Add more products
Australia is failing to realise billions of dollars in value by not embracing a circular economy, according to a new report by Arup and Circular Australia.
Read More
The government has stared down the Greens over its Help to Buy and Build to Rent housing legislation, with the minor party announcing late Monday it will “wave through” the legislation in the Senate this week.
In this week’s Saturday Paper, prolific social researcher Hugh Mackay claims to have discovered “an overlooked cause of the housing crisis”.
Woods Bagot’s James Berry Principal and Global Transport Sector Leader reflects on how changing behaviour, technology and customer expectations will change our urban transport systems, and cities, for good.
Australia’s construction industry employs more than 1.3 million workers. That’s about 9% of the workforce.
The surest way for specifiers to look past greenwashing and find genuinely sustainable products is via life cycle assessment. It has ushered in an era of greenwashing. It seems that wherever you happen look, both within the construction sector and elsewhere, you will find somebody making unsubstantiated and/or inaccurate claims about green credentials.
Schools are full of extremely useful and valuable facilities. These include playing fields, play equipment, sandpits, netball courts, concert halls, libraries and even pools.
Following on from last week’s column, I’m arguing it’s time to rethink our entire approach to climate design.
The way we organise our cities and regions creates problems everywhere. We’re facing difficult and polluting drives to work, a lack of affordable housing, and urban designs that lead to car dependency and are bad for our health.
Trump won. The climate lost. Drill baby, drill. Burn baby, burn.
If last week’s design-i on Graeme Gunn seemed personal, this week’s story is even more so.
Climate change and biodiversity loss are mounting threats to Australia’s water security. So we often hear calls for more dams. But is that the answer?
