Gemma Battenbough . Articles New home sales sliding sideways: HIA For the second consecutive month new home sales have "moved sideways" as new statistics show sales flattening out in July, according to the Housing Industry Association. Rant on "Jazzy" British architecture lambasted and why the word "heritage" needs to eradicating, in today's news digest. Architect takes council to court for blocking 'space age' project The architect behind a futuristic residential building proposed for Adelaide's Kent Town is taking legal action against the council for knocking back the proposal. Bad British architecture named and shamed The ugly, the shameful and the downright hideous in British building has been named and shamed in a competition devoted to taking the ego out of architecture. Shovels start on Melbourne's Pixel Building Construction is underway on what is to be Australia's first carbon neutral building at the former Carlton United Brewery site in the heart of Melbourne. Architectural practice shot through the lens, images Portrait photographers are snapping up unique views of contemporary architectural practice as part of a new exhibition at Canberra's National Portrait Gallery.
