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    News Archive for December 2019

    Making space: how designing hospitals for Indigenous people might benefit everyone

    Welcome to the next article in our Designing Hospitals series, where we explore how architecture and design shape our hospitals and medical centres. Today, we look at what Indigenous people tell us they need in hospital design.


    Stunning design unveiled for new Parramatta Powerhouse Museum

    A stunning new design for the relocated Powerhouse Museum, reminiscent of some of the world’s greatest museums has been selected with Moreau Kusunoki [lead design architect] and Genton [local design architect] chosen for first major museum to be based in western Sydney following an international design competition which commenced in January 2019.


    Episode 36: Talking Architecture & Design speaks with John McAslan & Troy Uleman from JMP Sydney

    Fresh from Glasgow, John McAslan, the 2009 World Architect of the Year shares his insights into what design could and should be and how he intends to apply his unique experiences and ideas to the redesign of Australia's oldest and largest urban railway precinct.


    Waterloo Metro quarter finally gets the green light

    NSW Planning and Public Spaces minister Rob Stokes has announced Waterloo’s tri-tower design of homes, jobs and public space.


    Tone on Tuesday: On High Five

    In the seasonal spirit of good will we need a game to sustain us over the holidays. Let’s play high five – inspired by Nick Hornby’s anti-hero in High Fidelity (John Cusack in the film version). Competing best fives on any topic. This round is architecture and design.


    New sustainable community planned for Glenfield surplus land

    Surplus government land in Glenfield will soon be transformed into a vibrant new sustainable community.


    Office noise, distractions, productivity

    A study of many post-occupancy surveys of office buildings by the Center for the Built Environment at the University of California @ Berkeley, gives details of noise sources in offices that cause occupant dissatisfaction.


    Australia’s skinniest skyscraper completed in Melbourne

    Collins House, now the fourth-skinniest tower in the world and the skinniest in Australia, has been completed in Melbourne.


    Book Review: Breaking Ground, Architecture by Women

    Far from being a picture project, far from being lightweight and even still farther from being a folio of feminist bleatings, this book is a powerful, important and damn beautiful book about (1) architecture (2) women.


    50 years on from the Melbourne Transportation Plan, what can we learn from its legacy?

    The 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan was perhaps the most influential planning policy in the city’s history. Every freeway and major arterial road built since then, as well as many current freeway and tollway projects and proposals, stem from this plan.


    Presenting the new look Select Staging Concepts

    Select Concepts is now Select Staging Concepts following an extensive rebranding exercise.


    Allegion acquires Gainsborough and API Locksmiths brands

    Leading global security products and solutions provider Allegion has completed the acquisition of GWA Group Limited’s Door and Access Systems business in Australia.


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