2020 National Design Excellence Award Winner
A Women for All Designs: Talina Edwards honoured with two BDAA Design Awards.
Owl Woods Passive House is the sustainable masterwork of Talina Edwards of Talina Edwards Architecture, the timber made, sleekly lined, divinely angular winner of the New residential buildings 251 – 350 sqm and over $2,500 / sqm, sponsored by Brickworks, and National Design Excellence Award at the 2020 BDAA National Design Awards.
This innovative approach to high performance homes is still new in Australia – the Owl Woods Passive House is a leading example as 1 of the first 20 certified Passivhaus projects in the entire country – however this number is growing.
This project demonstrates that the stringent requirements to achieve this certification can work in harmony with good architectural design.

The Full 2020 Award Winners List
Winner: Talina Edwards
Entry: Owl Woods Passive House
Winner: Alan Cubbon
Entry: Killester College Performing Arts Centre
Winner: Dick Clarke
Entry: Passiv-Laneway
Winner: Paul Dolphin
Entry: The Dromhus
Winner: Dick Clarke
Entry: Thornleigh Passivhaus
Winner: Ashley Beaumont
Entry: Hereward Project
Winner: Talina Edwards
Entry: Owl Woods Passive House
Winner: Reece Keil
Entry: Tawarri
Winner: Adam Hobill
Entry: Loftus Street Home
Winner: Ashley Foote
Entry: Hurley Residence
Winner: Benjamin Mulholland
Entry: Fauconshawe House
Winner: Ashley Beaumont
Entry: Bird Project
Winner: Neche Page
Entry: Beauty Point Project
Winner: Antony & Debra Turner
Entry: Lyrebird
Winner: Dina Malathounis
Entry: The Nooks
Winner: Sky Tiong
Entry: Wynhdam Beach House
Winner: Brad Read
Entry: Brisbane Residence
Winner: Hugh Walker
Entry: Tuckers Lane Shipping Container Cabin
Winner: Dina Malathounis
Entry: The Nooks
Winner: Reginald Hawkins
Entry: Downtown Manhattan
Winner: Benjamin Mulholland
Entry: Nelson Street Project
Winner: Richard Lutze
Entry: Mount Warning Hotel
Winner: Chris Cooper
Entry: Hitachi Construction Machinery – Stage 2
Winner: Alan Cubbon
Entry: Killester College Performing Arts Centre
Winner: Brent Fitzpatrick
Entry: The Joker and Thief
Winner: Sharon Jones
Entry: Hawkesbury Chapel Residence
Winner: Adam Feigl
Entry: Iceland Northern Lights Rooms
Winner: Helen Lloyd-Martin
Entry: Wilberforce Retreat
Winner: Chris Knierim
Entry: Rockscapes
Winner: Reece Keil
Entry: The Party House
Winner: Amani Salameh
Entry: Walton Duplex
Winner: Adam Hobill
Entry: Loftus Street Home
Winner: Pavel Nikoloski
Entry: Cascade Residence
Winner: Michael Tomlinson
Entry: Denawen
Winner: Ashley Beaumont
Entry: Hereward Project
Winner: Sky Tiong
Entry: Wyndham Beach House
Winner: Sean Peirce
Entry: North Bondi Residence
Winner: Dick Clarke
Entry: Passiv-Laneway
Winner: Brenden Creed
Entry: New Child Care Centre, Redland Bay