Gemma Battenbough . Articles FIRST LOOK: Alta Apartments, Darlinghurst Tony Owen NDM and Turner Associates have created a vibrant and colourful addition to the vivacious area near Oxford Street. GBCA launches national communities framework The framework provides a resource for those creating sustainable communities and a context for upcoming Green Star communities tool. Architects hardest hit by green project deferrals Green projects were most likely to be deferred or abandoned at the design stage in 2009, new research reveals. Victoria succeeds in designing safe streets Where the residential sector has done a good job of designing against crime, commercial building has "failed", says an urban planner. Central park works as "green engine" SOM's new urban model for a Beijing district uses a central park to passively heat and cool the district. Hames Sharley wins Innovators to Watch award Adelaide-based design firm, Hames Sharley, has beaten stiff competition from seven other finalists to take the prize.