Stephen Choi is a UK-qualified project architect and Australian-qualified project manager. He co-founded not-for-profit environmental building consultancy Architecture for Change and is Living Building Challenge manager for Frasers Property Australia. Choi’s work has included the development of global environmental assessment methods, designing and managing building projects, embedding sustainable development into educational curriculum and being Australia’s leading Living Building Challenge expert. Several of his projects – in both the private and public sectors – have been recognized in the industry for progressing “green building.” Choi is the winner of the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2020 Leadership in Sustainability Prize.
Stephen Choi's Latest contributions
Retrospective: CH2 (2006)
Melbourne’s Council House 2 has achieved celebrity “green building” status in the 16 years since its completion. On a recent site visit with Rob Adams, who oversaw the project for the City of Melbourne, Stephen Choi considered what the profession might learn from CH2’s still-evolving sustainability measures.
So, we’ve declared a climate and biodiversity emergency. Where to from here?
Stephen Choi outlines how architects – at the most practical level – can save the earth, from deepening our understanding of human behaviour to uniting disconnected habitats and building in resilience.
