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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    Lessons from the cracks in Sydney's Opal Tower extend beyond certification
    Lessons from the cracks in Sydney's Opal Tower extend beyond certification

    Many commentators are jumping to the conclusion that the problems with Opal Tower are the result of the privatisation of building certification.


    Tracking the rise of room sharing and overcrowding, and what it means for housing in Australia
    Tracking the rise of room sharing and overcrowding, and what it means for housing in Australia

    High rental prices have been driving an increase in shared housing. The most extreme form of this is “shared room” housing.


    The suburbs are the spiritual home of overconsumption. But they also hold the key to a better future
    The suburbs are the spiritual home of overconsumption. But they also hold the key to a better future

    To live within our environmental means, the richest nations will need to embrace a planned process of economic “degrowth”.


    New creatives are remaking Canberra's city centre, but at a social cost
    New creatives are remaking Canberra's city centre, but at a social cost

    While Canberra's city centre is becoming an innovation precinct and a dynamic place, it comes with a cost of social gentrification and unaffordability.


    Take the tram into a more playable city
    Take the tram into a more playable city

    The 2018 Melbourne Art Trams program connects people with art, with trams first being painted in creative ways in 1978. But, for the first time, one tram makes art “playable”.


    Top bathroom design trends 2019: industrial is back
    Top bathroom design trends 2019: industrial is back

    Minimalism, matte black, metals and mesh with pops of colour are expected to be some of the foremost bathroom design trends this year.


    Building in ways that meet the needs of Australia’s remote regions
    Building in ways that meet the needs of Australia’s remote regions

    A regional approach to building could meet remote community needs and bring about local economic development.


    Afterlife of the mine: lessons in how towns remake challenging sites
    Afterlife of the mine: lessons in how towns remake challenging sites

    Old mine sites can provide a foundation for unique urban patterns, functions and transformations, as they have done in the past


    Book review: By the Sea by Barry Stone
    Book review: By the Sea by Barry Stone

    Featuring 48 unique coastal properties from around the world, Barry Stone’s By the Sea makes for an impressive coffee table book.


    Not wiped out. Why Whyalla, of all places, now has a sustainable future
    Not wiped out. Why Whyalla, of all places, now has a sustainable future

    Whyalla’s “death notice” has been written a number of times over the past 40 years, most recently, as what was once the BHP steelworks clung to life, suffocating in debt and despair under its next owner in 2016.


    Cities can grow without wrecking reefs and oceans. Here's how
    Cities can grow without wrecking reefs and oceans. Here's how

    Rising temperatures increase downpours and urban floods, adding to the pressures on urban infrastructure.


    Grey nomad lifestyle provides a model for living remotely
    Grey nomad lifestyle provides a model for living remotely

    Many older Australians are now champions of a radical type of urbanism: dwellings are mobile, infrastructure is portable or pluggable, social networks are sprawled, and adherents are on the move daily or weekly.


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