The Australian Urban Design Awards were unveiled in Canberra on Tuesday, honouring people and projects who have contributed to better cities and quality of life for communities across the nation.
In their 30th year, the awards are co-convened by peak design bodies, the Planning Institute of Australia, the Australian Institute of Architects and the ...
Mass Timber Central also opens
Vistek Structural Engineers will open its Mass Timber Central hub on 16 April, as the nation’s first dedicated space that allows architects, engineers, developers and builders to gain hands on experience with engineered timber systems and technologies of modern timber buildings. The hub is at 8 Bank Place in ...
If you want to know what our panellists are fired up about, ahead of the Big Debate next week, here’s a hint!
Ché Wall does not like the format of our Big Debate. The four minutes we’ve allocated for each speaker is simply not enough time to explain the complex problems he’s got with the National Construction Code and green building rating tools. Even ...
As the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) is set to be expanded to existing homes, RMIT housing and planning expert Ralph Horne has warned it must not be a voluntary scheme, and that it also needs to be independent and not be left to commercial interests.
An article Horne and his co-researchers wrote earlier this week on the topic is ...
RESEARCH PULSE: Planning and housing guru Ralph Horne has been busy – mostly in his big role as associate deputy vice chancellor at RMIT. But also on a five-year research project with the Australian Research Council into how low-carbon retrofits might integrate into 161 households, without the mention of the words “low-carbon homes”.
“We just asked ...
The energy crisis is a massive opportunity for renewable energy to provide security and slash costs.
The current oil crisis, triggered by disruption to Middle East shipping routes, has sent Australians into panic buying and authorities into new security planning, with fuel prices soaring and interest in electric vehicles surging.
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Panellists at the Codes Red debate and industry insiders have flagged plenty of views and provocations for our event. But here are 5 big questions that come top of the list:
1.Have states and territories gone rogue on the National Construction Code?
2.We’ve got regular floods, fires and severe heating – where’s the deep climate resilience in the ...
Grimshaw is known for its big global projects. In Australia, its work has included Sydney’s Metro, Light Rail and Martin Place Station and Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station and the Passive House rated Woodside Building at Monash University.
But as Michael Janeke, managing partner of its Sydney studio says, while the big projects are a “privilege” and ...
A few weeks ago, NSW Premier Chris Minns announced plans to redevelop Glebe Island for housing. It’s hard to argue with the premise. Sydney needs more homes, urgently, and land this close to the city, between the CBD and the inner west, cannot remain underused forever.
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask ...
We have five copies of this book (retailing at $84.99) to give away to the next five new members who sign up as The Fifth Estate member.
Among the gems that Hannah Lewi and Cameron Logan revealed last week at Gleebooks for the launch of their book, Adapt, Designing New Lives for Old Buildings, is a novel concept – that a value capture mechanism could ...
VIDEO: Shaun Carter’s architecture firm, Carter Williamson, is expanding from designing mainly homes to tall apartments. That’s not such a stretch, he says, but what’s more interesting is the work to better understand sustainability from a cost benefit point of view, especially for clients.
Architectural firm Carter Williamson celebrated its 21st ...
The Australian government recently announced that the energy rating scheme for new homes will be extended to existing homes in mid-2026 in a voluntary capacity, suggesting that this will “inform renters and home buyers upfront about the energy efficiency of a home and how much it will cost to run” and drive low carbon home improvements that cut energy ...
The Australian Urban Design Awards were unveiled in Canberra on Tuesday, honouring people and projects who have contributed to better cities and quality of life for communities across the nation.
In their 30th year, the awards are co-convened by peak design bodies, the Planning Institute of Australia, the Australian Institute of Architects and the ...
Mass Timber Central also opens
Vistek Structural Engineers will open its Mass Timber Central hub on 16 April, as the nation’s first dedicated space that allows architects, engineers, developers and builders to gain hands on experience with engineered timber systems and technologies of modern timber buildings. The hub is at 8 Bank Place in ...
If you want to know what our panellists are fired up about, ahead of the Big Debate next week, here’s a hint!
Ché Wall does not like the format of our Big Debate. The four minutes we’ve allocated for each speaker is simply not enough time to explain the complex problems he’s got with the National Construction Code and green building rating tools. Even ...
As the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) is set to be expanded to existing homes, RMIT housing and planning expert Ralph Horne has warned it must not be a voluntary scheme, and that it also needs to be independent and not be left to commercial interests.
An article Horne and his co-researchers wrote earlier this week on the topic is ...
RESEARCH PULSE: Planning and housing guru Ralph Horne has been busy – mostly in his big role as associate deputy vice chancellor at RMIT. But also on a five-year research project with the Australian Research Council into how low-carbon retrofits might integrate into 161 households, without the mention of the words “low-carbon homes”.
“We just asked ...
The energy crisis is a massive opportunity for renewable energy to provide security and slash costs.
The current oil crisis, triggered by disruption to Middle East shipping routes, has sent Australians into panic buying and authorities into new security planning, with fuel prices soaring and interest in electric vehicles surging.
Sign up for ...
Panellists at the Codes Red debate and industry insiders have flagged plenty of views and provocations for our event. But here are 5 big questions that come top of the list:
1.Have states and territories gone rogue on the National Construction Code?
2.We’ve got regular floods, fires and severe heating – where’s the deep climate resilience in the ...
Grimshaw is known for its big global projects. In Australia, its work has included Sydney’s Metro, Light Rail and Martin Place Station and Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station and the Passive House rated Woodside Building at Monash University.
But as Michael Janeke, managing partner of its Sydney studio says, while the big projects are a “privilege” and ...
A few weeks ago, NSW Premier Chris Minns announced plans to redevelop Glebe Island for housing. It’s hard to argue with the premise. Sydney needs more homes, urgently, and land this close to the city, between the CBD and the inner west, cannot remain underused forever.
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask ...
We have five copies of this book (retailing at $84.99) to give away to the next five new members who sign up as The Fifth Estate member.
Among the gems that Hannah Lewi and Cameron Logan revealed last week at Gleebooks for the launch of their book, Adapt, Designing New Lives for Old Buildings, is a novel concept – that a value capture mechanism could ...
VIDEO: Shaun Carter’s architecture firm, Carter Williamson, is expanding from designing mainly homes to tall apartments. That’s not such a stretch, he says, but what’s more interesting is the work to better understand sustainability from a cost benefit point of view, especially for clients.
Architectural firm Carter Williamson celebrated its 21st ...
The Australian government recently announced that the energy rating scheme for new homes will be extended to existing homes in mid-2026 in a voluntary capacity, suggesting that this will “inform renters and home buyers upfront about the energy efficiency of a home and how much it will cost to run” and drive low carbon home improvements that cut energy ...
