Enduring Domain Architecture

07/05/2026

We couldn't be more proud of this project, one of our earliest after starting Enduring Domain. Now its time for our former clients and now friends, to move on.
"Mungo Park" in Newlyn North is up for sale, complete with a Planning Permit for a new addition.

Now more than ever, living sustainably without the energy bills is so vital to people and planet. This is just one example of what can be done.

Mungo Park has been open for public tours with Sustainable House Day multiple times and we can't thank the owners enough for their willingnes to showcase their low energy use home which stays comfortable year-round in the cool temperate climate of Central Victoria.

For sale by, and pics courtesy of

07/05/2026

We couldn't be more proud of this project, one of our earliest after starting Enduring Domain. Now its time for our former clients and now friends, to move on.
"Mungo Park" in Newlyn North is up for sale, complete with a Planning Permit for a new addition.

Nestled within the peaceful township of Newlyn North, Mungo Park sits proudly on a generous 3.41-acre (approx.) allotment, offering a tranquil country lifestyle while remaining conveniently close to the Midland Highway. Enjoy an easy drive to Creswick and Daylesford, with shops, schools, cafés, par...

10/04/2026

Also featured in this years Sustainable House Day online video tours is our Mill View SIPs (Structural Insulated Panel) passive solar home.
"As an architect with a young family, building this home was an opportunity to see how far we could go on a modest budget to create an extremely energy efficient and thermally comfortable home. Having lived in cold weatherboard homes in Central Victoria most of my life, we were about to create for ourselves the single greatest luxury we could imagine. Warmth."

Step inside one of Australia’s most inspiring sustainable homes.As part of Sustainable House Day 2026, people across the country are opening their doors to s...

10/04/2026

Highly recommended.

We are thrilled to announce we will be offering a FREE workshop by Dale Boucher of Boucher Consultancy.

📌 Saturday 11th April - 12-1pm
📍 Barkly Square in the Auditorium

Dale will be offering practical advice on ways to be comfortable and save on bills, aimed at fixed incomes, renters, retirees, pensioners, young people and shared housing.

Bring along your latest energy (electricity and gas) bills and Dale will be able to offer advice based on your individual household requirements.

02/04/2026

Sustainable House Day is coming up again soon. Unfortunately we won't have any physical open days this year, but our video home tours have been posted. Here's "The Rex", a split level passsive solar home, design in a heritage sympathetic style in Central Ballarat.

Step inside one of Australia’s most inspiring sustainable homes.As part of Sustainable House Day 2026, people across the country are opening their doors to s...

30/03/2026

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What if we ask ourselves what kind of future do we really want to live in? What if we treated our neighbourhoods as a living thriving eco-system

29/03/2026

What kind of future do we want to live in?
Its time to really ask ourselves this question. We may feel powerless to influence the way that we want our neighbourhoods and our homes to be. We may feel like we don't have any options other than what are being presented to us by large developer-led housing models.
But what if we could dream about what our world could be like, where we thought beyond the 6 foot colorbond fence on our property boundary and treated our streets and neighbourhoods as a living thriving eco-system, that could benefit everyone.
If Planning and Building regs weren't an issue, what would you like to see?

Degrowth Ballarat Hub

20/03/2026

Our church to home conversion is almost complete! There's probably not too many old weatherboard churches around that can say they have had a passive solar addition. Together with new double-glazed windows and pro clima wall wraps and new insulation installed in the old building, this now cohesive home will be much better sealed up and protected against the Ballarat winters.

06/03/2026

Some details of the north facade of our off-grid Ballarat home. Need to come up with a name for it!
Full professional photo set in the works.
Maybe controversial with this one, but it has LPG for stovetop cooking and hot water back-up, and a wood heater as a back-up/ alternate heating option. I know anything other than an all-electric home is blasphemy these days but if we put all our eggs into the one basket and there is a tech failure with the solar system, then you cannot even flush the toilet or cook anything. Having multiple fuel options on a very low energy usuage home just seems to be worth considering. Not all technology of the past needs to be discarded if it makes sense for your particular circumstance.

06/03/2026

You will notice that the roof ridge is not something you normally see on a dwelling. This is a continuous ventilated roof ridge, more commonly seen on commercial sheds. Paired with ventilation openings hidden under the eaves, fresh is continuously drawn into the roof space and exhausted through the ridge.
Why do we do this? Firstly a roof space collects a lot of heat as metal roofing has a high thermal conductivity. In this case the insulation is placed at ceiling level because the roof volume does not need to be conditioned. Venting the heat out of the roof will considerably assist with keeping the inside of the home cool during the warmer months.
Secondly, I think by now most people are aware of the vast amount of water vapour produced inside a home on a daily basis. Cooking, showering, drying clothes, exhaling. If not mitigated, this vapour condenses onto cold surfaces like glass and thermal bridges, and invisible mould and rot inside your timber frame can occur. The ventilated roof space deals at least with the moisture that ends up rising into the roof.
Pictured here the west facade, where the large overhang provides shade from the Summer afternoon sun.

23/12/2025

We're in the latest copy of Sanctuary Magazine! We've never tried to be the type of architectural practice striving for peer recognition or media attention. We just quietly work away at producing the most functional, practical and appropriate homes we can for our clients, to fit with their often modest budgets.

Its not easy to compete for visual attention on digital platforms where its all about the look. A home that is warm in Winter, cool in Summer, and has very low energy bills is hard to convey in the two seconds people spend looking at a photo.

So we are very grateful to have one of our humble SIPs homes featured in the prefab and and modular edition of the most prestigous sustainable design publication in Australia.