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Lend Lease’s $1 billion prefab start-up to manufacture CLT building components in Sydney factory

Lend Lease will open a factory in Sydney next year dedicated to manufacturing pre-fabricated building components, including cross-laminated timber (CLT) framework.

News | 10/12/2015

Latest Australian Rainfall and Runoff report helps guide designing for flood impact

The latest edition of the Australian Rainfall and Runoff guidelines has been released and is expected to help engineers and policy makers better predict the impact of flooding in Australia.

News | 08/12/2015

Rear ventilated facades for healthy walls and comfortable buildings

Also known as rain-screens and double-skin facades, ventilated facades have been used extensively across the globe by designers looking for extra protection for their exterior walls from harsh weather conditions and/or for heat and sound insulation.

News | 01/12/2015

"CLT will be considered conventional in Australia by 2020." - Alex de Rijke, dRMM

Architecture & Design caught up with Alex de Rijke to see why he thinks architects are increasingly turning to wood to construct big buildings and how technological advancements will see engineered timber increasingly specified in the future.

News | 23/11/2015

Melbourne School of Design among top 14 world's best new structures

The Melbourne School of Design was one of fourteen projects that were honoured at The Structural Awards 2015 which included projects from Renzo Piano, Norman Foster and Explorations Architecture.

News | 18/11/2015

Woods Bagot redefines Perth’s Qantas terminal to positively engage with travellers

Woods Bagot has used a combination of materials, colours and graphics to redefine Perth’s Qantas Domestic Terminal 4.

News | 18/11/2015

“Our top tip would be to involve the engineer earlier in projects.”—Dave Kelly, Inertia Engineering

Dave Kelly is the founding director of Inertia Engineering, a Brisbane-based firm specialising in civil, structural and environmental engineering design.

News | 16/11/2015

The world’s top 10 buildings: Edmund Capon gives Griffin Lecture at National Press Club

The Australian Institute of Architects announces that Edmund Capon will deliver the 49th Griffin Lecture at the National Press Club on Wednesday 4 November.

News | 04/11/2015

Vote for your favourite building product brands and your chance to win

Voting has opened in Architecture & Design’s Trusted Brands Survey for 2015, with voters in the draw to win an Apple iPad Air 2.

News | 28/10/2015

British architects Benoy unveil first Australian projects

Benoy have announced details of their first live projects in Australia, the UK-based global architecture practice appointed to help redesign two major regional retail centres in Western Australia.

News | 28/10/2015

Five sustainability risks of imported building products and who to contact for compliance questions

While Australia’s planning laws and standards for building product manufacturing are notoriously stringent, there is widespread concern that a growing amount of dodgy imported building materials are being used across the country.

News | 18/08/2015

“NCC and AUS Standards a sound basis but undermined by lack of conformity assessments” David Ryan of the Australian Steel Institute

A third party certification scheme for structural steelwork is gaining momentum as the issue of non-compliant building products in the construction industry intensifies with steel product and materials increasingly not meeting relevant Australian standards.

News | 12/08/2015