David Wheeldon . Articles Registrations open for ACIF briefings, held in six Australian cities in May The Australian Construction Industry Forum (ACIF) has opened registrations for briefings to be held in six cities in May 2013. Japan's Toyo Ito awarded 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize Tokyo, Japan-based architect Toyo Ito is to be honoured with architecture’s highest honour in 2013, the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Certified ‘enhanced livability’: Melbourne and Sydney projects first to gain Platinum from Livable Housing Australia Evolve Housing in Sydney and Yarra Community Housing in partnership with Mind Australia in Melbourne have become the first in Australia to achieve Platinum certification from Livable Housing Australia (LHA). Kraftwerk headline Sydney festival of light: Vivid 2013 German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk will be the headline act for the live program at Vivid Sydney 2013, the 18-day festival of light, music and ideas - subbed the biggest in the southern hemisphere. New Building Code requirements for window barriers The new BCA 2013 will include requirements for window barriers for openable windows in buildings above certain heights. NABERS launches ‘world first’ data centre ratings The National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) has released new environmental rating tools for data centres.