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    News Archive for December 2021

    Your entry to comfort and energy efficiency

    Komfortline and Komfort+ are an entry range for domestic sizes that still uses the same high-quality Australian timber and glass, and German hardware.


    Passive House ideas becoming very active across Australia

    When it comes to sustainable builds, the Passive House model is a great way to achieve maximum energy efficiency. The concept of a Passive House first emerged 30 years ago in Germany, and the standard means these homes are able to consume up to 90% less energy than the average home.


    The 2021 Sustainability Awards Winners – Innovation

    Sustainable design requires constant evolution and refinement of practice and innovation is integral to the quest for a more sustainable environment.


    NSW’s new SEPP all about strengthening community and choice

    The NSW’s new Design and Place SEPP, which has already received praise from the Australian Institute of Architects, aims to create healthier communities and an increased number of housing choices for residents of the state.


    Largest Sydney CBD artwork by an Australian coming in 2022

    An artwork by Maria Fernanda Cardoso has been integrated onto the new mixed development at 116 Bathurst Street in the Sydney CBD, which was designed by Candalepas Associates for Castle Residences.


    ArmourFloor timber helps Tasmanian glass house retreat bond with nature

    ArmourFloor from Big River Group was used on the walls and floors of a unique dwelling located remotely on the rugged Tasman Peninsula, injecting warmth into the interior spaces.


    There’s an enormous geothermal pool under the Latrobe Valley that can give us cheap, clean energy

    About 650 metres beneath the Latrobe Valley, the heart of Victoria’s coal country, lies a little-known, naturally hot 65℃ pool of water in an enormous aquifer.


    LED lights bring derelict Victorian house to life in latest public installation

    Contemporary multi-disciplinary artist Ian Strange transformed a 19th-century Victorian terrace home in suburban Sydney using piercing beams of LED light in his latest public installation.


    VoglFuge and Au.diPanel ensure acoustic control at Shepparton Art Museum

    VoglFuge plasterboard ceilings combine a seamless look with acoustic control at Shepparton Art Museum.


    New building in church transformation project turns heads on Melbourne’s Napier Street

    A 144-year-old church and parish hall in Fitzroy, Melbourne were stylishly transformed into contemporary apartments in an adaptive reuse project that also saw the addition of a magnificent adjacent building.


    Tone on Tuesday 104: The state of play in architecture and politics in 2021

    For the last column for the year, I want to highlight three trends in architecture, and its relationship to politics, that have become more prominent in 2021. And they are all linked through sustainability.


    Plans put forward for Bradfield’s first building

    The first building to be built at Sydney’s future third CBD in Bradfield has had its plans lodged by the Western Parkland City Authority.


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