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Too many renters swelter through summer. Efficient cooling should be the law for rental homes

heat gain (using insulation, shade, windows and so on) and increasing cooling methods such as air flow. Such design standards would create homes that use less energy to cool. In France, for example, “summer comfort” standards dictate that...

News | 27/11/2023

Although it continues to rain, here’s our guide to bushfire preparedness

what helps the substrate, that is your house or your building, stay protected from the fire,” says UNSW Professor Guan Yeoh, Director of the ARC Training Centre for Fire Retardant Materials and Safety Technologies at UNSW. “In the...

News | 08/01/2024

WA’s EPA: How the state government plans to overhaul its processes

, which is driving away investors and harming the environment due to the slowdown. WA Premier Roger Cook believes it is time for change, a staggering $318 billion worth of investment yet to be greenlit by the EPA. "Economic opportunity is being...

News | 08/01/2024

Infolink | Building Products News, July / August 2018 out now

is especially true for this publication, as soon, we will be opening FRONT, a boutique commercial design event for architects, designers, property facilitators and end users. FRONT, will be on all accounts, a unique event for the design industry...

News | 07/08/2018

Property Council slams Senate for scrapping of Nature Repair Market offset credits

says. “The government recognised the only way to achieve progress is for government and industry to work together. By removing offsets from the legislation, the Senate has removed industry as a partner.” “Without a clear...

News | 08/12/2023

Generative design in urban design, planning and sustainability

Cunningham, the senior regional director of Australia and New Zealand at Autodesk. One of the earliest works in the context of generative design that Autodesk did was for Airbus where they had to design a lightweight panel. It has since grown from there...

News | 18/10/2023

Housing and the Albanese government: A mid-term report card

’s only one element of a raft of initiatives from Canberra over this time. Hal Pawson, UNSW Sydney The Albanese government can justly claim to have reasserted Commonwealth leadership on housing since its election in 2022. Media attention...

News | 18/12/2023

G.J. Gardner brings Palm Springs typology to the fore

News | 01/11/2023

Woods Bagot to design Chatswood mixed use luxury living project after competition win

partner with global architectural practice Woods Bagot on a new luxury mixed-use project in the heart of Chatswood, NSW. Woods Bagot won the Design Excellence Competition for Coronation’s $246 million Chatswood project, which is conveniently...

News | 12/10/2023

130 projects in the race for 2023 Victorian Architecture Awards

, Heliotope, says the Institute’s introduction of a mandatory sustainability checklist for all award entries to all categories encouraged a baseline level of meaningful sustainable design for all projects, while helping filter projects for consideration...

News | 01/05/2023

The 2021 Sustainability Awards Winners – People

Achievement The Lifetime Achievement award sponsored by BlueScope is the pinnacle of recognition and respect for a practitioner. This year the accolade was bestowed on a stalwart of the environment movement, Tone Wheeler of environa studio. As a...

News | 09/12/2021

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars

also a lot cheaper to buy and run than electric cars. If you commute on an e-bike 20km a day, five days a week, your charging cost would be about $20 – annually. In Australia, electric bikes are very rapidly going from a hobbyist pursuit to...

News | 24/11/2023

tone wheeler design notes for week /202 from tone on tuesday

Macquarie Park primary school design prepares for future of NSW education

Sunshine decided as new location of Vietnamese Museum Australia

Outdoor dining to boost communal connection

Second homes in Victoria made easier

Buchan, UQ, unveil inaugural Indigenous scholarship winner

Billions of birds collide with glass buildings – but architecture has solutions

Stone cladding: The simple elegance of the natural world

Global coworking group to open its first flexible workspace in Australia

Too many renters swelter through summer. Efficient cooling should be the law for rental homes

Although it continues to rain, here’s our guide to bushfire preparedness

WA’s EPA: How the state government plans to overhaul its processes

Infolink | Building Products News, July / August 2018 out now

Property Council slams Senate for scrapping of Nature Repair Market offset credits

Generative design in urban design, planning and sustainability

Housing and the Albanese government: A mid-term report card

G.J. Gardner brings Palm Springs typology to the fore

Woods Bagot to design Chatswood mixed use luxury living project after competition win

130 projects in the race for 2023 Victorian Architecture Awards

The 2021 Sustainability Awards Winners – People

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars