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While the Federal and NSW State Government recently implemented an all new ‘cost of living’ package to take the burden off thousands struggling with their power bills, there is a large portion of Australian households who are ineligible and still looking for other ways to save.
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Quantity surveyors have a proud reputation and powerful skillset for understanding project costs, keeping track of budgets and expenditures, verifying claims, and adding value wherever possible. But our profession, like some other elements of the construction sector, hasn’t fully embraced the digital revolution.
We’re being urged to go all-electric. Saul Griffith in The Big Switch, and the website Rewiring Australia, argue that we need to wean ourselves off fossil fuels to address climate change and energy security.
Sydney’s architects and planners have been bemused by a controversy over noise complaints made by residents of the far northern suburb of Palm Beach.
Paris or Penrith? The 5-star Pullman Penrith opened in August 2023, bringing a luxury hotel experience to Western Sydney for the first time. With its 153 rooms, modern European restaurant and stylish lobby bar, the Pullman Penrith has quickly established itself as a go-to destination for locals and visitors alike.
Over the last two decades, sleek skyscrapers encased in glass have been a common sight on our city skylines. An international trend projecting an element of prestige and power, the façades of these gleaming towers were relatively cost-efficient and straightforward to replicate and so began to proliferate.
Ideas and issues on design process, design policy, design and politics.
Modular or prefab housing is the latest thought bubble from the Federal Government to help solve the current housing crisis. It’s a beautiful idea, to make a whole house or apartment in a factory, and yet it’s failed to take off for 75 years. Why? First, the upside.
A column about design process, design policy, design and politics.
The construction procurement model is broken.
Over the last 7 years we (Kaunitz Yeung Architecture) have been quietly working with a wide spectrum of collaborators including: aged care residents, prospective residents, families, elders, community leaders, Aboriginal Corporations, government, perators and aged care experts to develop a new more culturally appropriate approach to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Aged Care.
