Architecture news & editorial desk Author "Bio" goes here ... Articles Australia’s World Expo 2020 Pavilion channels landscape and skyline Brisbane-based practice bureau^proberts has designed Australia’s Pavilion for the World Expo 2020, that will be held in Dubai in October this year. Sydney’s pathways and laneways given a refresh in post-pandemic plan The City of Sydney is looking to give its laneways and forgotten spaces a much needed refresh, as part of the council’s post-pandemic recovery measures for the harbour city. A look at BVN’s award winning libraries BVN has won two Learning Environment Awards for kids libraries at the 2021 Learning Environment Awards Australasia, for their designs at the State Library of New South Wales and the International Grammar School in Sydney. Awarding architects for adaptively reusing materials for new projects Adaptive reuse is a common theme of many contemporary projects. As opposed to exploiting new resources, architects are opting to utilise existing elements of homes and buildings in an effort to ensure their work does not bring harm to the wider world. Could mortgage stress decide the next Federal Election? Analysis of the Digital Finance Analytics’ survey data has revealed mortgage stress across the country is shaping as a major federal election issue, with some electorates recording nearly 70 percent of households in stress. CO2 from ‘Black Summer’ fires almost twice that of Australia’s annual emissions The devastating wildfires that occurred during the Australian summer of 2019-2020 released over 700 billion kilograms of CO2 emissions, almost double the emissions from Australia’s annual fossil fuel consumption.
