The Property Tribune. By Ben Caine 15 December 2023

A series of affordable housing thoughts and ideas by Perth’s leading architects continues with this piece by Leanhaus architect and director, Ben Caine.

Forbes.com
Nov 9,2023

Christine Ro Contributor

Leanhaus Architect Ben Caine offers Forbes Magazine his strategies on staying cool in a Passive House as temperatures rise.

Habitus LIving: Design Hunters
by Aleesha Callahan 4 August, 2023

Founder of WA-based studio Leanhaus, architect Ben Caine took a roundabout way into finding his niche as an expert in Passivhaus – an approach to building that he says “scientifically nothing else compares to”.

Opinion: Ben Caine writes for The Fifth Estate, March 8 2023

Some owners of new architect designed houses consider selling up to start again because they are so disappointed in the thermal performance and efficiency. “How can this situation arise, when there is so much building science knowledge available in the industry today?” Architect and sustainable housing specialist Ben Caine cautions homeowners about pitfalls to consider when they commission an architect or designer to deliver their new home or renovation.

Leanhaus Architect Ben Caine offers his insights for Domain.com.au

“There is a growing sense that a life lived sustainably is a sophisticated one,” says architect Ben Caine from Leanhaus. “It’s in bad taste now to be seen inefficiently using the Earth’s resources. A carefully curated quality home built using sustainable products that is effortlessly comfy and low-energy is the new luxury.”

By Elizabeth Clarke

July 8, 2022

You would be lucky to secure an entry level apartment in leafy Claremont for the cost of this stunning architect-designed home.

The West Australian

Friday, June 24, 2022

Raquel de Brito

Claremont Haus by Leanhaus has been shortlisted in the 2022 Houses Awards.

Sustainability Category.

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Leanhaus Architect Ben Caine profiled in Sanctuary Magazine.

Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews Ben Caine, an Architect and Passive House Designer based in Perth, Western Australia. As Matthew discovered in this interview, Ben has a passion and knack for making good design look simple.

Simple, prefabricated construction and careful design enabled a spacious-feeling and high-performing home on a seriously tiny Perth site – all on a budget.

Published: March 2022

Words: Rebecca Gross

Photography: Jody D’Arcy

The Green List

by Poppy Johnston

3 September 2021

When architect Ben Caine was designing a super high energy performance, timber framed home on a laneway block in coastal Perth, he was conscious of not creating another bespoke hard-to-replicate home built purely for “magazine fodder”.

“Good performance homes should be available to more people, not less,” the Leanhaus architect told The Green List.

Like all Ben’s high-performance designs, this two-bed, two bathroom, plus study home in Scarborough known as Abbetthaus is elegant in its simplicity.

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This book records how individual people and organisations have taken bold action, inspired by their commitment to a better world. They have pioneered the adoption of Passivhaus methodology in diverse building types, recording firsts not just in Australia but the southern hemisphere.

Abbetthaus has been recognised on the official shortlist for the 2020 Sustainability awards for thedesign and construction of a single-residential building to which a Class 1a Building category.