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Breathe Architecture is a sustainable architecture practice based in Melbourne, Australia.

History
Breathe Architecture was founded in 2001 by Jeremy McLeod and Tamara Veltre. Having spent its first decade of practice on single-dwelling residences and commercial projects, Breathe then moved into sustainable multiresidential developments.

Breathe Architecture designed the medium-density residential development The Commons, Brunswick, which won the 2014 National Award for Housing and the 2014 National Award for Sustainability.

Breathe designed and led the development of Melbourne's first carbon-neutral multi-residential housing project, Nightingale 1, for which The Commons was the prototype. Nightingale 1 won the 2018 Melbourne Prize and a National Award for Housing, and the 2018 National Award for Sustainability. Breathe led the founding of Nightingale Housing, a not-for-profit organisation delivering community-centric, carbon-neutral housing at cost, in 2016.

Breathe Architecture then collaborated with Austin Maynard Architects, Clare Cousins Architects, Kennedy Nolan, Hayball, Architecture Architecture, and WoWoWa to design Nightingale Village, Australia’s first carbon neutral housing precinct. Nightingale Village houses six communities, including a co-housing community called Urban Coup, around a car-free pedestrianised public realm. A total of 20% of space in the other five communities in Nightingale Village are provided as affordable housing.

Breathe Architecture is known for advocating on sustainability issues. The practice was among the founding signatories to Architects Declare in Australia, and has led that initiative’s campaign to have Australian architects commit to carbon neutrality by 2030.

Multi-residential

 * Arkadia Housing Project, constructed with over 420,000 recycled bricks, completed 2019
 * Nightingale 1 Housing project, Brunswick, Melbourne, completed 2017
 * QV8 Apartments, a conversion of a carpark into apartments, Melbourne, completed 2015
 * The Commons Housing project, Brunswick, Melbourne, completed 2013

Commercial

 * Paramount House Hotel, Surry Hills, Sydney, completed 2018
 * Slack Asia Pacific HQ, Melbourne, completed 2016
 * Slack San Francisco, completed 2017

Houses

 * Edgars Creek House, North Coburg, completed 2019
 * Warehouse Greenhouse, Brunswick, completed 2019
 * Brick and Gable House, Port Melbourne, completed 2018
 * Inside Out House, Brunswick, completed 2016
 * Double Life House, Surry Hills, Sydney, completed 2015
 * Stonewood, Melbourne, completed 2013

Awards and Recognition

 * NSW AIA Award 2020
 * Sustainable Architecture (Arkadia in collaboration with DKO & Oculus)
 * AIA National Architecture Awards 2019
 * Commercial Architecture (Paramount House Hotel)
 * Heritage – Creative Adaptation and Conservation (Paramount House Hotel)
 * NSW AIA Award 2019
 * Commercial Architecture (Paramount House Hotel)
 * Heritage – Creative Adaptation and Conservation (Paramount House Hotel)
 * AIA National Architecture Awards 2018
 * National Award for Residential Architecture: Multiple Housing (Nightingale 1) David Oppenheim Award for Sustainable Architecture (Nightingale 1)
 * Victorian AIA Awards 2018
 * Melbourne Prize (Nightingale 1)
 * The Best Overend Award – Multi-Residential (Nightingale 1) The Allan and Beth Coldicutt Award (Nightingale 1)
 * Premiers Design Award 2018
 * Best in Class – Architectural Design (Nightingale 1)
 * Houses Awards 2018
 * Sustainability Winner (Nightingale 1)
 * INDE Awards 2018
 * The Multi Residential Building (Nightingale 1)
 * Good Design Awards 2018
 * Best in Class - Residential & Commercial (Nightingale 1)
 * Australian Interior Design Awards 2018
 * Residential Design (Commendation, Nightingale 1)
 * Gourmet Traveller 2018
 * Hotel of the Year (Paramount House Hotel)
 * Victorian AIA Awards 2017
 * Interior Architecture (Slack Asia Pacific HQ)
 * INDE Awards 2017
 * The 'Workplace' Award (Slack Asia Pacific HQ)
 * Premier’s Sustainability Awards 2017
 * Built Environment Winner (Nightingale Housing, Nightingale 1)
 * Leadership Achievement in Architecture Awards 2016
 * Leadership in Sustainability Prize
 * Australian Interior Design Awards 2016
 * 2016 Award for Interior Design Impact (The Commons)
 * NSW AIA Award 2016
 * Residential, Alterations & Additions (Double Life House)
 * Leadership Achievement in Architecture Awards 2016
 * Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards Leadership in Sustainability Prize 2016
 * AIA National Architecture Awards 2014
 * Fredrick Romberg Award Residential Architecture: Multiple Housing (The Commons)
 * David Oppenheim Award Sustainable Architecture (The Commons)
 * Victorian AIA Awards 2014
 * Allan & Beth Coldicutt Award Sustainable Architecture (The Commons)
 * Best Overend Award Residential Architecture: Multiple Housing (The Commons)