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Sustainability Summit 2024: Early bird tickets for sale now

Brought to you by Architecture & Design, the Sustainability Summit 2024 is set to be the premier event for industry professionals committed to advancing sustainable design and construction. Held on 14 November at the prestigious Fullerton Hotel in...

News | 25/09/2024

Coronation Property’s $9B Moore Point river city proposal moves forward – finally

. Formerly an industrial site on the banks of the Georges River in Liverpool in Sydney’s southwest, the 32-hectare property jointly owned by Coronation Property and Leamac Property Group is being reimagined to deliver one of the largest private urban...

News | 25/09/2024

NSW launches pattern book design competition amid ongoing housing affordability concerns

Government has launched an international pattern book design competition allowing architects and architecture students from around the world to design the future face of Sydney and NSW while speeding up the delivery of new homes. Housing remains the single...

News | 18/07/2024

20-minute neighbourhoods and urban infill may help alleviate the housing crisis

. Leveraging urban regeneration to offer more diverse housing typologies as well as bring housing closer to jobs and amenities without dependence on cars can drive a more inclusive vision for Australia’s housing future, he notes. “Australian...

News | 26/06/2024

Sustainability Summit Panel #4: Building healthy homes for wellbeing

personal and community wellbeing - it is exciting to envisage the contribution the current housing boom can have on improving liveability for all.” This panel represents some of the most accomplished leaders in the sustainability field who will...

News | 24/09/2024

Hayball-designed social housing in Preston residential community adds 99 new homes

Buckeridge. “Wellbeing is generated through place. Our design focuses not only on providing diverse housing opportunities to alleviate housing pressures, but on creating a high-quality public realm that can support residents to thrive and connect...

News | 17/07/2024

Hamton Property Group receives permit approval at former University of Melbourne site

Program works. It has enabled this new significant housing supply in a high demand area of Melbourne where there are no other large development sites. The Program has brought forward this project by around 12 months,” says Hamton’s Founder and...

News | 23/09/2024

Philip Thalis on urban planning, medium-density housing and design

Philip Thalis talks with Hamish McDonald on urban planning and design. Hamish McDonald (HM): What do you make of the NSW State Government’s plan to override council planning regulations to achieve more dense housing in the inner ring of Sydney...

News | 05/06/2024

Tone on Tuesday: The democratic spatial narrative of the Australian War Memorial

highlight its true power. It is at this point that the full power of the design is revealed. You are standing on an elevated platform, at the highest point, looking past the spaces that you just explored, to see the reasons that man goes...

News | 30/03/2021

Tone on Tuesday: Design failure USA: The Automobile

This is a story of design failure in the United States of America*. It follows last week’s analysis of how the USA as a country was designed to fail, in its constitution and beliefs, based as it is on individualism and exceptionalism. And that...

News | 03/11/2020

FK to transform Chatswood skyline with Novus on Victoria

opportunities, designed with a paramount focus on building a vertical community. “We see Novus on Victoria as an opportunity to leverage the great connectivity, vibrancy and life of the Chatswood CBD, whilst offering much needed housing options,”...

News | 22/08/2024

Victorian households are poorly prepared for longer, more frequent heatwaves, say experts

they had made (or would like to make) to the home to make it more comfortable. Participants were also asked about how manageable they found their energy and other bills. Finally, participants were asked to reflect on their longer-term housing...

News | 20/09/2024

Episode 219: Gabrielle Suhr from SJB on the role of sustainability and wellbeing in modern design

Gabrielle Suhr is a leader in the residential space. With a focus on elevating the ease of every day living into memorable moments of delight, Gabrielle brings clarity and refinement to the design process that ensures considered and rewarding...

News | 27/08/2024

How to ensure higher-density housing developments still have enough space for residents’ recreation needs

Growing populations and housing shortages are affecting cities worldwide, including in Australia. It’s driving them to adopt high-density development near public transport hubs instead of endless suburban sprawl on city fringes. Anthony Veal...

News | 11/07/2024

Will the healthcare building revolution be modularised?

perhaps the association with demountable buildings, often found in schools or on work sites, which are typically used as temporary structures. Some people may also conjure up images of manufactured homes, which were previously used as low-income housing...

News | 19/09/2024

The 10 Smallest Houses in the World

.22 meters at its widest point. This tiny home is nestled between two buildings and serves as an artistic statement on urban space utilization. 3. Quay House ? Owner: Private ? Location: Conwy, Wales ? Build Date: 16th century...

News | 18/09/2024

A new bill is proposing a human right to housing. How would this work?

, to really address housing as a system. Our research Last year, colleagues and I published research for the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute on how to make an effective national housing plan. We recommended the plan should...

News | 09/07/2024

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Sustainability Summit 2024: Early bird tickets for sale now

Coronation Property’s $9B Moore Point river city proposal moves forward – finally

Builder chosen for first homes on Frasers Property’s historic Bradmill site

Wardle welcomes Jack Davies to the team

How NZ’s new housing rules risk cheap builds and shoebox apartments

NSW launches pattern book design competition amid ongoing housing affordability concerns

20-minute neighbourhoods and urban infill may help alleviate the housing crisis

Sustainability Summit Panel #4: Building healthy homes for wellbeing

Hayball-designed social housing in Preston residential community adds 99 new homes

Hamton Property Group receives permit approval at former University of Melbourne site

Philip Thalis on urban planning, medium-density housing and design

Tone on Tuesday: The democratic spatial narrative of the Australian War Memorial

Tone on Tuesday: Design failure USA: The Automobile

FK to transform Chatswood skyline with Novus on Victoria

Victorian households are poorly prepared for longer, more frequent heatwaves, say experts

Episode 219: Gabrielle Suhr from SJB on the role of sustainability and wellbeing in modern design

How to ensure higher-density housing developments still have enough space for residents’ recreation needs

Will the healthcare building revolution be modularised?

The 10 Smallest Houses in the World

A new bill is proposing a human right to housing. How would this work?