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Canberra's national heritage listing an unnecessary burden: Property Council
Heritage experts are pushing for Canberra to be recognised on the National Heritage List, but the Property Council of Australia says it would only add another layer of bureaucracy and more ‘green tape’ for Canberrans.
Crowd-sourced national plan launched to increase Australia’s urban green spaces by 20 per cent
The country’s largest urban greening network, the 202020 Vision, has launched a national plan of 20 ways to achieve a 20 per cent increase in urban green spaces by 2020.
Cool roof trials: QUT researchers find reflective paint lowers electricity bills
Queensland University of Technology researchers have found that a special reflective roof coating could lead up to a 30 per cent reduction in air conditioning load.
2015 Federal Budget has little long term benefits for architecture: ACA budget survey results
The Federal Budget offers handy tax breaks for smaller firms, but less than a third of the architects responding to the ACA survey believed it would have a positive effect on the wider profession.
Four reasons why you should enter the 2015 Sustainability Awards
With nominations now open until July 9, 2015, we explore four reasons why you should enter your project or product into this year’s awards:
MAD Architects transform home in Japan into kindergarten that children can draw on
MAD Architects repurposes a two-storey house into a kindergarten wrapped in a sheath of paper-like pieces that act as canvases for its students to draw and create on.