Articles tagged with 'design'

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.


Open tenders

23 February 2010 | The Moe Rail Precinct Revitalisation Project and the Tennant Creek Swimming Pool are among today's tenders.


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.


Hames Sharley wins Innovators to Watch award

19 February 2010 | Adelaide-based design firm, Hames Sharley, has beaten stiff competition from seven other finalists to take the prize.


Central park works as "green engine"

19 February 2010 | SOM's new urban model for a Beijing district uses a central park to passively heat and cool the district.


Rant on

19 February 2010 | Millennium arts projects result in "dark, vandalised" buildings, "poor planning" in Ireland and LA Live is "sorely lacking".


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.


Adelaide's 30-year plan risks populism: architect

18 February 2010 | Released yesterday, the final plan is "deliberately vague" and promotes conflicting principles, a leading Adelaide architect has said.


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.


Rant on

17 February 2010 | World Trade Centre an "old lump of concrete", well-respected architects getting away with designing "abominable" buildings and design competitions "guinea-pig" suffering of Haitians.


Urban Art Projects reveals giant carp for Brisbane

16 February 2010 | Landscape architects and artists have teamed up to create a 6.6 tonne bronze sculpture for Brisbane's Chinatown Mall.


Global round up

16 February 2010 | Efforts to save Hollywood hills from development, Vancouver Convention Centre is first to receive LEED Platinum ranking and Zaha Hadid's petroleum plant to be a model for sustainability.


Rant on

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


Open tenders

12 February 2010 | An office building at Victoria's Royal Botanic Gardens and the expansion of the Cardiac Catheter Laboratory at Northern Hospital are among today's tenders.


Rant on

11 February 2010 | Sydney let down by its architects, Cabe enforces "veil of secrecy" and Olympic City parking lot more suited to earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince.


Thumbs up for $315 million Illawarra Health Precinct

11 February 2010 | A concept plan for a $315 million private hospital and health precinct has won planning approval.


Design firm reports strong growth, appointments

11 February 2010 | Group GSA has credited the government’s stimulus package with what it has called "unprecedented growth".


VIDEO: PechaKucha launches global event for Haiti

10 February 2010 | PechaKucha is creating a global, 24-hour "Mexican wave" of presentations to raise money for rebuilding efforts in Haiti.


Sydney artists design out crime

10 February 2010 | The CBD's dark and empty alleys will be lit with by pop-up galleries next week.


Students make finals of Venice Biennale competition

10 February 2010 | The Australian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale will feature work by current university students.


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.


Rant on

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


Queensland developer fined for environmental blunder

8 February 2010 | An environmental breach has left a Queensland developer with mud on its face and a $65,000 bill.


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.


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