Articles tagged with 'building'

Rant on

23 February 2010 | Las Vegas' latest casino resort an "absurd simulacrum of another city", the failure of modern architecture and Lord Norman Foster delivers disappointing design for Yale.


Architects hardest hit by green project deferrals

19 February 2010 | Green projects were most likely to be deferred or abandoned at the design stage in 2009, new research reveals.


Victoria succeeds in designing safe streets

19 February 2010 | Where the residential sector has done a good job of designing against crime, commercial building has "failed", says an urban planner.


Bangkok fire trial finds architect's signature forged

18 February 2010 | Building design faults have been partly blamed for the deaths of 67 people during a fire at a New Year’s Eve party in a Bangkok nightclub.


Global round up

18 February 2010 | New Office for Urban Development and Environment in Germany, British Airways flights go carbon neutral and open-air theatre causes controversy in Malta.


"Elegant" Hindmarsh Square structure wins approval

17 February 2010 | HASSELL's $105 million office building for the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has won development approval.


Rant on

15 February 2010 | Modern architecture "drab", architects should be subject to public scrutiny and "miserably anti-urban" buildings in Cincinnati.


ACT’s new city plan 'lacks vision'

15 February 2010 | The long awaited city plan for Canberra has come as a "disappointing" draft with "little detail".


Warning for architects following deaths of installers

10 February 2010 | Archicentre has issued an "urgent warning" to its 1,000 member architects following the deaths of four foil insulation installers.


Bankruptcies rise by one third for architects, engineers

9 February 2010 | Statistics reveal the impact of the global financial crisis upon architectural sole practitioners and small studios.


Burj Khalifa closes to the public

9 February 2010 | The 124th-storey viewing platform on the world's tallest building has closed to the public.


FIRST LOOK: Woods Bagot's ACU centre

9 February 2010 | The Australian Catholic University's new Centre for Health and Wellbeing is an exercise in healthy architecture, according to Woods Bagot.


Rant on

9 February 2010 | "Uninspired" buildings that offer "desultory" results, "absurdist, nihilistic and egocentric" architecture and Victorian terraced housing "left to rot".


Victorian building approvals up 110 per cent

5 February 2010 | The garden state approved 48,452 homes in 2009, despite the impact of the financial crisis.


VIDEO: UTS tower to get glowing eco-skin

5 February 2010 | UTS Tower, Goulburn Street Car Park and other 1960s Sydney icons could receive a much-needed facelift, thanks to a new, innovative 'reskinning' technique.


FIRST LOOK: Woodhead's Southern Cross University building

5 February 2010 | The practice is hoping this four-level, 'permeable' structure will create an identity for the rest of the development.


Rant on

1 February 2010 | Canada Pavilion is "shameful", Denise Scott Brown on why architecture is "heartbreaking" and Canberra's "dysfunctional" planning system.


Global round up

29 January 2010 | War plane converted into hotel suite in The Netherlands, Victoria Beckham asked to design luxury hotel in Dubai and London's Royal Docks could become waterside eco-town.


Architect discovers ancient building remains at Australian pilgrim centre

29 January 2010 | The remains of a 1st century building have been uncovered during the renovation of a building in Rome which the church is converting to an Australian pilgrim centre.


Open tenders

25 January 2010 | The adaptive re-use of Bankstown Town Hall and the redevelopment of Hornsby Aquatic Centre are among today's tenders.


Residential building 'in recovery': HIA

21 January 2010 | The new financial year is bringing a "healthier" forecast for residential activity, according to an economist.


Global round up

20 January 2010 | Spiderman sets his sights on world's tallest tower, a wind and solar powered roof in Perugia and a centre that converts sewage into heat opens in Canada.


VIDEO: Interactive building facade tweets back

13 January 2010 | Terada Design has created an intelligent building facade that can speak to your mobile phone.


Growing suburbs feeding bushfire threat: academic

11 January 2010 | Suburban sprawl is increasing the risk to lives and properties from fires, and states should ban building in bushfire zones, according to a Professor.


Rant on

18 December 2009 | Frank Gehry's explosive response to "starchitects", minarets ban likened to burning books and hypocritical politicians attend Copenhagen's Climate Summit.


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