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Timber Design Awards winner: extensive timber use lends non-institutional feel to Mental Health Facility
The Australian Timber Design Awards have been announced, with Bates Smart and Irwin Allsop Group’s Dandenong Mental Health Facility winning the top prize.
AECOM’s Blue Book reveals trends disrupting productivity across Australia’s construction sector
AECOM's 2014 Property & Construction Handbook contains insights on the disruptive trends impacting productivity across global construction sectors.
AIA competition set to shake up housing options for 21st century Canberra
The ACT chapter of the AIA has launched the New Experimental Architectural Typologies competition for Canberra's current housing stock and style.
Operable building skin allows occupants to choose how near or far they want to be to their surrounds
This extension in WA's Fremantle features an operable skin of shutters, sliding panels, and a bi-fold door that can be opened up or kept closed.
Buildings versus fires: four Australian projects that survived the flames
Often, the true performance of fire resistant products and systems are established only during a fire, which could never happen. Here are four instances when it did.
Sydney tower competes with buildings by Rem Koolhaas, Steven Holl and Stefano Boeri for world’s best highrise title
Five finalists have been announced for the International Highrise Award (IHA) 2014, with Sydney’s One Central Park up against four other towers bidding to claim the title of world’s best highrise.