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    A trick of the light: Using shade to optimise sunlight in residential design
    A trick of the light: Using shade to optimise sunlight in residential design

    Biologically speaking, light equals life. As the main energy source for all living beings, to say light is crucial would be an understatement.


    National parks are not enough – we need landholders to protect threatened species on their property
    National parks are not enough – we need landholders to protect threatened species on their property

    Over the last decade, the area protected for nature in Australia has shot up by almost half. Our national reserve system now covers 20% of the country.


    An investment in clean indoor air would do more than help us fight COVID – it would help us concentrate, with lasting benefits
    An investment in clean indoor air would do more than help us fight COVID – it would help us concentrate, with lasting benefits

    Sometimes the best things you can do are invisible.


    Why the NZ government is right to rule out rent controls as a housing crisis solution
    Why the NZ government is right to rule out rent controls as a housing crisis solution

    Having floated the prospect of introducing rent controls just last week, it seems the government has already ditched the proposal.


    Designing inclusive and flexible schools key for diverse community aspirations
    Designing inclusive and flexible schools key for diverse community aspirations

    Engaging learning environments create a sense of place, purpose and community for all students and staff, Hester Hornbrook Academy, demonstrates the importance of authentic inclusive design.


    How not to build a capital: What Indonesia can learn from other master-planned cities’ mistakes
    How not to build a capital: What Indonesia can learn from other master-planned cities’ mistakes

    In 1900, there were only about 40 capital cities in the world, and now there are nearly 200. About 40% of all countries have also considered relocating their capital as they’ve grown too big - and at least five new capitals are now being planned.


    Architects shown how machine learning can clean up our cities
    Architects shown how machine learning can clean up our cities

    Computational design can identify greater efficiencies across the built environment, enabling us to create more sustainable cities.


    Are wind turbines the solution to Australia's growing energy needs?
    Are wind turbines the solution to Australia's growing energy needs?

    New research confirms Australia’s offshore wind resources offer vast potential both for electricity generation and new jobs. In fact, wind conditions off southern Australia rival those in the North Sea, between Britain and Europe, where the offshore wind industry is well established.


    How Brad Pitt’s green housing dream for Hurricane Katrina survivors turned into a nightmare
    How Brad Pitt’s green housing dream for Hurricane Katrina survivors turned into a nightmare

    Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation built 109 eye-catching and affordable homes in New Orleans for a community where many people were displaced by damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Now this housing development is in disarray. The vast majority of the recently constructed homes are riddled with construction-related problems that have led to mold, termites, rotting wood, flooding and other woes.


    The latest trends in exterior colour schemes: 5 beautiful base colours for modern home exteriors
    The latest trends in exterior colour schemes: 5 beautiful base colours for modern home exteriors

    Over the last decade, the most common colour scheme for the exterior of a house has become blue-grey. The majority of house exteriors will have three base colours which are used to complement and define the features of the house.


    Hearts, cells and mud: how biology helps humans re-imagine our cities in vexed times
    Hearts, cells and mud: how biology helps humans re-imagine our cities in vexed times

    Biological metaphors for the city abound in daily use. You may live close to an “arterial” road or in the “heart” of a metropolis. You may work in one of the city’s “nerve centres” or exercise in a park described as the city’s “lungs”.


    2021 was one of the hottest years on record – and it could also be the coldest we’ll ever see again
    2021 was one of the hottest years on record – and it could also be the coldest we’ll ever see again

    Well, it’s official: 2021 was one of the planet’s seven hottest years since records began, the World Meteorological Organization declared this week. The year was about 1.11℃ above pre-industrial levels – the seventh year in a row that the average global temperature rise edged over 1℃.


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