Dick Clarke is the founding Director of Envirotecture. With 50 years’ experience in ecologically sustainable and culturally appropriate buildings, vehicles and vessels, and has
received many Design Awards. In 2023 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award in the Architecture & Design Sustainability Awards.
Dick is Past President of the Board of Renew. He is Chair of Sustainability, and Past President of the NSW Chapter, of the Building Designers Association of Australia. He is a Past President of the Association of Building Sustainability Assessors (ABSA). He also holds honorary board positions on the Australian Hemp Masonry Company, and Sea Shelter Marine Animal Rescue & Rehabilitation charity.
He has been design director of many hundreds of projects for over 50 years, with sustainability as the major driver over that whole period (with the ever-changing understanding of what sustainability is), and his work has covered a wide variety of project sizes and types. He continues to be involved with creating standards and training for the design and construction sector, and wider sustainability leadership.
Dick is a founding author and editor of the acclaimed Your Home series, recently released in its sixth 20 year anniversary edition. He has edited the sought after book for designers,
builders and home-owners, How to Rethink Building Materials.