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Major city developments among entries in WA architecture awards

make in changing the way we all enjoy our built environment.” However, Karotkin says it isn’t just the high profile projects where the work of architects are affecting lives. “This year’s entries include works that...

News | 25/06/2013

WA receives 117 entries into annual AIA awards

architects make in changing the way we all enjoy our built environment.” Brookfield Place by Hassell and Fitzpatrick + Partners. Image courtesy of Hassell. However, Karotkin said it wasn’t just the high profile projects where the work...

News | 15/05/2013

WA government reveals winning concept for Perth hotel

The West Australian State Government has selected local construction and development firm BGC over international consortiums to develop a 7,350 sqm site which aims to address Perth's hotel room shortage. The West Australian State Government has...

News | 25/01/2013

ABS data shows Victorian building approvals down 17.5% in February

have dropped 17.5 per cent to $1.73 billion compared to the same time last year, but were 6.8 per cent higher than in January. Data released recently by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows a 7.3 per cent drop on residential building approvals...

News | 09/04/2013

Lights, they are a changin'

most common lighting currently is the CFL, but there are several problems with them. “They take time to come up to full brightness, contain mercury, they don’t seem to get the hours they are touted to get, turning on and off degrades...

News | 19/02/2013

LED innovations driving force behind change

changed – we all remember having a single 75W bulb in the middle of the room and maybe a lamp, but nowadays people want more lighting. Knox says this evolved with the reduction in ceiling height resulting in multiple down-lights, in the form of...

News | 27/02/2013

Akril releases latest edition of bathroom products brochure

that any tradesperson can install Akril engineered polymer, reducing the need for another tradesperson, giving project manager more control onsite. The use of Akril engineered polymer can also help to reduce lead times...

News | 15/07/2010

A Water Conservation Conversation

as a short case study. Not so many years ago urban municipalities didn’t allow townies to install tanks to harvest their rainwater, even with Australian households slurping up 14 per cent of our total water consumption. However during the...

News | 07/01/2013

HIA predicts mild recovery for residential construction

.6 per cent this financial year following a 2.7 per cent decline in 2011/12." "There are a range of factors that will constrain a recovery in residential construction, including an on-going process of household deleveraging, the lack of full...

News | 29/10/2012

HIA-RP report claims land sales are on the recovery trail

to be up by 29.7 per cent when compared to the same period in 2011," said HIA Chief Economist, Harley Dale. The reported growth is said to be from a low base and the result is exaggerated by a policy-induced pull-forward in land sales in...

News | 23/10/2012

Building approval figures offer no insight on housing recovery

The August building approvals figures don't provide any insight on when a sustainable recovery in Australia's new home building sector will emerge, said the Housing Industry Association. The August building approvals figures...

News | 09/10/2012

City of New York’s Chief Urban Designer to keynote Urban Design Conference

Melbourne.Washburn is the Chief Urban Designer of the City of New York, Department of City Planning. He is quted:"Urban design is a very powerful tool, and it is meant to change things. If you are satisfied with the status quo, you don’t need urban design...

News | 05/08/2012

New home lending falls by most in five months

later," said Dale. "The evidence isn't there and that has to be a prominent concern for policy makers." "In terms of total owner occupier lending, the moderate recovery in the first home buyer market continues, but is exaggerated...

News | 11/09/2012

Innovation of the Year: Sustainability Awards 2012 finalists

toxic materials and doesn’t create any as byproducts. It contains no mercury, lead or hexavalent chromium, all of which are common in other types of lighting. INITIATIVES The D900 Cube features a square beam, which is...

News | 03/10/2012

Sustainable Architecture: Misho Vasiljevich

wastage that takes place in so many projects. “I try as much as possible to reduce the need to replace materials,” he says. “We don’t have much material on this earth and we’re using it at a great rate. So for me...

News | 17/09/2012

RENOVATIONS: IAG House, 388 George Street, Sydney by Brookfield

reduction of 52.7 percent when compared to 2008 consumption. This translates to taking 320 family cars off the road. It also now boasts a reduction of 62.7 percent in building energy intensity (MJ/sqm) and a reduction of 47.8 percent in building carbon...

News | 07/09/2012

Australian new home building 'clearly in recession', say builders

further weakness ahead, there is no doubt that the Australian home building industry is in recession," said Harvey. Comparing the March 2012 quarter with the March 2011 quarter, new housing work done is down by 8.7 per cent while renovations...

News | 19/07/2012

Winners announced in 10-Star Challenge – Building Designer’s Association of Victoria

‘know what it takes’ will design cost-effective 6, 7 and 8 Star houses with ease. The 2012 BDAV 10-Star Challenge offered two categories: single dwellings and multi-residential projects. Single Dwellings...

News | 02/08/2012

Solar glass technology creating self powered buildings

. The NanoPlas thin film technology can be directly integrated into building glass like a tint layer converting normal windows into solar cells. This means that there won’t be any sacrifice from the architectural point of view since the solar cells...

News | 19/06/2012

Solar glass technology creating self-powered buildings

solar energy, providing a sustainable solution for the building sector. The NanoPlas thin film technology can be directly integrated into building glass like a tint layer converting normal windows into solar cells. This means that there won’t...

News | 15/06/2012

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