Articles tagged with 'public'

Burj Khalifa closes to the public

9 February 2010 | The 124th-storey viewing platform on the world's tallest building has closed to the public.


BREAKING NEWS: New civic space for Broadway wins approval

8 February 2010 | A 6,500 sqm public park, within the $2 billion re-development of the Carlton and United Brewery site in Chippendale, has been given the green light.


Green house grows public interest

15 October 2009 | As Sydney's Live Green House opens today, its architect calls for greater interaction between the profession and the public.


Butchers shop project gets the chop

8 October 2009 | Mounting public opposition has scuppered a local architect's residential and retail project in the Victorian town of Bendigo.


Rant on

29 September 2009 | Mud sticks on builders in the UK, Bulgaria flounders in red tape and war-themed art becomes a "joke" in Lebanon.


Barangaroo conspiracy "absolute nonsense"

22 September 2009 | Barangaroo's head honcho has dismissed the architect's claims that a conspiracy is locking out the public.


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 icons give rare public access

17 July 2009 | Architecture is opening its doors in Melbourne this weekend, with 32 buildings taking part in the Melbourne Open House event.


European architects brace for tough times

7 July 2009 | Architects in Europe are feeling the pinch with the mood significantly more pessimistic in June than it was three months previously, new research reveals today.


Architects stubborn over private public projects

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.


Fluid UGB "embalming" Melbourne: architect

22 June 2009 | Laminating the city with layers of suburban sprawl is not the answer, a leading architect has said as the Victorian state government opens its urban growth boundary proposal for public consultation.


Trade jobs to burgeon thanks to stimulus

9 March 2009 | The number of public and community housing projects to be helped by the stimulus package has been lifted from 2,500 to 10,648.


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