Sarah Lebner

Sarah Lebner is a regional Australian architect and the founder of Cooee Architecture, a practice focused on low-carbon and zero-carbon homes across the Victorian High Country and NSW Snowy Mountains. She founded Cooee in 2022, having previously been principal architect at Lighthouse Architecture and Science in Canberra, a multidisciplinary firm specialising in energy-efficient housing. She was awarded the Australian Institute of Architects' National Emerging Architect Prize.

Sarah is also the author of "101 Things I Didn't Learn in Architecture School (and wish I'd known before my first job)", and the creator of My First Architecture Job and the membership community The Architect Project, which help students and graduates bridge the gap between study and practice.

In her conversation with Stephen Drew on the Architecture Social Podcast, Sarah talks about practising architecture while building useful community resources, sustainable and energy-efficient design, balancing motherhood and professional ambition, and the drive and persistence behind her work.

Watch or listen to the full conversation in the Architecture Social CPD: Embracing Change and Innovation: Insights from Sarah Lebner on the Future of Architecture.