Passive House & Healthy Home Designers Perth | Studio Origami

Homes designed for
performance,
health & longevity.

Certified Passive House designers and healthy home specialists in Perth. We build homes that are extraordinarily energy efficient, deeply comfortable — and designed to support the people living inside them.

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10+

Years in Perth

Certified

Passive House Designer

4×

Award Winning

100%

Intentional Design

We believe your home should work with your biology, not against it. From certified Passive House construction to circadian lighting and non-toxic materials — every decision is made with your health and comfort in mind.

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What we do

Three ways we can help you build a better home

01

Passive House Design

Certified Passive House design for new builds in Perth. Exceptional indoor comfort, filtered fresh air year-round, and energy bills a fraction of a standard home. Tailored to Perth's climate.

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02

Healthy Home Interiors

Circadian lighting, non-toxic materials, EMF-conscious design and biophilic interiors. We design spaces that actively support your sleep, energy and long-term wellbeing. Biohack your home.

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03

Sustainable Residential Design

High-performance homes that are beautiful, enduring and deeply connected to their environment. From single dwellings to missing middle housing across Perth and the Hills.

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Our philosophy

Buildings that tell your story.

For us, the intangible elements of a home are just as important as its technical performance. The way light moves through a space at 7am. The feeling of stepping inside after a hot Perth summer day. The materials your hands touch every morning.

We connect the narrative of your life to the form of your home — creating spaces that are not just efficient, but genuinely meaningful.

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Beauty in every detail

Refined material palettes, considered proportions and spatial experiences that delight.

Intelligent performance

Passive House science, thermal modelling and building physics — rigour from day one.

Wellbeing by design

Circadian lighting, clean air, natural materials — your home as a tool for health.

Client partnership

Collaborative process. Authentic communication. Design that is genuinely yours.

Featured Project — Karrinyup, Perth

A certified Passive House benchmark for Perth

Designed specifically for Perth's climate, this Karrinyup home integrates passive solar principles with advanced building systems to create a living environment that feels effortless, balanced, and deeply comfortable year-round.

Stable indoor temperatures, constant filtered fresh air, and carefully considered materiality combine to create a home that supports both performance and everyday wellbeing.

Certified Passive House HRV Ventilation High-Performance Glazing Northern Orientation Natural Materials

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Certified

Passive House Standard

Perth

Climate Optimised

HRV

Fresh Air System

Zero

Thermal Bridges

Core values

What every Studio Origami project stands for

✦

Beauty

Design that is considered, refined and genuinely beautiful — not just functional.

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Intelligence

Building science, passive solar design and performance modelling from the very first sketch.

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Wellbeing

Spaces that support your health, nervous system, sleep quality and daily restoration.

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Joy

Homes that make you feel something every time you walk through the door.

About Izabela

A European eye for design. A scientist's rigour for performance.

Izabela Katafoni founded Studio Origami in 2014, bringing together certified Passive House expertise, award-winning residential design, and a deep commitment to creating homes that genuinely improve people's lives.

With a European background that treats performance and beauty as inseparable, Izabela is one of the very few designers in Perth working at the intersection of high-performance building science and intentional healthy home design.