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Many of the chronic and costly diseases Australians face are related to how we live in cities. The speed of modern life clashes with poorly designed urban areas.
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Frequently described as dehumanising, depressing and oppressive, Brutalist buildings feature prominently in “world’s ugliest buildings lists”. Despite this, architects, preservationists and historians have embarked on numerous campaigns over the past decade to save Brutalist buildings from demolition.
Bali’s Green School recently celebrated its first decade of educating toddlers through teenagers (and their digital nomad parents) about eco-ethical design and cooperative living.
How do we build future cities that are sustainable, liveable and affordable?
Melbourne has been identified as the most congested city in Australia; a factor in the city losing its seven-year grip on the "world's most liveable city" title last year.
Confidence in building regulation and quality has clearly continued to deteriorate among the public and construction industry, with the combined might of nine governments making little progress towards implementing the recommendations of the Shergold Weir Building Confidence Report.
Federation Square in Melbourne has been listed on the Victorian state heritage register just 17 years after its completion. The push for heritage status was provoked by the now-abandoned Apple store proposal for the city centre site.
While industrial rezonings have contributed to the densification of Australian cities, they also open the door to real estate speculation and accelerate gentrification. This has forced many people to move outward in search of affordable shelter.
Rising mortgage debt and falling home ownership rates in later life are undermining the role of home ownership in supporting retirees’ financial wellbeing.
What kind of world do we live in when freeways are valued as of greater cultural significance than the practice of the oldest living culture in the world? Threatening to evict Djab Wurrung while proposing heritage status for the Eastern Freeway is a surreal perversion of law, heritage and community value.
In response to today’s urgent ecological and social problems, we often hear calls from sustainability advocates about the need to “downshift” away from consumer lifestyles, to practise permaculture and to embrace simpler ways to live.
The rise in sea levels is not the only way climate change will affect the coasts. A warming planet will also alter ocean waves along more than 50 percent of the world’s coastlines.
