Stephanie Stefanovic . Articles How much is a bird worth? Sydney’s $912k bird art installation The City of Sydney has spent $912,000 on a new art installation featuring 67 bronze birds perched throughout the Sydney CBD. INTERNATIONAL SNAPSHOT: World's best wooden building; Stunning modern construction in NZ; Greenland's "humane prison" This week's international snapshot features the world's best wooden building in France, some of the world's best modern construction in New Zealand and a "humane prison" designed for Greenland. Top 5 sustainable building trends for Australia in 2018 Passive design, flexible spaces, eco additions, invisible buildings and indoor-outdoor spaces will prove to be popular sustainable building features in 2018. World’s biggest battery in SA is about to get even bigger British businessman Sanjeev Gupta has announced plans to build the world’s biggest battery storage facility in South Australia, trumping the facility recently built by Elon Musk in the same state. Umbra CSO on where we’re at with AR and the AEC industries Umbra's chief strategy officer Shawn Adamek shows what architects and designers should look for in an augmented reality solution, and how developed the technology actually is. INTERNATIONAL SNAPSHOT: City in a garden; Woman architect of the year; First energy-positive airport city This week's international snapshot features a stunning garden city development in Singapore, the 2018 female Architect of the Year and plans for the world's first energy-positive airport city in Norway.