Articles tagged with 'sustainability'

Australian cities don't rank on sustainability radar

16 June 2010 | Australian cities aren't sustainable, according to the Australian Conservation Foundation’s (ACF) first sustainable cities ranking.


Sustainability in the built environment on the design agenda

24 May 2010 | The 2010 State of Design Festival’s business program, Design Capital, will focus on how three interrelated areas - the built environment, mobility systems and digital strategies.


Lend Lease lends a hand to building green

17 May 2010 | Lend Lease has developed an interactive sustainability tool based on green building solutions it has delivered around the world.


Australian architects behind India’s first green Commonwealth venue

4 May 2010 | Peddle Thorp is the design force behind one of India’s first eco-friendly sports complexes to be used at the New Delhi Commonwealth Games.


American Institute names top 10 green buildings

28 April 2010 | The American Institute of Architects and its Committee on the Environment have selected the top 10 sustainable architecture and green design solutions.


Can you design against the elements?

23 April 2010 | Design Against the Elements is a global architectural design competition meant to find a solution to the problems presented by climate change.


New HQ for CSR ticks the sustainability box

20 April 2010 | CSR’s Triniti III Building, situated in Stockland’s North Ryde A-grade Office campus, is a six-storey, 9,000 sqm building which has brought together 360 CSR staff from multiple CSR operations into one location.


What does a winning sustainable building look like?

16 April 2010 | Zen Architect's formula for a winning sustainable building included maximising a small urban 121 sqm site, with the two bedroom home's comprising a footprint of only 77 sqm.


Architect urges for an end to reckless energy eaters

12 April 2010 | PUT an end to reckless energy eaters, urges architect Green architect Professor Sue Roaf wants an end to buildings that are reckless consumers of energy.


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.


Global round up

22 February 2010 | Light shines on Shanghai's solar powered pavilion, UK architects remain pessimistic and Chicago's carbon reduction plans get underway.


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.


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.


BREAKING NEWS: Bond University announces new school of architecture

16 February 2010 | Ecology and social sustainability will be the focus of the new school, funded by a gift from Sunland founder Soheil Abedian.


Green townhouses a six star first

15 February 2010 | South East Queensland welcomes its first six star residential development.


Future Project Awards 2010: winners revealed

4 February 2010 | The Jean Nouvel designed 'One New Change' project in London is named overall winner.


Global round up

2 February 2010 | Work Architecture to create modern look in Shenzhen, a soccer ball that generates energy is trialled in South Africa and robots to replace humans in Dubai.


Rant on

28 January 2010 | Presenter of Grand Designs accused of "poverty porn", UK architects "mediocre" and Australia's suburb-stifling sustainability.


Global round up

27 January 2010 | Make designs soccer star's eco-home, Habitat for Humanity provides shelter in Haiti and Eco-domes to educate South Korea on environment.


Rant on

21 January 2010 | RMJM needs to "look at its conscience", Haiti earthquake was a disaster "waiting to happen" and "eco-bling" does little for sustainability.


LAVA architect to join sustainability think tank

14 January 2010 | Chris Bosse of LAVA is one of five thought leaders taking part in a sustainability "ideas laboratory" at Sydney's Object Gallery.


New homes at disposable prices

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.


Global round up

13 January 2010 | A floating whale garden that cleans our waters, Scotland to boost its wind power potential and the Garak Market in Seoul to undergo major redevelopment.


Lend Lease named as Barangaroo developer

23 December 2009 | Lend Lease has been selected as developer for Stage 1 of Barangaroo - the largest CBD development in Sydney's history.


Sustainability star shines on Xmas

18 December 2009 | The design world’s focus on sustainability hasn't faded, despite the current hype surrounding the festive season.


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