Sarah Buckley

An Australian-first inter-University design competition saw Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) students team up to deliver built environment design solutions to solve Australia’s housing affordability challenges.

“Small, decorative mosaic tiles date all the way back to Ancient Rome. Historically, they were made from porcelain and clay, but these days they come in glass, natural stone and stainless steel too,” says Christie Wood, design specialist at Beaumont Tiles.

Architectus and James Cubitt Architects will lead the $15 million Boilerhouse Discovery Space, with a multi-disciplinary team collaborating with the University of New England and its community to bring new life and visitors to the former industrial site.

Genton has unveiled the Reservoir Station project, reflecting an emerging importance of built environments.

NSW construction workers and subcontractors are being ripped off at record rates as greedy builders and developers use the pandemic as an excuse to withhold payments for work already done, warns the CFMEU NSW.

Corrugated galvanised iron was invented in the 1820s in Britain by Henry Robinson Palmer, architect and engineer to the London Dock Company. It was originally made from wrought iron.