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Sod-turning event marks start of work on Eastern Creek Quarter

Construction has commenced on the third stage of Frasers Property Australia’s award-winning multi-asset retail destination in Western Sydney, Eastern Creek Quarter (ECQ), following the approval of the project’s State Significant Development...

News | 28/05/2024

Tone on Friday: Charlie Watts, Graphic Designer too

Reaction to Tone on Tuesday’s column about the late Charlie Watts’ influence on the Rolling Stones graphics was so positive that we’ve got some more album covers for you (instead of the scheduled Feedback Friday). Reaction to Tone on Tuesday’s...

News | 03/09/2021

Sika’s solutions safeguard vital water infrastructure: Sustainable solutions at Prospect Reservoir

paramount. Emblematic of this consistently increasing focus on critical urban structures, the recent joint refurbishment of Sydney’s Prospect Reservoir highlights the significance and environmental benefits of proactive maintenance. Owned and...

News | 24/06/2024

Biofabrication in design practice – a clear path to circularity and regeneration

Collectivity Talks founder Genevieve Brannigan sat down with Sally Evans, director of graphic design and product development at Nexus Designs to interrogate the role of biofabrication in design practice. Following on from a recent panel discussion...

News | 24/06/2024

Prefabs and the ‘missing middle’: How to get to build 1.2 million homes in the next 5 years

Ziaesaeidi, Western Sydney University The National Cabinet set an ambitious target of building 1.2 million well-located homes over the next five years to tackle Australia’s housing crisis. The focus of the National Housing Accord is on...

News | 20/06/2024

Is micro-mobility the answer to our housing crisis?

‘affordable living crisis’ rather than a ‘housing affordability crisis’, with people living in the outer suburbs having to spend more time and money on long commutes. Citing the latest research by the Australian Automobile Association (AAA...

News | 20/06/2024

Northcote House by LLDS leads winners’ parade at 2024 Australian Interior Design Awards

of projects was exceptionally high, and while exquisite craftsmanship and detailing reigned, an emphasis on strong colour, natural light and refined materiality prevailed." "There's a freshness that characterises [this year...

News | 20/06/2024

Tone on Tuesday: The declining quality of our buildings

construction industry across Australia” would answer those questions. Commonly known as the Shergold-Weir report, for the two lawyers who authored it, it was comprehensive, relying as the authors pointed out on a mass of existing reports. It had...

News | 15/10/2019

Tone on Tuesday: Shoddy apartments? Blame the banks

Australia”. This report never found the real source of shoddy building because they were directed to look in all the wrong places. More on that in next week’s Tone on Tuesday. Tone Wheeler / environa studio The views expressed are solely those...

News | 08/10/2019

Esteemed guests on hand at topping out for Parrramatta’s paramount development

to providing much-needed housing in Paramatta CBD and Western Sydney generally,” he says. “With its blend of residential apartments, ground floor retail and commercial spaces, and views of our much loved Parramatta Eels stadium...

News | 02/05/2024

Fire & smoke control in commercial applications

Promatect XS – 2nd Generation is one such product. Suitable for installation on structural steel before the building is weather tight, it can be left exposed for up to six months. On top of that, because it can generally be installed in a single layer...

News | 18/06/2024

Western Sydney’s newest stadium set to open in 2019

Work has started on Western Sydney’s newest sports stadium on the site of the old Pirtek stadium in Parramatta. Work has started on Western Sydney’s newest sports stadium on the site of the old Pirtek stadium in Parramatta. Due to...

News | 27/09/2017

Team2 Architects on efficiency, sufficiency and sustainability

, including an in-house Interior Design team and Visualisation Specialist, with two outposts in Sydney and Melbourne respectively. Celebrating its 21st year in operation in 2024, and initially working on a number of residential projects, the practice was born...

News | 09/05/2024

New methods to optimise Australia's biodiversity

ecosystems provide for nature and people. Rachael Gallagher Samantha Ellen Andres, Western Sydney University; Joe Atkinson, Aarhus University, and Rachael Gallagher, Western Sydney University More than 52 million hectares of land across...

News | 13/06/2024

Unveiling the Future: 2023 Sustainability Summit Review

Last Thursday, November 9, Sydney's magnificent Allianz Stadium played host to the much-anticipated 2023 Sustainability Summit, a unique two-stream, 10 Q & A panel, built industry event that brought together architects, designers, visionaries...

News | 16/11/2023

Design Notes: Ideas, issues and idiocies from the last fortnight

. Past Design Notes and Tone on Tuesday columns can be found here. You can contact TW at [email protected].

News | 07/06/2024

Sustainability trends in large commercial architecture

While large commercial projects might lack the nimble adaptability of smaller-scale ventures, they have the robustness and resources to drive genuine change on a much bigger scale. The architecture and design industry is eagerly embracing this...

News | 13/06/2024

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Sod-turning event marks start of work on Eastern Creek Quarter

Tone on Friday: Charlie Watts, Graphic Designer too

Sika’s solutions safeguard vital water infrastructure: Sustainable solutions at Prospect Reservoir

Biofabrication in design practice – a clear path to circularity and regeneration

Sydney Children’s Hospital building reaches major milestone

New appointments to support Populous’ global growth and expansion

Woods Bagot prepares for opening of defining residential precinct

Prefabs and the ‘missing middle’: How to get to build 1.2 million homes in the next 5 years

Is micro-mobility the answer to our housing crisis?

Northcote House by LLDS leads winners’ parade at 2024 Australian Interior Design Awards

Tone on Tuesday: The declining quality of our buildings

Tone on Tuesday: Shoddy apartments? Blame the banks

Esteemed guests on hand at topping out for Parrramatta’s paramount development

Fire & smoke control in commercial applications

Western Sydney’s newest stadium set to open in 2019

Team2 Architects on efficiency, sufficiency and sustainability

New methods to optimise Australia's biodiversity

Unveiling the Future: 2023 Sustainability Summit Review

Design Notes: Ideas, issues and idiocies from the last fortnight

Sustainability trends in large commercial architecture