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Deborah Singerman considers the impact design competitions and awards programs have on trends for Australian kitchens.
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Sustainability, affordability, delivery and lifecycle. These four key imperatives are driving and challenging the construction industry to not only deliver a solution that satisfies an initial requirement but one that considers environmental impacts and the operational aspects of a facility over its life.
After Victoria’s Black Saturday disaster of 2009 it has become evident that designing for bushfire safety presents a problem which cannot be solved by scientific research and landscape management alone. Architect and lecturer Dr Ian Weir argues that designers and researchers need to articulate new ways of living sustainably in bushfire prone landscapes.
A firm undeniably at the forefront in the field, we ask PTW Architects to discuss some of the latest possibilities with façade cladding. PTW’s Michael Yip and Matt Dobbs report.
Highly flexible, LED technology will lead to a re-think of lighting applications, writes Steve Coyne, president of the Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia and New Zealand
New wood products are at the heart of an international revolution in natural architecture and sustainable building construction. And for once the advances have nothing to do with religion or war – Tony Neilson reports.
Stephanie McDonald explains how plasterboard has undergone several changes in response to sustainability concerns.
Timber is one of the most versatile building materials on the planet. But too often the material is misused or incorrectly installed, compromising its properties.
Angela Welsh presents a snapshot of the world of windows, doors and hardware, as gleaned from some for the experts that gathered for this year's specialist fenestration conference in Queensland.
Danielle Bowling takes a bird’s eye view of building trends and considers the colourful array of roofing material options now available.
We can see by looking in our backyards and local parks how landscape design trends vary from street to street and from suburb to suburb. But how about between states? Danielle Bowling contrasts the latest landscape trends in two very different cities: Townsville and Melbourne.
While buildings are being developed with ever greater energy efficiency in heating and air-conditioning systems, there is still much to be gained from better communication between building designers and clients. Rita Mu reports.
