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CPD On Demand - Wall & Ceiling Specification to NCC 2022 – Pathways to Compliance & Performance

For architects and specifiers, the task of navigating a way through the NCC can sometimes be difficult. As per the NCC, the regulations vary depending on the type of system involved – whether it’s a steel framed wall system, a timber framed wall...

News | 24/10/2023

Prefabricated and build-to-rent houses could help bring rents down

estimate from the property listing firm Domain is 0.7%. As would be expected with hardly any of Australia’s rental properties vacant and available for rent, rents have soared – at first in 2022 only for newly advertised properties, and later...

News | 15/03/2024

Heritage – Putting on a grave face

position sensibly, and forthrightly, we will be condemned to keeping phony facades as a pastiche of the past. Tone Wheeler is an architect / the views expressed are his. Heritage - putting on a grave face. Tone on Tuesday 174. 8 August 2023 (week 32...

News | 08/08/2023

Episode 178: Esther Dickins from Architectus on biophilia, water-saving design and trends in hospitality design

through layered, integrated design solutions for cities and communities. The expanded offering will be led by Esther Dickins, a highly respected Landscape Architect and Urban Designer with more than 25 years in the industry. Esther comes to...

News | 10/10/2023

SJB takes home Robin Boyd award at 2023 National Architecture Awards

award, while Yirranma Place received a National Commendation for Commercial Architecture. The prestigious Robin Boyd award recognises houses that set new benchmarks for residential design. 19 Waterloo Street received accolades from the jury for...

News | 03/11/2023

High-quality Indigenous housing top of the list on AIA’s Budget submission

housing and meet community needs.” The Institute is also lobbying for increased funding into energy efficiency, construction decarbonisation, accessibility and greater design oversight. The AIA argues that if design professionals were able to...

News | 22/02/2024

Episode 194: The relationship between plumbing and architecture and how plumbing influences design

architecture and how plumbing influences design. Nick Moore, National Business Development Manager for SFA Australia and Gregory Waters, Technical Manager for SFA Australia and New Zealand discuss the Saniflo range of solutions and delve into the evolving...

News | 27/02/2024

One million new homes by 2029: Analysing the 2023-24 Budget

five years from 2024. The Federal Government’s commitment to housing and infrastructure investment has created plenty to contemplate for the built environment, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers indicating that the new Housing Accord aims to build one...

News | 10/05/2023

Proposed Walter Brooke-designed building on Freemasons site to be Adelaide’s tallest

After three years of planning and discussion, the building tower project at the Freemasons Hall site in Adelaide is successfully moving forward with the submission of a development application for a 37-storey mixed-use skyscraper in October last...

News | 17/01/2024

Albanese and NT Governments to spend $4 billion over a decade to tackle Indigenous housing

A $4 billion ten-year agreement between the federal and Northern Territory governments that aims to see up to 270 houses built annually in remote Indigenous communities will be unveiled by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday. A $4 billion ten...

News | 18/03/2024

After multi-million-dollar refurbishment, The Sebel Sydney Martin Place opens for business

, an 86-room, boutique-like hotel in the heart of Sydney, has emerged from a multi-million-dollar revitalisation to elevate Sydney’s hospitality scene with a bespoke and upscale experience. Located on Philip Street, in close proximity to...

News | 19/02/2024

Sydney Opera House at 50 exhibition extended to March 2024

exhibition date so that more people can explore and celebrate five decades of the Sydney Opera House as an extraordinary and much-loved cultural icon.” “In a first for MHNSW, The People’s House brings material and memorabilia from our...

News | 31/10/2023

DKO’s Parisian palace: The Lyall Hotel

at the end of the bed. The Lyall guest rooms are much more than sleeping,” says DKO Interior Design Director, Michael Drescher. “Guests can welcome their social engagements, host glam squads for weddings and take some respite from...

News | 22/03/2024

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CPD On Demand - Wall & Ceiling Specification to NCC 2022 – Pathways to Compliance & Performance

Prefabricated and build-to-rent houses could help bring rents down

Heritage – Putting on a grave face

Episode 178: Esther Dickins from Architectus on biophilia, water-saving design and trends in hospitality design

SJB takes home Robin Boyd award at 2023 National Architecture Awards

High-quality Indigenous housing top of the list on AIA’s Budget submission

Episode 194: The relationship between plumbing and architecture and how plumbing influences design

One million new homes by 2029: Analysing the 2023-24 Budget

Proposed Walter Brooke-designed building on Freemasons site to be Adelaide’s tallest

Is this what comes next for the quintessential car park?

2023 Sustainability Award shortlist is finally here

Construction progressing well on Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop East project

ED backflip another chapter in Albury Hospital saga

AJC celebrates International Women’s Day

COX designs Canva’s new flagship Sydney campus in Surry Hills

Inside Scott Carver’s transformation of Paddington’s former cinema

Albanese and NT Governments to spend $4 billion over a decade to tackle Indigenous housing

After multi-million-dollar refurbishment, The Sebel Sydney Martin Place opens for business

Sydney Opera House at 50 exhibition extended to March 2024

DKO’s Parisian palace: The Lyall Hotel