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Like rivers in the sky: The weather system bringing floods to Queensland will become more likely under climate change

The severe floods in southeast Queensland this week have forced hundreds of residents to flee the town of Gympie and have cut off major roads, after intense rain battered the state for several days. The rain is expected to continue today, and travel...

News | 02/03/2022

Hobart celebrates architecture week 2011

George Apostolidis. Events include: Hidden Hobart is a self-guided architectural walking tour through the history of Hobart’s built environment that runs from 23 Oct to 5 Nov.Grand Designs Australia presenter and architect Peter Maddison on Tue 25, will...

News | 24/10/2011

AIA honours NSW’s best and brightest at Prizes and Honours Awards

Ed Lippman, Leone Lorrimer, Mahalath Halperin, Philip Graus, Susan Rothwell and Tone Wheeler were named Life Fellows. Guillermo Fernández-Abascal was honoured as a joint winner of the Adrian Ashton Prize for his Regional Bureaucracy project...

News | 05/12/2022

Architecture & Design’s Top 12 articles for 2022

one of Sydney’s most loved cultural destinations The reinvigoration of Pier 2/3 at the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct opened its doors this month, with the design created by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects transforming an old wool shed into a state...

News | 22/12/2022

Singapore International Water Week 2009

will also coincide with the Ministers’ Forum on Infrastructure Development in the Asia Pacific Region and International Water Association’s Leading Edge Technologies Conference (LET).The inaugural Water Week will be held from 23 to 27 June 2008 at...

News | 13/02/2009

Five must-attend events at 2015 Melbourne International Design Week

The Design Matters Melbourne International Design Week will open on 11 May, showcasing the best of Australian and international design over seven days. The Design Matters Melbourne International Design Week will open on 11 May, showcasing some of...

News | 07/05/2015

Princeton head to the inner west with Balmain site acquisition

be designed by Tone Wheeler of environa studio in association with Shelley Indyk, the site will comprise five three-bedroom terraces and one loft-style four-bedroom penthouse akin to similar residences in New York. The penthouse will overlook...

News | 26/10/2022

The wild weather of La Niña could wipe out vast stretches of Australia’s beaches and sand dunes

Australians along the east cost are bracing for yet another round of heavy rainfall this weekend, after a band of stormy weather soaked most of the continent this week. Australians along the east cost are bracing for yet another round of heavy...

News | 10/10/2022

Five things that should happen at the Bonn climate talks but probably won’t

This year’s Conference of the Parties (the 23rd, hence COP23) to the United Nations climate treaty in Bonn, Germany, is not expected to be a deal-clinching, make-or-break one like Paris in 2015 or Copenhagen in 2009. That doesn’t make it...

News | 08/11/2017

How did Victoria cut emissions by almost 30% - while still running mostly on coal?

near Hamilton, Victoria. Shutterstock How does Victoria compare to other states and territories? Victoria’s economy is second only in size to New South Wales, at around 23% of the national economy to NSW’s 31%. The differing...

News | 05/10/2022

Who are Australia’s largest home builders?

Metricon Homes continues to lead the list of Australia’s largest 100 residential builders, as revealed by the HIA-COLORBOND steel Housing 100 Report for 2021/22 released last week. Metricon Homes continues to lead the list of Australia’s...

News | 26/09/2022

Aussie Five-O: Outsulation, Openings, Orientation, Optimass & Operation

. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa Studio, Adjunct Professor at UNSW and is President of the Australian Architecture Association. Please note that I do not read Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or Linked In. My sanity is preserved by replying...

News | 01/09/2020

Accessible design requirements crucial to new NCC, says the AIA

Construction Code was reviewed by the group of Building Ministers last week. The new standard for Livable Housing Design sees basic minimum accessibility features brought in to improve the lives of occupants. AIA National President Shannon Battisson says the...

News | 29/08/2022

Concrete Nation

, ed Rebecca Hawcroft, NewSouth 2017 (Chapter 10 by Tone Wheeler), and is drawn from Lindie Clark, Finding a Common Interest: The story of Dick Dusseldorp and Lend Lease, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 2002 and Mary Murphy, Challenges of Change...

News | 24/07/2020

Study reveals the cities driving carbon emissions

A study released earlier this week has found that just 25 cities have accounted for more than half of the climate-warming gases emitted by a sample of 167 urban hubs around the world. A study released earlier this week has found that just 25...

News | 15/07/2021

More free trees in Greater Sydney

The NSW Government has furthered its pledge to plant more trees within the Greater Sydney area this week, announcing a further 45,000 trees will be planted by councils and within 10,000 Greater Sydney households. The NSW Government has furthered...

News | 23/06/2021

Cost breakdown: How much will a new kitchen cost?

cost to renovate a kitchen? The average cost of a full kitchen renovation in Australia is $17,000. However, this average can increase dramatically depending on the area. In Sydney, an average kitchen renovation is $23,000. Low end kitchen renovations...

News | 08/08/2022

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Like rivers in the sky: The weather system bringing floods to Queensland will become more likely under climate change

Hobart celebrates architecture week 2011

AIA honours NSW’s best and brightest at Prizes and Honours Awards

Architecture & Design’s Top 12 articles for 2022

Singapore International Water Week 2009

Five must-attend events at 2015 Melbourne International Design Week

Princeton head to the inner west with Balmain site acquisition

The wild weather of La Niña could wipe out vast stretches of Australia’s beaches and sand dunes

Five things that should happen at the Bonn climate talks but probably won’t

How did Victoria cut emissions by almost 30% - while still running mostly on coal?

Who are Australia’s largest home builders?

Aussie Five-O: Outsulation, Openings, Orientation, Optimass & Operation

Accessible design requirements crucial to new NCC, says the AIA

Concrete Nation

Study reveals the cities driving carbon emissions

More free trees in Greater Sydney

Cost breakdown: How much will a new kitchen cost?