21 August 2009 |
What is the world's most inspiring building and why? Tell us in 20 words or fewer for a chance to win on of five DVDs...
5 August 2009 |
Specialist office design consultancy DEGW has today announced it is merging with Davis Langdon, as the global construction giant bolsters its consulting business.
9 July 2009 |
The plug is pulled on NHArchitecture and BVN Architecture projects as a lack of financing cripples construction on Monash University's $300 million Caulfield campus development.
7 July 2009 |
Frustrated by 'eyesores' and 'massive boat sheds', John Stamolis tells Architecture & Design why the community is wound up about White Bay.
2 July 2009 |
The industry is welcoming a further $810 million in government funding for its potential to kick start new innovations in education design.
30 June 2009 |
Lengthy approval times are limiting the design success of Rudd's health stimulus package developments in the same way that education projects have suffered, an industry professional has said.
25 June 2009 |
After years of procrastinating, the WA state government yesterday committed to redeveloping Perth's waterfront. But the plan is being dubbed "meek" and "disappointing" by architects.
23 June 2009 |
A lack of education and understanding is to blame for many architects' stubborn resistance to public private partnerships despite them bearing excellent results in recent years, a leading architect has said.
22 June 2009 |
Laminating the city with layers of suburban sprawl is not the answer, a leading architect has said as the Victorian state government opens its urban growth boundary proposal for public consultation.
18 June 2009 |
NSW's community consultation song and dance is a diversion to help it to avoid discussing the driving force behind the White Bay development: an ill-devised, unnecessary metro system
15 June 2009 |
Architecture in the UK has been labelled the "most socially exclusive profession" ahead of law, medicine and accountancy, and Australia may be headed in the same direction
12 June 2009 |
The government has announced a new agency that will streamline approvals processes and minimise red tape for developments on major roads or railways
12 June 2009 |
The American trend towards 3D modelling is set to "take the fear out of measuring", says Woods Bagot MD
10 June 2009 |
The pro-bono efforts of 19 firms that have designed new homes for bushfire victims are made public. View them here...
10 June 2009 |
Following our story last week, the federal government is planning to amend the criteria for the National Affordability Rental Scheme (NARS) to incorporate green elements
9 June 2009 |
Architects are being forced to prostitute themselves to cookie-cutter-style building templates as part of the federal government's stimulus package, an industry professional has said
5 June 2009 |
A Melbourne-based specialist recruitment agency has slammed industry experts' claims that "at least 1,000 Melbourne architects" are out of work as "grossly overstated"
5 June 2009 |
A recovery to high-rise apartment development led by softer lending criteria will be crucial to the future of the architecture profession, an industry expert claims
4 June 2009 |
DnA Architects' proactive plans to improve the city could transform Perth's foreshore into a buzzing hive of culture with striking views for motorists and pedestrians
3 June 2009 |
A weakening industrial market is pushing developers to convert manufacturing spaces into community arenas, in order to make money from completed projects
29 May 2009 |
An international architect who was commissioned by the Western Australia state government to brainstorm on regenerating Perth's CBD has called the city "monofunctional" and claimed it needs a "personality transplant"
29 May 2009 |
FJMT's new library and community centre in Surry Hills is being praised for setting new standards in sustainable design and paving the way for environmental systems in public buildings
25 May 2009 |
The success of the first home owners grant is having a "perverse" effect on the rental sector, an industry expert has said
21 May 2009 |
Industry experts are calling on the NSW government to slash development application fees and introduce incentives to stimulate building developments
20 May 2009 |
Australia does not have time for a project-by-project approach to emissions cuts so the government must introduce city-wide makeover programmes, says leading firm Arup