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Buildings that perform best for heat waves predicted by 2030 are actually banned by the government’s building code. We urgently need to update our building codes to cope with our changing climate.
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Australia’s sprawling car-based cities are gradually changing to embrace green or living infrastructure.
The distance people travel and how they get to work – car, public transport, cycling or walking – can influence their well-being and performance.
Plans for the government to help pay for the removal of combustible cladding are welcome, but there is a lot more to do, according to engineering expert Dame Judith Hackitt.
In just ten years, the inner city populations of Australia’s biggest state capitals have boomed. But where is this growth coming from? Like the United States and the United Kingdom, Australia’s major inner cities are “youthifying”.
Australia’s architectural historians have struggled to explain the “Sydney School” of nature-responsive modern houses built after the second world war. As well as arguing about whether any “school” existed, they also overlooked some of the movement’s pioneering designers and residences.
Fences – or their absence – can reflect and even shape our political commitments.
Kerb competition is increasing from new users including: car sharing, ride sharing, e-scooter share, bike share and e-bike share, food delivery, online order deliveries and, in coming years, autonomous vehicles.
A new report generates a set of consistent maps and graphs of 30-minute access to jobs and workers by each transport mode for each of the eight capital cities.
Working with data, still new to many firms, is a must-have skillset and mindset. While recognising the value of building information modelling (BIM), most still use BIM tools today for document creation when design and construction professionals need to recognise BIM’s real value – as a database – and start treating it like one.
The election gave no respite from Australia’s radical immigration economy. We could crank it up higher, under the Coalition. Even more so, via Labor.
Nothing can protect women from the random acts of violence committed by some men but engaging with the stories of women and girls is crucial for making cities safer.
