Talking Architecture & Design Podcast (Episode 225) - 2024 AIA Gold Medal Winner Philip Thalis on urban density, transport design and how to fix Sydney Listen Now
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    Street vendors' self-help strategies highlight cities' neglect of how the other half survive
    Street vendors' self-help strategies highlight cities' neglect of how the other half survive

    In developing Asian countries, more than 50 percent of the urban labour force is in informal work. Street vending is the most visible form of this. Yet no accurate statistics on street vendors are available.


    Solving the 'population problem' through policy
    Solving the 'population problem' through policy

    With the dial on public sentiment set to outrage, fuelling a population problem far removed from reality, it’s time for a reasoned consideration of the population policy needs of Australia.


    When granny flats go wrong – perils for parents highlight need for law reform
    When granny flats go wrong – perils for parents highlight need for law reform

    When an arrangement of this kind goes wrong, however, it can seriously threaten the wealth, autonomy and dignity of the elderly parent.


    Australian governments should follow the ACT's lead in building communities, not prisons
    Australian governments should follow the ACT's lead in building communities, not prisons

    Justice reinvestment seeks to reduce the number of people in prison by investing money that would have been spent on prisons in early intervention, prevention and diversion.


    Living 'liveable': this is what residents have to say about life on the urban fringe
    Living 'liveable': this is what residents have to say about life on the urban fringe

    Recent studies show Melbourne’s and Sydney’s fast-growing outer suburbs lag behind other parts of the city in access to urban design, employment and amenities and services that foster liveability.


    Honest brokers. Why mortgage broker commissions aren't the problem
    Honest brokers. Why mortgage broker commissions aren't the problem

    The Hayne Royal Commission began and ended with strident criticism of the mortgage broking industry.


    Regional Australia is calling the shots now more than ever
    Regional Australia is calling the shots now more than ever

    Our findings show that regional Australia matters more today than it has at any other time since the 1940s.


    Why falling house prices do less to improve affordability than you might think
    Why falling house prices do less to improve affordability than you might think

    Housing prices are falling in Sydney and Melbourne, so housing must be becoming more affordable – right?


    How big ideas for regional Australia were given short shrift
    How big ideas for regional Australia were given short shrift

    When the federal government delivered its response last week to an ambitious parliamentary blueprint for regional Australia, the almost eight-month wait had led many of us to expect something detailed and sophisticated.


    How our infrastructure builds have been taken over by foreign companies
    How our infrastructure builds have been taken over by foreign companies

    The big infrastructure companies who are tendering for and winning the main infrastructure projects in Australia have a stranglehold over government and society.


    Why visual illusions appear in everyday objects – from nature to architecture
    Why visual illusions appear in everyday objects – from nature to architecture

    Optical illusions are cleverly designed to distort reality, but did you know that the same distortions occur frequently in everyday life?


    Cities turn to desalination for water security, but at what cost?
    Cities turn to desalination for water security, but at what cost?

    Achieving water security using desalination is now a priority for the majority of Australia’s capital cities, all but one of which are on the coast.


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