THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 4 OCTOBER 2024

“He’s Anthony Burke not Kevin McCloud, and he’s coming for your toilets”

With cameras rolling, new host of Grand Designs Australia Anthony Burke congratulated homeowner Laura Ryan on turning her tiny Newtown cottage into an off-the-grid home producing its own power, storing its water and managing waste with a composting toilet…

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Anthony Burke standing in front of The ImPossible House

FINANCIAL REVIEW, 12 FEB 2024

“This fundie is making money on bond price errors”

Laura Ryan calls it the impossible house. After seven years of intense technical drawings and conundrums, the fund manager is bracing for a kitchen that runs out of water, toilets on the fritz, and candle-lit dinners.

By day, Dr Ryan is trading basis points for bonds and derivatives bigwig Ardea Investment Management. At night, she is building an off-the-grid house of just 104 square metres in Sydney’s Newtown…

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DOMAIN, 4 JUNE 2021

“The homeowners going green for the sake of the planet (and their wallet)”

Interview with Sue Williams from Domain, a leading property buying and selling platform. Photo credits to Peter Rae.

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THE FIFTH ESTATE, 9 FEB 2021

“Here’s a blueprint for an “impossible” sustainable affordable off-grid house. In the inner city.”

Great article in Australia’s leading online newspaper for the sustainable built environment. Thanks to deputy editor Poppy Johnston for the interview.

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THE IMPOSSIBLE HOUSE INTRO, SEPT 2020

We created this for Sustainable House Day 2020, to explain the project. Credit to GoCollaborate for the producing/shooting/editing.

INTERVIEW WITH MELISSA LIND, OCT 2020

Melissa from Dwelling Creative asks me about my house and my challenges so far.

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The topic was water recycling and harvesting, a subject I am now very familiar with!

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