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Following on from last week’s column, I’m arguing it’s time to rethink our entire approach to climate design.
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Trump won. The climate lost. Drill baby, drill. Burn baby, burn.
If last week’s design-i on Graeme Gunn seemed personal, this week’s story is even more so.
The recent Design & Make Summit in Sydney saw discussions around how Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are disrupting Australia’s construction industry “faster than most of us expected”.
Graeme Gunn, Melbourne architect, academic and advocate died this month aged 91. You can read obituaries here, here and here.
Valued at $12 trillion, the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is one of the largest in the world, yet it has historically been among the slowest to digitise and innovate. Digital twins are advanced virtual replicas of physical assets, such as buildings and machinery, that dynamically mirror real-world conditions in real time.
Anthony Albanese has a whole raft of housing problems right now.
The just released report on the tragic fire at London’s Grenfell Tower makes harrowing reading. The sheer mendacity of all concerned in the process that led to 72 lives lost is appalling. A question that arises in Australia, as it did immediately after the fire, is could it happen here?
As Founder and Creative Partner of BLINK Design Group, Clint Nagata’s passion for travel, hospitality and design is the inspiration behind the practice’s philosophy.
“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.
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.
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.
