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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    Here's how a 100 percent renewable energy future can create jobs and even save the gas industry
    Here's how a 100 percent renewable energy future can create jobs and even save the gas industry

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    The politics of architecture
    The politics of architecture

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    The challenges of overpopulation
    The challenges of overpopulation

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    How moving house changes you
    How moving house changes you

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    Australians are demanding energy efficient homes: ASBEC

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    How Darling Harbour was botched (and could be reborn)

    More towers at Sydney’s Darling Harbour are among redevelopment plans for the inner city waterfront precinct and this has prompted recent debate.


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    Tiny houses look marvellous but they have a dark side

    There are many complexities and contradictions that surround these tiny spaces, as I discovered when I began investigating them.


    Heaven on earth: the ancient roots of your backyard garden
    Heaven on earth: the ancient roots of your backyard garden

    The connection between the famous gardens of Versailles, once the coveted possession of Louis XIV, and our humble back garden is deeper than we might imagine.


    What will it take to make Australia's buildings 'green' and who will pay?
    What will it take to make Australia's buildings 'green' and who will pay?

    The construction, operation and maintenance of buildings accounts for almost a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia.


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    Vital Signs: so far, it's more of a house price blip than a bust in the making

    Home prices slid in 2018, in some places by quite a lot.


    We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate
    We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate

    While the world will now be able to see how much we are lagging behind on the necessary climate action, the rulebook offers little to compel countries to up their game to the level required.


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