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A closer look at business cases raises questions about 'priority' national infrastructure projects

how business cases submitted to Infrastructure Australia do not follow its requirements in key respects. This casts serious doubt on the business cases used to justify major motorway projects, as well as on how priority projects are selected. Read...

News | 26/04/2018

An update on the Building Products Innovation Council’s Life Cycle Inventory project

In 2007, BPIC committed to establishing a robust “level playing field” basis for conducting life cycle assessment in the building and construction sectors to address inconsistencies. Nigel Howard, managing director at Edge Environment, updates us on...

News | 12/12/2012

The flow of hospitality flooring

, or relying on a singular flooring aesthetic. MIXING & MATCHING For many projects, particularly larger venues, employing more than one flooring material or product can help create a sense that the service being delivered is unique and varied...

News | 29/03/2018

Processes and Products: free lecture on the synergies of BIM and Lean Construction

presented as ‘the leading theorist in BIM and Lean who has produced one of the most influential books on BIM across the world’. The lecture takes place on Tuesday 2 October at 7pm in the Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University of Melbourne as part of the Dean...

News | 21/08/2012

Get your abstracts in for 2016 Making Cities Liveable Conference

confirmed by Tuesday, 29 March 2016. Draft program will be made available by Monday, 4 April 2016. Early bird registrations close on Monday, 16 May 2016 Full papers for peer review (optional): Friday, 27 May 2016 More information about the event can...

News | 26/11/2015

Designs revealed for ‘X’-shaped INXS museum

a museum dedicated to the iconic Aussie band. According to the Northern Star, the proposed building for Ballina on New South Wales’ north coast has been designed in the shape of a large ‘X’. Further buildings could be added...

News | 18/12/2017

There’s more to the compact city than getting dense

debate about things … buildings, cars, trains, roads and so on, and their placement; although it often expresses itself in these terms. It is essentially a debate about human relationships." The Crows’ pioneering work, Plan for...

News | 15/03/2018

Vivid Sydney kicks off with world first will.i.am interactive light show on MCA facade

Vivid Sydney 2012 will open tonight (May 25) with a 'world-first' interactive light installation on the facade of the new Museum of Contemporary Art, allowing festival-goers to literally 'play the building'. Vivid Sydney 2012 will open tonight (May...

News | 24/05/2012

A&D’s top 10 articles for January: From homes for empty-nesters to three-cornered dwellings

adorn the serene surfaces. The warm and inviting sandstone of the heritage wall at the front of the property sets the tone for this design, which exudes subtle coastal elegance. 7. The otherworldly nature of Life on MAARS An existing late...

News | 01/02/2018

SA government takes control of $1b Royal Adelaide Hospital redevelopment

announced on Tuesday that the government would be taking back control of the development, resulting in some unsurprisingly furious developers. According to The Australian, there is even speculation that the consortium is considering legal action against the...

News | 22/09/2017

BLAKitecture: MPavilion delves into Indigenous architecture

/Kamilaroi; and Rueben Berg, Gundijmara, founding director of IADV and commissioner of the Victorian Environmental Water Holder. BLAKitecture will take place at MPavilion on Tuesday 5 December. More information here.

News | 22/11/2017

$230m curved glass residential high-rise proposed for Gold Coast

Architecture, the $230-million project for 272 Hedges Avenue features a reflective design of curved glass. It will contain 99 apartments and two levels of communal facilities. “272 Hedges Avenue is designed to present as an elegant, curvilinear...

News | 10/11/2017

The elephant in the planning scheme: How cities still work around the dominance of parking space

Obviously, all this parking emerged to cater to rising car ownership throughout the 20th century. And, on average, cars are parked 95% of the time. But in the US and Australia, very little parking is a market-based response to demand. An estimated 99% of...

News | 31/01/2018

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Green buildings on parade for World Green Building Week 2013 (1)

How Stormtech transformed sustainability into a key company value

2018 Sustainability Awards: Q&A With Tarkett’s Reza Karani

Sustainable water solutions on the agenda in Stockholm

Vital Signs: we are witnessing a slowly deflating property bubble, for now

Place Design Group's 'Future Street' takes out Urban Challenge award

Government accused of “excessive secrecy” over Powerhouse move

A closer look at business cases raises questions about 'priority' national infrastructure projects

An update on the Building Products Innovation Council’s Life Cycle Inventory project

The flow of hospitality flooring

Processes and Products: free lecture on the synergies of BIM and Lean Construction

Get your abstracts in for 2016 Making Cities Liveable Conference

Designs revealed for ‘X’-shaped INXS museum

There’s more to the compact city than getting dense

Vivid Sydney kicks off with world first will.i.am interactive light show on MCA facade

A&D’s top 10 articles for January: From homes for empty-nesters to three-cornered dwellings

SA government takes control of $1b Royal Adelaide Hospital redevelopment

BLAKitecture: MPavilion delves into Indigenous architecture

$230m curved glass residential high-rise proposed for Gold Coast

The elephant in the planning scheme: How cities still work around the dominance of parking space