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Focus on managing social housing waiting lists is failing low-income households

viable alternatives – namely affordable, safe and secure private housing. Eligible applicants who don’t have a “priority need” can wait up to ten years to be housed. They face strict eligibility checks just to remain on the waiting...

News | 13/08/2019

International students rank Melbourne and Sydney in world's top cities – but we can make them feel safer

the 140 cities surveyed. Melbourne held the top spot for seven consecutive years, only this year being edged out by Vienna by 0.7 of a percentage point. Ben Sowter said: "This year’s edition of the QS Best Student Cities Ranking...

News | 09/08/2019

What Sydney Harbour Bridge could have looked like

proposed this design in 1902. His design was actually accepted by the New South Wales authorities, but the story doesn‘t end there; An economic slowdown resulted in a change of government, the incoming government then rejected the whole project, so...

News | 29/07/2019

The edges of home ownership are becoming porous. It's no longer a one-way street

shows that in the first decade of this century alone, nearly 2 million people left home ownership and returned to renting. These “leavers” represent one fifth of all home owners in the decade. But this wasn’t a one-way street...

News | 17/07/2019

Schools need better ventilation, not air-conditioning

biological contamination and if you don’t have proper ventilation, the microbes stay in the environment. So once one child is sick, everyone is sick." adds Santamouris. The level of pollutants inside a classroom continue to increase if the...

News | 11/07/2019

Australia's still building 4 in every 5 new houses to no more than the minimum energy standard

of environmental, economic and social outcomes. It’s also below the minimum set by many other countries. Read more: Low-energy homes don't just save money, they improve lives There have been calls for these minimum standards to...

News | 25/06/2019

Double honour for Canberra home extension at ACT Architecture Awards

, designed by Rob Henry Architects, which won in the Residential Architecture - Houses (New) category. ANU’s Hanna Neumann Building also won the W Hayward Morris Award for Interior Architecture and the Pamille Berg Award for Art in Architecture. ACT...

News | 18/06/2019

America’s top 10 most sustainable buildings of 2018

environmental performance, the team’s sustainable strategies include the installation of a continuous air ventilation system, and the use of non-toxic building materials. Meanwhile, the building’s energy-efficient fresh air system doesn’t need...

News | 28/06/2019

“Congestion busting” just got harder: Scott Morrison accelerates population rush

visas. In Treasury estimates, net migration plus a natural increase equals population growth. The population’s set to increase by 1.7% in 2019 and 2020. Over 60% is from net migration. This past decade, population...

News | 06/06/2019

The brutal truth on housing: Someone has to lose in order for first homebuyers to win

The Coalition’s First Home Loan Deposit Scheme is the latest plan that is supposed to arrest the decline in home ownership among younger Australians. On housing, the contrast between the two major parties couldn’t be clearer. The Coalition...

News | 20/05/2019

Timber look tiles: Top 10 wood tiles on the market

sustianable in of all, these are very popular in many builds. 7 - Archaic Wood Effect Tiles These are available in a range of colurs such as pale blues and light browns. 8 - Paintwash Wood Effect Tiles This style of wooden floor tiles creates the...

News | 09/05/2019

Indonesia isn't the only country planning new cities. Why not Australia?

Bekasi (2.7 million). A key reason for moving the capital is that Jakarta is prone to serious flooding and is rapidly sinking. Jakarta also suffers overpopulation, severe traffic gridlock, slums and a lack of critical urban infrastructure such as...

News | 03/05/2019

Women lead SA’s civil construction industry honours list

for the Southern River College in WA and was an invited speaker at the 7th Women in Mining conference in South Africa. Best Individual Contribution: Tammy Cooper, BMD Urban Workplace Health & Safety In a decade-long civil career...

News | 18/04/2019

Barangaroo’s timber tower achieves completion in 7 months

Lendlease announces that Daramu House, their second timber building in Barangaroo, has reached its top floor in just 7 months. Lendlease announces that Daramu House, their second timber building in Barangaroo, has reached its top floor, officially...

News | 17/04/2019

On housing, there's clear blue water between the main parties

cost to the public purse has been rising – most recently estimated at A$11.7 billion. Despite this, federal Coalition ministers have resisted any paring back of these concessions. The Labor alternative The ALP enters this election...

News | 18/04/2019

Six stunning and iconic designs in Australian architecture

Territory, completed in 1959 Professor Alan Pert, director of NORD Architecture and Director of the Melbourne School of Design The Australian Academy of Science. Architect: Roy Grounds Construction: Civil & Civic/ Structural engineers: W L...

News | 09/04/2019

Total transport spending is about par for the course, but the pattern is unusual

transport infrastructure will surely be more plentiful than usual, and carefully chosen to shore up the electoral bulwarks. But don’t get too excited: this year the rhetoric may be big, but the scale of the numbers is nothing unusual. What is different...

News | 04/04/2019

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Focus on managing social housing waiting lists is failing low-income households

International students rank Melbourne and Sydney in world's top cities – but we can make them feel safer

What Sydney Harbour Bridge could have looked like

The edges of home ownership are becoming porous. It's no longer a one-way street

Schools need better ventilation, not air-conditioning

Australia's still building 4 in every 5 new houses to no more than the minimum energy standard

Double honour for Canberra home extension at ACT Architecture Awards

America’s top 10 most sustainable buildings of 2018

“Congestion busting” just got harder: Scott Morrison accelerates population rush

Vale I.M. Pei: the man who designed Paris’s Louvre Pyramid

To design safer parks for women, city planners must listen to their stories

China driving electric vehicle revolution

The brutal truth on housing: Someone has to lose in order for first homebuyers to win

Timber look tiles: Top 10 wood tiles on the market

Indonesia isn't the only country planning new cities. Why not Australia?

Women lead SA’s civil construction industry honours list

Barangaroo’s timber tower achieves completion in 7 months

On housing, there's clear blue water between the main parties

Six stunning and iconic designs in Australian architecture

Total transport spending is about par for the course, but the pattern is unusual