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    News Archive for August 2015

    Leading Australian architects gather for Sydney Living Museum Talks Series

    Sydney Living Museums is organising a Talks Series with curator and author Karen McCartney featuring some of Australia’s leading architectural minds and social commentators.


    “NCC and AUS Standards a sound basis but undermined by lack of conformity assessments” David Ryan of the Australian Steel Institute

    A third party certification scheme for structural steelwork is gaining momentum as the issue of non-compliant building products in the construction industry intensifies with steel product and materials increasingly not meeting relevant Australian standards.


    Eight products from this year’s Red Dot Best of the Best Awards

    While over 100 ‘Best of the Best’ awards were handed out at this year’s Red Dot Awards, we chose eight products that could be influential to Australia’s architecture and design industry.


    The Sustainable Carpet Making Big Noise in Acoustic Design

    Acoustic design plays an important role in today’s architectural environments. It is no longer a luxury – it’s a necessity.


    MTalks, MMeets, MMusic, films and gatherings exploring architecture and design to return at MPavilion 2015

    MPavilion is collaborating with global cultural organisations to develop free public programs on design and architecture for the upcoming event in October.


    Senate must act to stop militant thugs crippling building sites: Master Electricians Australia

    Master Electricians Australia (MEA) has called upon the Senate to reintroduce laws that will protect workers and employers on building sites from thugs.


    NSW Planning reforms means $5 million fines for companies breaching planning conditions

    Rob Stokes MP, Minister for Planning announced that companies breaching planning conditions will be heavily fined with penalties increasing five-fold, following the approval of the amendment by the NSW Parliament in November last year.


    Abandoned golf courses of today the solar farms of the future

    A host of solar farms are popping up around the globe and in places you might not have expected.


    Glasswork’s LoE-i89 performance glass paves the way for passive thermal heating in homes

    The only thing more chilling than a winter snap, is receiving the power bill at the end of it.


    What differentiates Open Shutters from the rest?

    Window shutters represent an aesthetic and functional response to the Australian way of life.


    de Campo Architects chooses precast THERMOMASS concrete sandwich panels again for new Boroondara House project

    de Campo Architects has once again chosen to place their trust in THERMOMASS concrete sandwich panels from Composite Global Solutions for their new project in Sorrento, Victoria.


    Haymes Paint’s modern take on pinks for August

    Pink is the colour of the month, according to Colour Expressions by Haymes.


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