Nathan Johnson . Articles Finalists announced: 2016 Sustainability Awards bigger and better again The shortlist has been announced for the tenth annual Sustainability Awards, with projects and products from Australia’s leading design and building industry professionals vying for top honours. New transparent wood to replace glass windows and solar panels New research emanating from North America and Sweden has people wondering whether transparent timber could become a viable alternative to silicate glass in architecture. The architecture projects up for London Design Museum’s ‘design of the year’ London’s Design Museum has released the shortlist for its annual design exhibition and awards program and it includes a host of architecture projects. Architecture & Design's top 10 articles for August - from hybrid concrete CLT to new high-rise trends in aged care As August closes and we roll into spring, we’ve decided to recap the top 10 stories covered this month. Business as usual for Cox in Brisbane with sparkling new skyscraper design Upon his sudden resignation in early August, Cox Rayner founding director Michael Rayner said that he was leaving the firm with a healthy number of projects in the pipeline. One of those projects has just surfaced and is certainly healthy. Event wrap: Care Connect, Sydney On 18 August a group of Australia’s best aged and healthcare design consultants assembled in Sydney for Care Connect. the event was invitation-only and its aim was to uncover the challenges and opportunities facing those parties involved in the sector through a novel event platform.