central Coast of NSW is designed to...

July 20, 2021

Byron Bay 1

An exciting new home and Pilates studio for a young professional family in the Byron Hinterland, this house sits on...

July 20, 2021

North Avoca 2

This 2 level house on a steeply sloping site in the hills above North Avoca is designed to reflect the...

Anna & Joe / Hawkesbury River, NSW

When looking for an architect to help us through the sometimes overwhelming process of renovating an existing property at Mooney Mooney, we were looking for someone with local knowledge and experience. Being from 'the coast', Celsius Architects understood our desire to capitalise on the environmental beauty of where we are on the Hawkesbury River. Through the creative process of design, he was able to do this in a way that maximised our location without maximising our budget! Their professional approach and experience in dealing with local council and certifiers was priceless and made this part of the renovation process so much easier. We found Celsius Architects easy to work with and look forward to realising their design in the next stage of our process.

Kevin & Marissa / Somerset, Tasmania

Celsius Architects came to Tasmania to look at my "old" house and came up with a detailed sketch design for additions and renovations within a few hours, after further refinement we had a set of drawings that went straight through the planning process without any hiccups. The construction is well under way and I look forward to Michael coming down to see the final product that I know we are exceptionally happy with.

Chris & Tracy / Crafers, South Australia

Celsius Architects were extremely professional in their approach to our design requirements for a new outdoor area and swimming pool. The design really compliments the style of our house and incorporated some clever detailing and design ideas that will really stand out from an average pergola . As we are located in South Australia this posed no problems for Celsius Architects who attended site and organised local engineering resources seamlessly. The ease at which Planning approval and Building rules consent was attained from our local council was evident in the clear and detailed information contained within the drawings and supporting documentation. We highly recommend using Celsius Architects and look forward to the next phase of construction.