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    News Archive for May 2021

    After 140 years, researchers have rediscovered an important Aboriginal ceremonial ground in East Gippsland

    After 140 years, researchers have rediscovered an Aboriginal ceremonial ground in Victoria’s East Gippsland. The site was host to the last young men’s initiation ceremony of the Gunaikurnai back in 1884, witnessed by the anthropologist A.W. Howitt.


    Bring the perfect design to life with support services from Blum

    Designing without limitations is when the best ideas come to life. Blum’s range of services aims to help remove obstacles that may stand between an architect or designer and the client. While they are well known and respected for their quality furniture fittings and cabinet solutions, Blum Showrooms and Kitchen Test Drive displays can provide your clients with a complete kitchen design experience.


    New Zealand’s first full brick facade delivered with brick inlay

    The Hotel Britomart in Auckland sets a new benchmark in facade design with Cheshire Architects combining faultless teamwork with brick inlay to realise their design for the 11-storey full brick facade.


    archiTALK with Liza Ringdahl, Hayball

    Good design principles coupled with adaptability and flexibility are the foundations of a truly sustainable built environment.


    ProGlide sliding doors perfectly complement curved balconies at luxury apartments

    ProGlide High Performance sliding doors from Alspec were adapted to fit the curved balconies of Bombora Apartments in Cronulla, NSW.


    Cloud Architecture designs terrace house to ‘bend’ to family’s changing needs

    Cloud Architecture Studio conceptualised a new terrace house for a large family in inner Melbourne as an adaptable and flexible collection of spaces capable of ‘bending’ to the needs of the occupants well into the future.


    Keeping your bathroom free of odours and mould

    A bathroom ventilation system is the fastest and most effective way to remove moisture and odours from the bathroom and draw fresh air into the space.


    2021 Built Environment Awards winners announced

    Inner West Council has named the 2021 Built Environment Awards winners, with conservation works to Annandale’s The Abbey designed by Letizia Coppo + Associates taking out the 2021 Marrickville Medal.


    10 films with the best architecture ever seen

    While much of the world’s great architecture is seen through our own eyes or via a still photo, many marvels are also seen behind the film camera lens. So, without further ado and in no particular order, here’s our favourite pieces of architecture seen in the world of film through the ages.


    Treated like dirt: urban soil is often overlooked as a resource

    When you think about soil, you probably think of rolling fields of countryside. But what about urban soil? With city dwellers expected to account for 68% of the world’s population by 2050, this oft forgotten resource is increasingly important.


    Adapting technology to design virus-aware buildings

    One of the immediate impacts the COVID-19 pandemic has and will continue to have on our industry is changes to the specifications on new projects.


    Independent Commissioner appointed for Aerotropolis

    The NSW Government has announced that Roberta Ryan will be thrust into the new role of Independent Community Commissioner for the Western Sydney Aerotropolis.


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