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    Design notes for week 6/2024 from Tone on Tuesday
    Design notes for week 6/2024 from Tone on Tuesday

    Welcome back to Design Notes by Tone On Tuesday, a column about design process, design policy and design and politics. There's been much madness on all fronts over the summer break.


    An industrial designer’s perspective on the top three sustainability initiatives for 2024
    An industrial designer’s perspective on the top three sustainability initiatives for 2024

    The discipline of Industrial Design is effectively a strategic problem-solving process combining creativity and innovation, fuelled by an acute blend of technical design and engineering skills.


    Transcending boundaries: From space to earth, redefining design
    Transcending boundaries: From space to earth, redefining design

    In the ever-evolving landscape of design, where inquiry is the lifeblood of innovation, there is an ongoing necessity to question, adjust, and enhance our designed environment. An unconventional and powerful source of inspiration and transformation emerges in the convergence of space and design.


    First home buyers the biggest victims in building defects boom
    First home buyers the biggest victims in building defects boom

    The ongoing probe into serious defects in four blocks of new apartments in the Lachlan Line’s complex at Macquarie Park adds to the litany of faulty new builds blighting the real estate market in NSW and nationwide.


    Aspect Studios comment piece: The river rethink
    Aspect Studios comment piece: The river rethink

    Brisbane is defined by its river, but it has not been kind to it. What would it mean to actively make the Brisbane River an active part of city life?


    How to fix the 'missing middle' and devise diverse housing solutions for Queensland’s growing population
    How to fix the 'missing middle' and devise diverse housing solutions for Queensland’s growing population

    Plus Architecture Principal, Chrisney Formosa, says that whilst both inner and outer suburbs across Australia have, for decades, comprised low-density, single storey, detached houses with backyards, this approach to urban development is no longer sustainable.


    The importance of understanding space in enabling innovative learning experiences
    The importance of understanding space in enabling innovative learning experiences

    Spaces are complex entities. Education spaces even more so, given they must facilitate many teaching and learning structures and experiences, while also catering for diverse user needs.


    HDR’s six architecture & design megatrends for 2024
    HDR’s six architecture & design megatrends for 2024

    In a climate of innovation, HDR’s architecture practice has forecasted six trajectories of change that will have a transformative impact over the coming year and redefine city-shaping for the foreseeable future.


    Super cool materials and irrigated trees: Study shows how to cool one of the world’s hottest cities by 4.5°C
    Super cool materials and irrigated trees: Study shows how to cool one of the world’s hottest cities by 4.5°C

    A combination of cooling technologies and techniques could reduce the temperature and energy needs of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.


    The value differentiator in build-to-rent
    The value differentiator in build-to-rent

    In this comment piece, SJB director Nigel Morris discusses a test case for amenity-driven living in the build-to-rent sector.


    Sections: Kate Donaldson’s 'Strange Encounters'
    Sections: Kate Donaldson’s 'Strange Encounters'

    Kate Donaldson is a recent graduate of the Master of Architecture program at the University of Melbourne passionate about the potential for architecture and design to navigate sensitive, layered environments and in drawing connections between place, nature, and discipline.


    New national urban heat observatory will help drive more climate-resilient cities
    New national urban heat observatory will help drive more climate-resilient cities

    The innovative urban heat project will help adapt our urban centres for more comfortable living.


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