Articles tagged with 'sustainability'

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.


Woodhead sets new standard in sustainability

18 December 2009 | Woodhead has received the highest score to date awarded to any Australian office interiors project for their design at Fujitsu's Victorian head office.


Global round up

14 December 2009 | First steps taken on Santiago Calatrava's second Dublin bridge, compassionate architects given a helping hand and Dubai's "cultural hub" welcomes its first guests.


Global round up

11 December 2009 | The only way is up for Japanese architects, Copenhagen tops sustainability ranking and plans dumped for creating shared space in UK.


Rant on

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".


Rant on

8 December 2009 | "Right wing" creates racial tension in Switzerland, victims of the "box-on-stilts" rut and Hobart ignores the role of modern architecture.


Global round up

7 December 2009 | Parisian buildings get into the Christmas spirit, London 2012 updates its sustainability plan, and the Swiss ban minaret construction.


Rant on

27 November 2009 | Pompous architects created "legacy" of poor designs, sustainability likened to teenage sex and NT walkway an "abortion".


BREAKING NEWS: New suburb to stretch Perth coastline

24 November 2009 | A major metropolitan coastal centre, set to host 50,000 people, is taking the isolated city northwards.


"Dual personality" house named Home of the Year

10 November 2009 | An innovative residential property, designed by Peter Maddison and built by Atkinson.Pontifex, has won the HIA-CSR Victorian Home of the Year award for 2009.


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