Articles tagged with 'materials'

Smart materials will "revolutionise" architecture within years: expert

7 September 2009 | Architects who fail to run with the trend sparked by radical smart materials towards adaptive and kinetic buildings will be left behind, says a leading expert.


CSIRO develops new fire-resistant coating

29 June 2009 | Tough new fire-resistant coating materials that can be used as a render or on structural steel are being developed by researchers in Melbourne.


Nineteen firms unveil bushfire designs

10 June 2009 | The pro-bono efforts of 19 firms that have designed new homes for bushfire victims are made public. View them here...


Rant on

28 May 2009 | Britain is a "shambles" of run-down shops, environmentally-friendly gas stations and how to keep peer-pleasing architects in check in our news round up


Architect sniffs at China's 'potpourri' skyline

19 May 2009 | China is risking becoming a "potpourri" of architectural styles as it uses its skyline to state its place in the world, a leading Australian architect has said


Architects are creating toxic "killing machines": expert

30 March 2009 | Toxic materials are being overlooked in the carbon neutral push, says McDonough


Three of a kind

25 March 2009 | Three is the magic number: that is set in stone. This week we look at three glorious uses of the hard stuff.


Three of a kind

25 February 2009 | The best things come in threes. This week, recession chic flaunts exemplary flair in chair design by reinventing the use of materials.


Rant on

1 January 1980 | The profession needs a "new architecture education", design that "charms ghosts" and the "marketing rhetoric" of Halifax's deteriorating physical environment.


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