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    News Archive for December 2021

    Lego likeness delivers iDesign UOW’s first Sustainable Homes Challenge crown

    The inaugural winner of the University of Wollongong’s Sustainable Homes Challenge has been announced, with iDesign’s Lego House project taking out the competition.


    What pandemic? Sydney ready to bounce back with office & retail leading the way

    Sydney’s business heart is shaping up for a comeback, with planning complete on the next steps to unlock a potential 2.4 million square metres of new commercial and employment floor space in Central Sydney and Pyrmont that will enable more development in the city centre while also protecting public space and solar access.


    Vertical retirement village officially opens in Adelaide

    South Australian home care and retirement living provider ECH has cut the ribbon on its new $42.5 million Encore Apartments development, located in Modbury.


    Virtual ‘visit’ paves the way for strategists to analyse suburbs

    Through the use of a social analytics platform, Melbourne-based urban strategists Hatch RobertsDay has been able to give an in-depth analysis of Sydney’s Castle Hill without physically visiting the suburb.


    Experience and next-gen thinking recognised with AIA NSW Chapter Prizes

    Both experienced practitioners and the next generation of architects featured in the winners’ list for the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2021 NSW Chapter Prizes.


    Tone on Tuesday 103: The four stages of sustainability and my part in its serial failures

    Last month I was awarded a Lifetime Achievement award, most likely for staying power as I've been involved in sustainability for over 50 years. In my acceptance speech I commented on “what a long, strange trip it's been”, and I described four distinct stages of sustainability in the built environment, although for much of that time it wasn’t called that.


    Episode 97: My sustainability journey by 2021 Sustainability Awards Lifetime Achievement winner, Tone Wheeler

    Tone Wheeler is a lot of things: architect, lecturer, builder, author, entrepreneur, mentor, government advisor, critic and columnist.


    The best modern building materials

    Ever since there were buildings and houses, and ever since they were builders and architects, construction has involved maintaining a series of balances.


    NH channels immediate landscape with innovative events space design

    NH Architecture has brought a fresh approach to designing the quintessential conference venue, with Australia’s latest events space CENTREPIECE at Melbourne Park citing its surrounding natural landscape.


    Will Rob Stokes retain the NSW planning & environment portfolio?

    As NSW state political custom dictates, following a leadership change, there is the obligatory cabinet reshuffle with loyalists rewarded and protagonists banished to the local equivalent of Outer Mongolia.


    Introducing Plus’ latest coastal residential project

    Plus Architecture has released its plans for a number of boutique coastal residences at Casuarina Beach, titled PAMA, located on NSW’s north coast.


    EasyMile authorised to operate Europe’s first driverless vehicle on public roads

    Technology company EasyMile has received authorisation from the French Government to operate Europe’s first driverless vehicle, following extensive test runs in the southern city of Toulouse.


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