Articles tagged with 'China'

Perth approves Subi Centro china site

16 December 2009 | After three years of design and consultation, the Subi Centro Australian Fine China project has finally won approval - but not without compromise.


Austrade agreement to drive green building in China

16 October 2009 | Architectural firm, Woods Bagot, is one of many Australian firms to benefit from sustainable developments in the Hunan Province of China.


3D modelling wins Chinese projects

21 September 2009 | A Melbourne studio predicts that recent residential and masterplanning wins in China will double its turnover within 12 months.


Global round up

9 September 2009 | Brad Pitt creates an architectural wonder for rodents, BIG designs an "energy mansion" for China and one of London's oldest Turkish baths is set for a scrub up.


Rant on

8 September 2009 | "Big mistakes" stack up in China and aesthetics take a back seat to green design, in today's news digest.


Rant on

3 September 2009 | The Stirling Prize is called a "gaff", China's first eco city is an "unworkable urban eco-cliche" and the planning system gets panned, in today's news digest.


Global round up

17 August 2009 | Norman Foster is shunted off San Fran project, images reveal a new mixed-use district in Turkey and designs for China's fantasy island get underway, in today's global news.


Global round up

20 July 2009 | A construction accident during the set up of Madonna's stage kills two, the Bird's Nest wins Lubetkin prize, a famous architectural photographer dies and four eco towns get the go-ahead in the UK.


Global round up

3 July 2009 | Dutch giraffes get a sustainable home, the University of Sydney's Great Hall celebrates 150 years and China's ski resorts take off.


Architect sniffs at China's 'potpourri' skyline

19 May 2009 | China is risking becoming a "potpourri" of architectural styles as it uses its skyline to state its place in the world, a leading Australian architect has said


Global round up

18 May 2009 | The world's fourth biggest firm hacks back staff numbers, 20 architects take part in a Chinese exhibition to mark the Sichuan Province earthquake and the Prince Charles carbuncle debacle rages


New buildings

14 May 2009 | Melbourne, Dubai and China feature in our pick of the hottest new buildings this week


China to build 700,000 health clinics

24 April 2009 | China is planning to build thousands of new hospitals and 700,000 health care clinics by 2011 as part of a decade-long reform to improve service availability and public health care


Low dollar gives architects the edge in China

7 April 2009 | Australian architects are "extremely well placed" to play a leading role in the creation of new Chinese projects, a leading architect has said


Rant on

7 April 2009 | Prince Charles has "broken free", drug dens posing as "architectural hermit crabs" and why the Burj Dubai might as well have been designed by engineers


Global round up

4 March 2009 | Need-to-read news from around the globe.


Global round up

7 January 2009 | Environmentally-friendly cement invented; long list for US Embassy competition released; German fake Baroque palace criticised; Malaysia's first Green Building Index launches; and more...


Architects go local as China teeters on brink recession

17 December 2008 | As China's industrial output slumps to a new low and economists say the previously irrepressible economy is shrinking this quarter, a leading Australian architect says the news will change the face of local architecture.


Global round-up

8 December 2008 | Your need-to-read news from around the globe.


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