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The rise of privately-owned public spaces

. Privately-owned public spaces, or ‘PoPs’, are on the rise and have silently infiltrated cities worldwide. In fact, you might use one day-to-day without even knowing – and there could be more to come, On the surface, these pseudo...

News | 28/10/2020

Laminate Flooring: Top 3 Timber Laminate Products

. Especially if you're opting for stick on laminate. What colours/types are available? Tasmanian Oak laminate flooring The Tasmanian Oak laminate is light in colour for timber laminate flooring, which is well-known as it is easy to match with other...

News | 02/11/2020

The 14th annual Sustainability Awards shortlist has been announced

Alec Tzannes Tzannes Paul Haar Haar Haarchitecture Professor Sandra Kaji-O'Grady University of Queensland Tone Wheeler Environa Multiple Dwelling Arcadia North Gallery Plus Architecture with Sekisui House Arkadia DKO...

News | 16/09/2020

Social housing was one hell of a missed budget opportunity, but there's time

federal budget itself, delivered on Tuesday, offered nothing extra for social housing, even though when polled by The Conversation and the Economic Society of Australia more of Australia’s leading economists wanted money spent on social housing than...

News | 09/10/2020

Morrison government lays down five technologies for its clean energy investment

Tuesday it will indicate the “priority low emissions technologies” they, and the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) – which is responsible for administering the government’s emissions reduction fund – should concentrate on...

News | 24/09/2020

Sustainability Summit to be opened by Dr. Janis Birkeland

, professional, and academic life to socio-ecological sustainability. Believing early on that built environment design was a key to sustainability, Birkeland became an architect and urban designer in San Francisco. Later, to better understand the barriers to...

News | 30/09/2020

Rant on

the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art … seems to strike just the right tone for this time in New York’s history. A wholly contemporary work, it has a bold, aggressive profile that says as much about the city we’ve lost as it does...

News | 09/06/2009

Sustainability Summit set to be bigger and better in 2020

this will prove to be an added bonus as this change will ensure that the 2020 Sustainability Summit will now have the potential for a global audience and not just a national one as in previous years. So for just $99, attendees will be able to listen...

News | 21/09/2020

NSW will stop dodgy apartments from opening

to commence on Tuesday, the Residential Apartments Buildings (Compliance and Enforcement Powers) Act 2020 will give the NSW Building Commissioner new powers to act to stop dodgy construction. Under the Act, the Commissioner can: Issue a stop...

News | 02/09/2020

AAA looks at the Centenary Swimming Pools

and written by Jackson Birrell, an AAA volunteer, photos by Megan Alinama, edited by Tone Wheeler for the Australian Architecture Association. For more information on the AAA and its activities to promote architecture, go to https://www.architecture.org.au/ ...

News | 28/11/2019

Polycarbonate Roofing: Top 3 Polycarbonate Sheets for Your Roof

polycarbonate, laserlight and more. You can find them at Bunnings and a range of building materials retailers. How durable is it? It can last up to 20 years, depending on the profile of polycarbonate roofing you choose. How much maintenance is required...

News | 10/09/2020

Sydney University professor wins Global Energy Prize

electricity grids. His work has progressed Australia’s transition to sustainable electric power that’s stable and affordable, which will ultimately benefit us all. I congratulate him on making the shortlist for this coveted international...

News | 10/09/2020

Iconic Buildings of the 20th Century Talk: Centre Pompidou

On Thursday 26 September 2019, don't miss the final talk in the Australian Architecture Association’s (AAA) 'Iconic Buildings of the 20th Century' series. Hosted by Brickworks Studio, Tone Wheeler, architect and president of the AAA, reveals the...

News | 19/09/2019

House hunters are rarely told the home energy rating – little wonder the average is as low as 1.8 stars

10-star Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NaTHERS). Decision-makers typically fail to appreciate the importance of a low star rating, even though it have profound impacts on households’ health and budgets. These challenges have come...

News | 03/09/2020

Why technology needs to be brought into the workplace design conversation earlier

distracted while working (99 percent) in research we conducted last year, and half said that distractions make it difficult to listen or be heard on calls in an open plan environment (51 percent). The workplaces of the future will create effective spaces...

News | 25/08/2020

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

more important than the more easily specified bulk insulation, especially in the roof, but it gets a bad wrap. Its shiny reflectivity makes it hard to install; and early on builders had to supply sunglasses, before a surface coating was developed that...

News | 01/09/2020

Increasingly hostile designs are emerging to keep people out of public spaces

‘hostile architecture’, and use elements of the built environment to restrict behaviours perceived as antisocial. While some argue it is necessary for things like crime prevention, others say it systematically targets the vulnerable who rely on public...

News | 14/08/2020

Festival of Urbanism 2019 kicking off today

. Henry Halloran Trust Research Showcase Tuesday, September 10, 2019 Two Henry Halloran Trust Incubators will present their work on citizen-led organising and Indigenous housing. How to deal with troublemakers: Five lessons from stories around the...

News | 02/09/2019

Putting shading under the spotlight

warmth of natural timber while offering the robust qualities of a manufactured product. The façade batten system from Innowood allows a great breadth of flexibility in overall design that marries so well with the louvre shading systems on offer. The...

News | 13/08/2020

Commercial sector the biggest loser when it comes to security

Femmes d’Alger. And while a hotel break-in, or electronic key fault may not reap any actual loot for the robber, the reputation of a multimillion dollar hospitality chain can be deeply harmed by tales of lax security on social media, while an...

News | 14/08/2020

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