Talking Architecture & Design Podcast (Episode 204) - Tara Veldman from BLP on the future of health infrastructure & designing for collective wellbeing Listen Now
My shortlist (0 item)

    News Archive for January 2019

    Could this be Australia’s most sustainable housing community ?

    Touted as ‘Australia’s premium sustainable housing project’, The Cape, in Cape Paterson, has now opened its doors to its newest 8.1-star energy efficient home, Seastar, an energy and water efficient coastal home that is said to be ‘within the top tier of sustainable homes in Australia.’


    How moving house changes you

    To make a success of moving home, to the country for example, it helps to be open to the ways a place will change you.


    Australians are demanding energy efficient homes: ASBEC

    In the midst of more record-breaking heatwaves, Australians have stopped asking for energy efficient homes and started demanding. The call from consumers and community groups to improve the energy efficiency and comfort of our homes is growing louder and more insistent by the day, writes Suzanne Toumbourou executive director of the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC).


    Chinese behemoths lead the trillion dollar giants of global construction

    Global construction is a $USD 10 trillion per annum turnover industry with most of the biggest names based in Europe and China.


    Alspec’s high performance acoustic range ensuring guest comfort at North Sydney hotel

    ALSPEC supplied high performance acoustic window and door framing products to Meriton Suites in North Sydney NSW to ensure a quiet and peaceful stay for guests.


    KFC Ashfield gets a low maintenance solution with timber look aluminium cladding

    A timber finish aluminium cladding system from DECO provided a low maintenance solution for the redesign project at the KFC Ashfield store.


    Refuge City, a new kind of city for our times

    Australia is one of the most successful multicultural societies in the world. Nonetheless, in recent times many Australians have come to regard population growth, and particularly immigration, as a problem – at best – to be solved. In contrast, we believe population growth and migration present a creative opportunity to shape new Australian cities unlike any we have built to date.


    Environmental award for Scott Carver-designed Surry Hills development

    The Rathbone by architects Scott Carver and AVID Property Group (AVID) – a new terrace-style apartment project in Surry Hills – has received a national environmental accreditation, in the form of a six ‘Leaf’ EnviroDevelopment certification from the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA).


    Architect Ed Glenn on designing residences, space, light and the seasons

    George + Powlett in East Melbourne is a boutique collection of 12 residences by ICON Developments who collaborated with Powell and Glenn Architects on the project. Principal and director Ed Glenn speaks about designing apartments and what inspires him.


    Pirramimma House by Peter Stutchbury Architecture destroyed by fire

    According to numerous reports, yesterday at around 8 am, the stunning Pirramimma House by Peter Stutchbury Architecture in the Blue Mountains was completely destroyed by a fire.


    How to build loyalty with architects and designers

    When it comes to the manufacturers that architects and designers use, they tend to stick solid to the same brands. Often that influence begins when they are students working on their first projects, learning which products and brands they like and forming a sense of loyalty from there. Capture customer loyalty by exhibiting at DesignBUILD. Click here to read more.


    UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures calls for immediate action on renewables

    A two-year scientific collaboration by leading scientists at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), the German Aerospace Center and the University of Melbourne has produced a roadmap using 100 percent renewables and natural climate solutions to stay below a 1.5°C temperature rise.


    Back to Top