Neighbourhood Architecture
Canberra’s high-performance home specialists, designing new homes, renovations and extensions with energy performance tested from the first concept.
Kingston, ACT · In the network since 2026
- Google rating
- MBA and HIA honours
- Architect registrations
- 5.0
- 16
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13 reviews
including three wins, 2022 to 2025
ACT and New South Wales
Recognition
Sustainable Residential Project, winner
Master Builders ACT · 2025 · Tocumwal Revival
Custom Built Home, winner
Master Builders ACT · 2022 · Flow House
People’s Choice Award, winner
Master Builders ACT · 2022 · Flow House
Why we introduce them
Most homes are designed first and assessed for energy performance afterwards, which is the wrong order: by the time a rating comes back, orientation, glazing and shading are already settled. Neighbourhood Architecture inverts that. NatHERS approved modelling runs from the start, so those decisions, along with insulation and thermal performance, are tested while they are still easy to change.
Behind it sits an uncommon pairing. Chris Clode is a registered architect; Brendan McGregor is an HIA GreenSmart Professional who led design at Light House Architecture and Science before the two founded the practice. One small team therefore covers both the architecture and the energy expertise, and can carry a project from concept and approvals through documentation, builder tendering and support on site. Sixteen Master Builders and HIA honours since 2022 say the industry agrees, most recently the 2025 Master Builders ACT award for Sustainable Residential Project. For an owner who wants a home that is beautiful, buildable and cheap to run through a Canberra winter, that is a rare combination.
Chosen and introduced by the BuilderHQ team.
The practice
Neighbourhood Architecture is a Canberra architecture practice established in 2021 by directors Chris Clode and Brendan McGregor, working from the Kingston Foreshore. Chris holds architect registration in the ACT and New South Wales, numbers 2618 and 11914, alongside a Masters in Architecture from the University of Canberra. Brendan is the practice’s lead designer and holds a Certificate IV in Home Energy Efficiency and Sustainability. The team designs bespoke new homes, renovations and extensions throughout Canberra and southern New South Wales, combining passive solar principles with site-specific architecture and close attention to natural light, comfort and buildability, and to how a house contributes to the street it stands in. Recent work runs from the Tocumwal Revival heritage renovation at O’Connor to the Plant House and Flow House at Denman Prospect.
Selected work
How an introduction works
01Ask us
Tell us what your build needs. Two minutes, no account required.
02We introduce
We connect you with Neighbourhood Architecture directly, with a little context on your project.
03You take it from there
The relationship is yours. We take no commission and no cut.
No charge, no obligation, and no detail shared without your say.
Work with Neighbourhood Architecture
Start with an introduction.
Ask us to connect you and we will make the introduction personally, with your project’s context attached.
