Deborah Singerman . Articles BVN plants the seeds of a green future One of the world's best-known furniture manufacturers, Wilkhahn, recently celebrated its 111-year anniversary, with the March 2018 opening of a new Surry Hills showroom in Sydney. Landscape and technology combine to make people-friendly streets If Chris Isles thought “a good street is a place that prioritises people over cars” before the recent Future Street installation on Alfred Street at Sydney’s iconic Circular Quay, he was completely convinced after this public event. Intelligent building technology, inside and out When it comes to building materials, the latest developments increasingly revolve around prefabrication and modular building technologies. this also includes the use of innovative materials, unique construction methods and the latest in sustainable ideas. GreenTag’s new ‘PhD’ helps stakeholders become product risk scholars Global GreenTag's Product Health Declaration tool is the “first system globally to assess the health impacts of the final product – and not just the hazards of the ingredients”. Medium-density house styles and stand-out high-rises “[The] Asian design sensibility will help us create better buildings as our cities densify," says Leone Lorrimer, CEO of DWP | Suters. Trials of changing the energy status quo: alternative harnessing technologies in focus When alternative energy is an alternative to a country’s staple resources you can hear the economic and political rumblings a mile off.
