Articles tagged with 'government'

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.


Brumby fast tracks Doncaster plan

20 November 2009 | The Victorian government has fast-tracked a $27 million development proposal for 85 residential apartments.


Architects caught in donations tangle

16 November 2009 | Design firms prevented from making political contributions as part of the NSW government's new donations ban.


WA suffers tall poppy syndrome: architect

4 November 2009 | Perth's best projects are being cut down by ill-informed dialogue and an interfering, bottom-line driven government.


WIN! One of five education design books

28 October 2009 | A new book claims to have the latest word on education design - and we've got five copies to give away.


Stimulus building hits a barrier

23 October 2009 | Projects funded by the federal government's stimulus package have been blighted by yet further delays.


Onus shifts on Victorian growth areas

19 October 2009 | The Victorian government has launched draft legislation aimed at addressing funding shortfalls for new urban areas.


McMansions no substitute for vegetables: architect

12 October 2009 | Sydney must not bow to pressure from the development industry and lose its market gardens, a leading architect said.


Double Bay twin towers dashed on govt architect's advice

1 October 2009 | An Architectus-designed project for Sydney's Double Bay has been labelled "intrusive" by the government architect and refused planning permission.


Government architect champions women in industry

30 September 2009 | NSW's assistant government architect is pushing the professional interests of women forward.


Global round up

28 September 2009 | A 10-metre LED "beacon" to shine in Swansea, Venus Towers hits big money in Beirut and architects in Scotland face another tough year, in today's international news.


Planning laws "hindering" competition in retail

23 September 2009 | A new federal government policy statement has declared that planning laws "a barrier" to new supermarkets.


BREAKING NEWS: Urban flow damned by government agencies

16 September 2009 | Jan Gehl's plans for Sydney are being blocked by too many competing agendas, says the former Lord Mayor of London.


Queensland leads the pack with bushfire standards

15 September 2009 | The sunshine state leaps ahead by adopting the new national bushfire standard seven months before other states.


Green light for Macquarie uni

11 September 2009 | The NSW state government has approved a concept plan for Macquarie University's $1.7 billion commercial and education hub.


NT housing crisis reaches fever pitch

3 September 2009 | The housing shortage in the Northern Territory is now so desperate that families are being forced to live in tents.


Court thwarts planning approval for Labor-backed projects

1 September 2009 | The NSW development industry is defending its role in the "land-bribe" scandal in which planning approvals are being revoked as "illegal".


Developer and government find common ground for housing

24 August 2009 | A derelict building in Brisbane's inner south will be razed and transformed into a $44 million social housing project built at cost by the developer.


Universities call for government help over "housing stress"

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.


Melbourne's reputation to crash with Lonsdale House

18 August 2009 | Demolishing Lonsdale House brings Melbourne one step closer to being "just a bunch of glass boxes", says this protester.


Grow out but not up: planning changes fall short

4 August 2009 | A failure by the NSW state government to increase height restrictions in line with its push for higher densities could result in low-income earners living in 'shoe boxes' without enough sunlight or communal space.


Ban political donations, say property developers

3 August 2009 | Property developers are backing Queensland premier Anna Bligh's push for a national ban on political donations.


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.


Government architect appointed visiting Professor at UNSW

28 July 2009 | NSW government architect Peter Mould has been appointed as a visiting Professor for the University of NSW, Faculty of the Built Environment.


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