Strine Environments
Green Architecture & Eco Modular homes specialists
We're renowned for building sustainable and affordable green architect designed homes to reduce energy costs within the wide-ranging Canberra climate.
Led by awarded architect Ric Butt, Strine has made success designing and building many passive solar homes through promoting the architecture of green Canberra living.
Our success
Our brand is built on these three pillars to provide quality and seamless delivery:
Architecture
Design your dream home or commercial building today.
Strine Environments offers a traditional architectural service as well as partial service depending on the complexity of client requirements, the structure, site, budget and overall size of the project. We do not charge on a percentage basis establishing a written fee proposal based on the tasks and time involved. We offer tender services as well as building services.
Design & Build
A seamless package with Architecture available.
We design and build according to our principles of excellence in design, sustainability and buildability. We build our own unique Thermal Panels and use these to construct our buildings. Thermal Panel buildings offer unbeatable thermal mass, almost zero maintenance and using these help avoid the need for cooling and almost any heating.
Our own Precast
Bush fire resistant, sustainable and cost-effective concrete precast.
Our unique modular designs and prefabricated sustainable modular homes are our own designed and made by us. Architect designed and flexible enough to adjust to site and function. They take approximately 13 weeks to build and one week to install onsite, and can be deconstructed if needed.
Science of the sun
We’ve crafted principles of passive solar design with our very own developed insulated precast concrete panels, thermal mass walls and slab edge insulation.
Insulated homes
We are one of Australia’s foremost environmental design and construction practitioners, offering clients a seamless and environmentally built home that doesn’t cost the earth.
Fast Turnaround & Affordable
Using our insulated concrete tilt walls we can have your house erected in a matter of weeks. We build a range of sized dwellings from 2 bedroom Ecokit homes from as low as $250,000.
Green Design
We work with the environment rather than against it, utilising the microclimate that comes with every site.
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What our clients say
“An unsurpassably beautiful and satisfying environment for Australian living.”
Christine WallacePolitical journalist and biographer“By far the best team I've ever worked with. They truly understood the look I was going for and completely nailed it! I would highly recommend them as a company, you simply just won't find any better team!”
PrivateStrine Client“Even from the first meeting with Ric Butt and Ngaio Fitzpatrick, it became clear that Strine had a completely different approach to Sustainable architecture, on that we both felt completely comfortable. While we had modest designs in terms of size and certain finishes (like floors and windows) we also had very high expectations in terms of thermal comfort and the desire for a ‘small environmental footprint’. So Strine worked with us as we negotiated with the Q.C.C. for composting toilets/water tanks/solar orientation and the ability to run greywater to the native garden.
PrivateStrine Client
”“Ric listened to us and really understood us; the alterations he designed for us produced a house that delights us every day.”
Private Strine Client“Strine Design has been a pleasure to work with. I first met Rick Butt in 1995 when I asked him to design my little town house as a dual occupancy development in Curtin ACT and then with Amanda East in 2002, we undertook a very complex renovation of two old semis in Mosman NSW. The design has had nothing but praise from the builders,J W Constructions and draws generous comment from all my visitors. I love living in my half of the dwelling. All through the development approval stage with Mosman Council I had informed and strong support from the firm.”
Private Strine Client“Strine Design has been a pleasure to work with. I first met Rick Butt in 1995 when I asked him to design my little town house as a dual occupancy development in Curtin ACT and then with Amanda East in 2002, we undertook a very complex renovation of two old semis in Mosman NSW. The design has had nothing but praise from the builders,J W Constructions and draws generous comment from all my visitors. I love living in my half of the dwelling. All through the development approval stage with Mosman Council I had informed and strong support from the firm.”
Private Strine Client“Strine designs combine science with flair. From concept through design development and building Strine creates exciting houses that blend with the landscape.”
Private Strine Client“Our home, an adaptation of Strine’s Millennium design, has clarity of line and avoidance of ‘fuss’. The steel pergola casts angular shadows on the home’s northern glass face and the steel roof mirrors the curvature of the surrounding hills. The concrete walls, painted in a ‘funky’ brown/purple, ground the building visually, while providing mass for its thermal efficiency. Its integration of parts is elegant and stunning.”
Private Strine Client“Everything that we thought possible has eventuated, and we could not be happier with the end result. Certain things have required fine tuning as we have gone along – and Strine have always helped with advice or help when we needed it. Strine is a unique combination of design and fabrication – one that suited our difficult block well”.”
PrivateStrine Client
Strine environments reflect the vernacular architecture of the Australian bush, and is the reason why we use ‘strine’ in our company name. The word means ‘Australian’.
Our homes are ecologically built with thermal insulated concrete walls, solar chimneys, solar glazing, solar panels and all in your choice of customisations and fittings.