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Tenders open soon for WA school

3 September 2010 | Tenders are expected to be called in early October for construction of the $30 million new Dongara District High School in WA.


Iconic Sydney beach area to undergo $89m transformation

3 September 2010 | Bondi Beach will undergo an $89 million redevelopment of the Hall Street site.


Woods Bagot gets psychological

2 September 2010 | Natalie Slessor has joined Woods Bagot as director of consulting for Australia.


Sustainable communities on the way in

2 September 2010 | Australia may soon have a voluntary national standard for new sustainable communities.


GPT puts good use to food waste

1 September 2010 | GPT is launching the GPT Food Recovery Program at its retail and communities precinct, Rouse Hill Town Centre.


Perth headed in a new direction

1 September 2010 | A new planning framework has been launched for Perth and Peel to guide planning for the city to 2031.


Foster + Partners designs first office headquarters in Argentina

31 August 2010 | Foster + Partners, working with construction firm, CRIBA S.A. and local architect, BBRCH-Minond, has won the competition to design a new corporate headquarters for the Banco Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.


Flowing Light Pavilion to feature in Sydney Architecture Festival

31 August 2010 | An innovative pavilion in front of Sydney's Customs House will explore how fabric can change the scope of people's engagement with architecture.


Perth council ponders 'what if'

30 August 2010 | The City of Perth Council has launched a 'What If' initiative.


High-density dramas play out

30 August 2010 | Sydney’s suburban future will be one of clashes and complaints between neighbours unless developers, planners and residents act to address problems in high-density living, new research has found. 1 comment


Researchers make bushfire prediction easier

30 August 2010 | A new computer program has been developed which will help fire authorities predict the direction, speed and intensity of bushfires.


Cox wins Taiwanese project

27 August 2010 | COX Architecture has been appointed design architects for the turnkey team that won the bid to deliver the Kaohsiung Exhibition and Convention Centre in Taiwan.


Biophilic cities - an answer to climate change?

27 August 2010 | On Monday, August 30, the pressing issue of sustainable living in our cities will take a step towards resolution at the 3rd International Design Conference in Canberra.


Kings Cross parks up for discussion

26 August 2010 | New designs for two prominent Kings Cross parks - Lawrence Hargrave Reserve and Fitzroy Gardens which includes the El Alamein Fountain - are now on public exhibition.


Residential building activity receives a small boost

26 August 2010 | The residential building recovery is starting to make small gains.


GPT blames lack of government support for development halt

25 August 2010 | GPT has put a halt to its proposed $600 million development in Newcastle.


Rant on...

25 August 2010 | Polemic? Outrageous? Justified? We bring you the most opinionated and debate-fuelling quotes coughed-up by the world architecture press.


Developers and councils get a helping hand for planning

24 August 2010 | An $8.3 million program has been launched by the Victorian government to assist local councils and developers to meet their planning needs.


Sydney Architecture Festival focuses on the community

24 August 2010 | The fourth annual Sydney Architecture Festival starts from October 20, 2010.


The time comes to factor in rising sea levels

23 August 2010 | The impact of rising sea levels will have to be taken into account under new planning guidelines for NSW by 2036. 4 comments


New homes more energy efficient

23 August 2010 | Households in newer dwellings were more likely to have the energy and water efficiency elements they needed to reach government building standards, according to a report the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). 1 comment


Get in on Perth's disability act

20 August 2010 | The City of Perth is undertaking a revision of its Disability Access & Inclusion Plan and inviting individuals and organisations to have input into the review of current initiatives and the development of the new plan.


Lend Lease takes a piece of the solar pie

20 August 2010 | Lend Lease has diversified into solar energy.


James Jones returns to Architectus

19 August 2010 | James Jones has joined Architectus from HBV Architects (Hobart).


Australian households to continue growing

19 August 2010 | Australia is set to swell by an estimated 600,000 households over the next five years, with nearly three quarters of the growth to occur in the major cities, according to a forecast report by Pitney Bowes Business Insight.


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