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    News Archive for May 2012

    Adaptive re-use the key to cutting our carbon footprint

    Mark Barrie from Norman Disney & Young (NDY) makes the case for green retrofitting Australia's commercial building stock with an interesting example his company is involved in.


    Zero Carbon Housing - it's not all for nothing

    Warren McLaren reports on the new wave of housing in Australia which aims to not contribute to climate change.


    A house with a heart of concrete

    Fulton Trotter Architects apply concrete, timber and steel to the meet principles of passive design, simplicity and self-sustainability in this southwest Queensland riverside home. David Wheeldon reports.


    Hillside house demonstrates a precast concrete solution

    The details of a new house near Adelaide have been published in order to share information about designing with precast concrete for energy and water efficiency as well as bushfire resistance.


    Evidence points to better design

    Danielle Bowling reports on two of Australia's most impressive - and multiple award-winning - recently completed hospital projects.


    Lend Lease unveils design for world's tallest timber apartment building in Melbourne

    Lend Lease has unveiled plans to build the first high rise apartment building in Australia and the tallest in the world using Cross Laminated Timber (CLT), which it says heralds a new era for the construction industry.


    Princes Pier refurbishment a salute to Melbourne's rich history

    Princes Pier, adjacent to Station Pier in Port Phillip Bay, is one of Melbourne’s most important cultural assets both as an exemplar of a pre-containerised shipping facility and as a place rich in Australia’s wartime, maritime and multicultural history.


    New mobile tool to view building and construction Standards

    An innovative new mobile tool has been created for visualising every Standard referenced in the Australian National Construction Code (NCC) pertaining to residential premises.


    Sydney Showground transformed with new SKODA stadium by Populous

    The Sydney Showground's Main Arena at Sydney Olympic Park, has been transformed into the 24,000 seat boutique SKODA stadium, the AFL’s newest venue.


    Forest home and invisible centre win top Far North Queensland Architecture Awards

    Cairns Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre and HP Tree House were jointly awarded top honours at the Australian Institute of Architects' 2012 Far North Queensland Regional Architecture Awards over the weekend.


    Housing affordability improves across Australia

    Another rise in the HIA-Commonwealth Bank Housing Affordability Index in the March 2012 quarter marks the fifth straight quarter of improvement.


    Pritzker prize winner Eduardo Souto De Moura at Cersaie ceramic tile and bathroom furnishings exhibition

    International ceramic tile and bathroom furnishings exhibition Cersaie, in Italy this September, will host a keynote lecture by Eduardo Souto De Moura, the Portuguese architect who won the Pritzker prize 2011.


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