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Workplace design in Australia evolves to reflect our changing attitudes towards work. Back in the 1980s, managers and senior executives would have their own segregated four-walled offices while the remainder of the workforce sat in high-walled cubicles. Work was largely carried out in silos and the workforce was still far more male dominated.
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There's strong suggestions that social housing should be the leading stimulus for construction after COVID-19, that the government invest in housing for those in housing stress and the homeless. That’s called public housing, but the public has lost all faith in the government to deliver anything for the public, so we call it social housing now.
With the 5G network getting closer, it's time to look at the benefits of integrating the technology into smart city infrastructure.
Everyone in Australia has sat on one at some stage. At school, the hospital, the CWA meeting, the work shed, the scout hall, even the officials and timekeepers at the Sydney 2000 Olympics swimming pool. It's the Integra chair by Sebel, a furniture manufacturer still in business, having made countless of these chairs in 46 years.
Our world is changing in unexpected ways as we come to grips with global pandemic and begin to imagine life beyond it. One of those changes is in our revaluing of nature—stuck indoors for weeks on end has increased our appreciation and desire for outdoor spaces that are both safe and reinvigorating.
The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked major changes in our world and has resulted in a rethink of our current way of life. We are already seeing a number of significant changes in how people live, work and socialise.
Exploiting the data provided by new technologies is making a big difference to the architectural process, with environmental simulations becoming increasingly important in early project design.
Australians think of themselves as big drinkers, an idea explored recently on the ABC, by Shaun Micallef, who was on the verge of becoming a living national treasure, until he revealed that he was a teetotaller. Nevertheless, he found plenty of people who enjoy ‘getting on the piss’, even we have slipped to 19th in the world in alcohol consumption, well behind the Eastern Europeans.
The architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry aims to solve problems and improve the wellbeing of communities and their citizens.
There’s a well-known saying in mental health circles that goes: “Women talk face to face and men side by side”. Shoulder to shoulder, as it were, which is the adage of the peak organisation for one of our great inventions.
The tendency to formalise our public spaces is not always the best option for our built environment.
In last week’s discussion of “Snowy To Point Zero” we said: “It is worth recalling (that one) impact of the original Snowy Mountain Scheme was… the workers … developed trades and skills that influenced construction (and thus made) Australia a concrete nation”. Some challenged us for proof (their emphasis). Here’s some evidence.
