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Less than 1% of the 12 million Australians who travelled to work on Census Day in 2021 rode a bicycle to get there.
Post-COVID housing stress has been especially intense in Queensland. Brisbane property prices have climbed by 65% since the pandemic began. That’s almost double the Australian capital city average (34%).
More than 2,000 people are now feared dead after a huge landslide buried a village in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, Australia’s nearest neighbour. Rescue efforts are being stymied by the fact the land is still sliding and moving. The disaster has cut the main road into the mountainous region.
The environmentally responsible home morphed over the last 80 years, from passive solar to alternatives to ‘passivhaus’ to inner-urban apartments. The changing focus, and names, is the story of sustainability itself.
Beginning her career as an interior designer more than 10 years ago, Associate Jessica Kazenwadel (pictured) brings a varied and collaborative interest to the creative but logistical nature of the profession.
It’s the year 2008, and some members of the International Association of Lighting Designers are gathered in a boardroom in North Sydney, myself included. My colleagues Mary-Anne Kyriakou (who would later be Vivid’s inaugural festival director) and Michael Day are sharing a vision of what’s almost unthinkable at the time.
Whether it’s the offices we work in, the stores we shop at or even the cafe we frequent each week, commercial spaces are where we tend to spend most of our time, second only to our own home. The factors that make a space “commercial” are many and varied, meaning everything from workplaces to hotels, restaurants and even sporting venues can be considered commercial.
International students have come under fire from both sides of federal politics in the past week.
When choosing cladding and facade materials for commercial builds there are several key considerations including aesthetics, safety, functionality durability and environmental impact. With several tragic cladding-related fires in Australia and worldwide, it is more important than ever that safe, non-combustible building products are used for all building facades.
For many building facility managers and homeowners across Australia’s East Coast, soaring summer humidity has left a dangerous legacy — mould. Respiratory infections and irritation to the eyes and skin are just some of a long list of potentially serious side effects from exposure to mould.
The Victorian government is planning Australia’s largest urban renewal project. The plan is to knock down and rebuild 44 large public housing towers in Melbourne. The government says these towers, built in the 1960s and ’70s, are no longer fit for purpose and will cost more to maintain and upgrade than to replace.
