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The Museum of Sydney has a new exhibition celebrating 50 years since the opening of the Sydney Opera House. Although concentrating on 50 years of performances (costumes / posters / sets) it has number of well-curated items and displays of great interest to architects.
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The need to cut the emissions driving climate change is urgent, but it’s proving hard to decarbonise road transport in Australia.
For almost a century, zoning has been the key tool used by urban planners to influence how our cities grow and change. Our newly published research looked at whether zoning is effective at guiding new urban growth patterns.
A mass of hot pink emerges violently amid the green foliage, palm trees and shrubbery. Located in Malibu, the oceanfront Barbie DreamHouse created by Airbnb is the latest in a series of global marketing stunts to promote Greta Gerwig’s new film Barbie, the first live-action adventure movie about the iconic Mattel doll.
Margot Robbie stars as Barbie in a new movie. Her house (Barbie’s not Margot’s), high in the Malibu hills, has pink flourishes. But wait there’s more. When Hollywood’s over-the-top marketing machine gets into promotional gear the house goes completely bonkers pink.
Safe Work Australia is currently considering a ban on engineered stone following a meeting with Australia’s Work Health and Safety (WHS) ministers in late February as well as a public consultation on the proposed ban, which concluded in May. The report, which will be released in August this year, is expected to set silica content levels for engineered stone as well as introduce a licensing scheme.
Australia is not immune to the rapidly growing global problem of modern slavery. In fact, new research has found the number of people living in modern slavery has more than doubled in the past four years, rising to an estimated 41,000.
Australia’s new High Speed Rail Authority comes into being today. Created by the Albanese government, the authority and its newly named board have been set a challenging task: “bring high-speed rail to reality”.
The traditional idea of a one-or-two-storey school, spread over a vast campus is no longer an option for some new schools. Population growth and a lack of land in urban areas mean some schools have to go up.
When we talk about transport, it’s usually about time spent commuting and not the out-of-pocket costs. While housing is typically the biggest household cost, spending on transport is the second- or third-largest cost – and these costs are inextricably linked.
The 10% inspiration / inspiring clients / challenging briefs (they’re related) / yellow trace truth / being on site, any site / structural engineers / my open-ended architectural education / architectural teaching / giving lectures to the young and enthusiastic / L+E court hearings we win, 25 off / ticking off invoices.
Electric vehicle advocates say the cars ultimately have a smaller carbon footprint than their fossil-fuelled counterparts and could resolve our energy concerns for good.
