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    News Archive for December 2021

    Dry stone walling: everything you need to know about drystack

    One of the oldest construction techniques in existence, Dry stone walling (sometimes also called drystack) involves constructing walls by simply stacking stones on top of each other.


    The top 9 Sketchup plugins

    3D house design software is well-established as a means for everybody involved in a new design – from the architect themselves to builders, owners, and even their friends and family – to preview renovations and new houses before they're even started.


    The attractions of smart homes

    Smart houses are about more than just comfort and convenience. They also represent a great way to maximise energy efficiency, reduce waste and carbon emissions, and cut energy bills.


    Roof tiles – the pros and cons of a tiled roof

    Roof tiles date back to around 2500 BC. Archaeologists have found evidence of a tiled roof around this time in ancient Mesopotamia.


    6 of the best timber cladding options in Australia

    Cladding can broadly be defined as material that is attached to a building’s interior or exterior.


    Beautifully renovated fibro houses – before & after shots

    The term ‘fibro’ is short for ‘fibrous cement sheet’. Around the world during the postwar period, and particularly here in Australia, fibro was an extremely popular building product.


    Woodlea bridge construction commences after careful design process

    Construction work has now commenced on the Bonniebrook Bridge, which will easily connect residents of Mirvac’s Woodlea community to other parts of the development.


    Major St Kilda BTR project begins construction

    GURNER and Qualitas’ GQ merger has announced its third build-to-rent project, titled Beach House, located in St Kilda.


    The 2021 Sustainability Awards Winners – Projects

    The largest section of the 2021 Sustainability Awards encompasses a range of categories that are project orientated. This year the entries raised the bar on all aspects of sustainable design, with all winners exemplars of sustainable architecture and design.


    Top 12 articles for 2021

    It’s that time of the year when we look at what was the most popular articles with our readers over the past 12 months.


    Four hectare public space designs revealed for future Stockland community

    Stockland has released designs of the planned open space at its Grand Central master planned community in Tarneit, located 30 kilometres west of Melbourne’s CBD.


    Design Plus: Linking Design to Current Affairs: The Matisse Chapel

    Post the COVID lockdown and arriving just in time for the Christmas season is the blockbuster art show we needed: Henri Matisse at the AGNSW. Exhibition designer, the ever-cool Richard Johnson, has set aside a tall-ceilinged room to display original artworks for a small chapel in Vence, in the south of France, that Matisse regarded as the high point in his artistic career. It is to that building that we turn our attention in this column, linking design to current affairs,


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