10 February 2010 |
UK invests in eco-building, Abu Dhabi searches for developers of $2 billion power plant and Jennifer Aniston cuts "his" facilities from mansion.
28 January 2010 |
A global report into the environmental performance of the property sector has revealed an Australian developer to be the world leader.
14 January 2010 |
New research revealing that it is $200,000 cheaper to build a new home on the Gold Coast than it is to buy an existing one raises questions of sustainability.
17 December 2009 |
Banks hold the key to dealing with Australia's burgeoning population, according to the author of a new report.
11 December 2009 |
New "modernizations" to the Victorian planning system could see developers usurp the role of planners, sparking privatization fears.
10 December 2009 |
Britain's misguided approach to sustainability, developers chasing Dubai's "pot of gold" only have themselves to blame and Sydney described as "dysfunctional and directionless".
4 December 2009 |
Former planning minister Kristina Keneally vows to "depoliticise" planning and bring major changes to public transport in her new role as premier of NSW.
24 November 2009 |
A major metropolitan coastal centre, set to host 50,000 people, is taking the isolated city northwards.
18 November 2009 |
A new diagnostic tool that will rate large-scale projects on their environmental, economic and social performance is today revealed.
16 November 2009 |
Design firms prevented from making political contributions as part of the NSW government's new donations ban.
27 October 2009 |
A former judge of the Land and Environment Court has been elected chair of a group representing property developers.
23 October 2009 |
Sydney's integrated planning crisis, an "aesthetic disaster" in the UK and the Four Seasons Centre "as dull as ditchwater".
23 September 2009 |
A new federal government policy statement has declared that planning laws "a barrier" to new supermarkets.
11 September 2009 |
New figures expose 19 local councils of defying a state "cap" on local council charges.
4 September 2009 |
Developers are being encouraged to lock in low construction costs before prices rocket, new research predicts.
18 August 2009 |
High rents and low vacancies are forcing students to live in 'ghettos' and it's time for the government to step in, a university group claims.
28 July 2009 |
As new research reveals key workers are priced out of seven of eight Australian capital cities, a Melbourne architect urges the government to follow the The Netherlands' model of affordable housing.
23 July 2009 |
Specific advice for architects and developers planning projects in environmentally sensitive areas is now at hand.
22 July 2009 |
A disparate approach to planning across the states has been the bane of urban design, the new CEO of the Planning Institute has said.
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.
23 June 2009 |
Intentions may have been good, but the Green Building Council of Australia's (GBCA) new forest management scheme could discriminate against the use of wood, a union boss has said.
19 June 2009 |
British architects told off for working for free, Australia and Abu Dhabi developer duo breaks down and bright outlook predicted for the Middle East in new research
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
1 June 2009 |
Developers in NSW are finding it increasingly difficult to secure investment for urban expansion plans because of the wide discretion exercised by federal authorities
21 May 2009 |
Industry experts are calling on the NSW government to slash development application fees and introduce incentives to stimulate building developments