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    What to make of warnings about our electricity system?

    Every year, authorities release a snapshot of how reliable our electricity supply will be in the coming decade. And each time, commentators have divergent takes on what it all means.


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    Designing hotels in the blink of an eye

    As Founder and Creative Partner of BINK Design Group, Clint Nagata’s passion for travel, hospitality and design is the inspiration behind the practice’s philosophy.


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    How your neighbour’s choice to go solar influences you

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    Mimetic architecture: When architecture imitates life
    Mimetic architecture: When architecture imitates life

    “Le beau est toujours bizarre” is a quote from French poet Charles Baudelaire that can be translated to “beauty is always bizarre”. This is the DNA of mimetic architecture, when buildings and other structures are given a blend of eccentricity, follies and unusual shapes – just because.


    Rise of the village people
    Rise of the village people

    The term ‘retirement community’ somehow smacks of gelato coloured demountables lined up, cheek by jowl, in a gated reserve, in ‘gator ridden, Florida. However, a little education goes a long way – and visions of pastel semi-wides could not be further from the truth. The epitome of opulence, of good taste and refined design now dominate the retirement sector, and it’s making ageing a very sexy option.


    The NDIS is failing profoundly disabled people who are stuck in group homes
    The NDIS is failing profoundly disabled people who are stuck in group homes

    The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is transforming the lives of hundreds of thousands of Australians with disability. For the first time, many can get the help they need to live more independently and be part of society.


    Warmth & comfort for healthy aging
    Warmth & comfort for healthy aging

    The specification of heating and cooling systems in aged care and health care settings is about more than just keeping the residents and patients of these facilities comfortable.


    In order to cut the carbon that goes into buildings to net zero, we need radical change
    In order to cut the carbon that goes into buildings to net zero, we need radical change

    Buildings are one of our biggest contributors to global heating. They produce 37% of all greenhouse gas emissions from energy use and production processes. Building emissions are made up of two parts: operational carbon (from energy used to heat, cool and power buildings) and embodied carbon (due to material use and construction).


    Deconstructing to rebuild with Eleri Jones
    Deconstructing to rebuild with Eleri Jones

    Architect and visual artist Eleri Jones has recently transformed the former nurses’ quarters at the South Sydney Hospital site into a Creative Centre. In an interview with Architecture & Design, she explains why this project is exemplary model for civic adaptive reuse.


    Tone on Tuesday 227: How to fix social housing, explained in six diagrams
    Tone on Tuesday 227: How to fix social housing, explained in six diagrams

    Last week examined the social housing crisis in six diagrams. This week, in the last ever ToT, six essential diagrams explain how to fix, or at least alleviate, that crisis.


    Here’s how warehouses and shopping centres could produce 25% of Australia’s power
    Here’s how warehouses and shopping centres could produce 25% of Australia’s power

    Here’s how warehouses and shopping centres could produce 25% of Australia’s power


    Sydney’s shiny new Metro service is great – now can we fix the city’s busted bus stops?
    Sydney’s shiny new Metro service is great – now can we fix the city’s busted bus stops?

    Multi-billion-dollar transport projects create headlines, and politicians love to bask in the glow of a successfully completed project such as Sydney’s new Metro. This service will change many people’s lives for the better.


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