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    Kitchen Renovations: 4 transformation stories to inspire your next project

    A well-functioning kitchen is important to the overall flow of a home. Kitchens need to be practical as well as appealing. Here are some of the best kitchen remodel ideas to help you begin planning renovations.


    2021 was one of the hottest years on record – and it could also be the coldest we’ll ever see again

    Well, it’s official: 2021 was one of the planet’s seven hottest years since records began, the World Meteorological Organization declared this week. The year was about 1.11℃ above pre-industrial levels – the seventh year in a row that the average global temperature rise edged over 1℃.


    We identified who’s most at risk of homelessness. We must act before it’s too late

    Homelessness is traumatic. It affects not just housing arrangements but whether or not someone can get enough food, feel safe and maintain relationships with friends and family.


    Design Plus: Linking Design to Current Affairs: Australia Day at Old Sydney Town

    “This country has a habit of forgetting history, let’s keep the date”, Wesley Enoch, 26 Jan 2022.


    Woods Bagot to design adaptive reuse of former Forestry Tasmania building

    Woods Bagot has been engaged by the University of Tasmania to restore the heritage-listed former Forestry Tasmania headquarters in Hobart to its full, lush, green glory.


    The Devil is in the detail: Stormtech’s onsite measure service

    Whether it’s a simple and straight-forward project or a more complex and robust development, a precise, timely and effective measurement process is an indisputable foundation of every successful architecture and design undertaking. Capturing the correct dimensions is one of the cornerstones of a successful outcome, and gives architects, designers and specifiers a better opportunity to complete the project on time, on budget - and in line with their particular vision.


    JLL outlines how the real estate industry is making waves in cutting carbon

    With embodied carbon making up 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, JLL has called upon the real estate industry to take action.


    Brisbane’s best architects: Top 10 firms

    Brisbane has been a leading entity on the Australian architecture scene for decades. Read on for a list of the ten most famous architecture firms in Brisbane today.


    Bird proofing new homes

    ScreenTech’s research in coordination with gutter guard installers found that 83% of homes that received bird proofing were below five years in age.


    Extend Manhattan – Rutgers professor’s solution for New York’s housing crisis

    Jason M. Barr, an Economics Professor at Rutgers University, has a solution for New York’s growing housing crisis as well as the impact of climate change on vulnerable shoreline areas of the city.


    Toilet talk with Luke di Michiel and Andy Grigor from Caroma

    For this our last podcast for 2021, Andy & Luke talk toilets, toilet design, technology and where the humble toilet is ultimately heading.


    Remembering Richard Rogers

    Richard Rogers, one of the world’s most celebrated architects, sadly passed away at the age of 88 in December 2021.


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