Articles tagged with 'city-of-sydney'

Trigeneration offers NSW cheaper electricity

1 July 2010 | Power bills could be cut by almost $600 million per year by 2020 or $60 per household by expanding decentralised energy and energy efficiency measures, international energy expert Allan Jones says.


Affordable housing to be developed in inner Sydney

25 June 2010 | The number of affordable housing sites in the inner city in Sydney will increase following a funding application by the City of Sydney to the Federal government's Housing Affordability Fund.


Sydney council to invest $2m in green projects

31 May 2010 | The City of Sydney plans to build more renewable energy projects for the City's properties as an alternative to purchasing GreenPower carbon offsets.


Sydney council to develop former Darlinghurst warehouse

27 May 2010 | A new multi-purpose community and childcare centre is planned for Darlinghurst, Sydney, following the City of Sydney's purchase of an old warehouse on Bourke Street.


Ugly streets kicked to the kerb

18 January 2010 | Concrete kerbs and traffic islands are being transformed into lush gardens across Sydney.


Vivid pagoda concept gets go ahead

14 December 2009 | A traditional pagoda in Sydney's Chinatown will be transformed into a dramatic art installation and a tourist kiosk thanks to council approval.


BREAKING NEWS: Architect named for Gold Fields House project

27 November 2009 | We can reveal the winner of an international design competition for a 33-storey tower in Sydney's circular Quay.


City to bankroll affordable housing

25 November 2009 | The City of Sydney may sell prime assets on the cheap, in order to fast track affordable housing in the city centre.


Sydney to illuminate CBD light rail proposal

13 October 2009 | The NSW state government has bowed to pressure and agreed to investigate a Sydney CBD tram loop that, if viable, could undermine the Metro plans.


No "mindless grass" for Harold Park

23 September 2009 | Sydney's sensitive raceway site could become a city farm, as a councillor objects to "thoughtless" urban design.


Sydney sustainability plan "misleading": reader

27 August 2009 | Seventy per cent carbon reduction from Sydney 2030? No way, says one reader in a letter to the editor.


BREAKING NEWS: Mayor crops cancer centre tower

26 August 2009 | After slating designs for the Garvan Cancer Centre last week, the Mayor of Sydney has submitted her own designs to the Department of Planning that crop BVN Architecture's 11-storey tower.


Sustainable Sydney 2030: one year on

14 August 2009 | This week saw the City of Sydney's Sustainable Sydney 2030 snap up a commendation at the Australia Award for Public Architecture. But what is the programme actually delivering? We chart its progress, one year since launch.


Australia Award for Urban Design winners announced

11 August 2009 | The restoration of an 1866 reservoir in Sydney's Paddington and a Melbourne study into sustainable development along transport corridors are the two recipients of this year's prestigious urban design award.


Peter Mould named in Sydney planning committee

30 July 2009 | The NSW government architect, Peter Mould, is among the four members of the City of Sydney's planning committee to be revealed by the state government.


City of Sydney ostracizes creative agencies

1 June 2009 | The City of Sydney is not doing enough to pull creative industries into the CBD and it should make Barangaroo into a creative hub, a leading urban design professor has said.


Three new towers for Circular Quay

28 May 2009 | Three new commercial and residential towers could join Sydney's famous skyline at Circular Quay under plans being considered by the City of Sydney


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