Despite its many innovations and incarnations over the last thirty years, workplace design has essentially been driven by the same premise: efficiency. Whilst there have been a number of prevailing trends or movements throughout this time, the persistent focus has been on how efficiently organisations can accommodate people, utilise space and manage ...
Victoria’s Big Build is all over the news at the moment, for a few pretty eye-popping reasons. The less salacious part of the story is that government infrastructure investment is falling and falling fast.
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THE SPEAKERSFilomena Beshara, Development Manager – ESG and Innovation lead,FreecityTristram Carfrae, Arup Fellow, ArupJillian Hopkins, Director Design Quality, Government Architect NSWMichael Mihailou, Director, Rider Levett BucknallJess Miller, Deputy Lord Mayor, City of SydneyJeff Morgan, Principal, HassellMCMaria Atkinson
We usually get some good ...
TRANSITION RISK MASTERCLASS: If there were just 10 Adam Murchies in the country, we’d probably decarbonise Australia’s mid tier buildings a lot faster than the current rate. Either that, or quickly repurpose them once they’re declared stranded assets.
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Murchie, who is co-founder and director of ...
TRANSITION RISK: Big corporates, such mining and agriculture companies – and cities – need to know if their investments are viable in the next decade or two as they deal with the climate and net zero challenges underway. But it’s the building and construction sector that is one of the most exposed to the geopolitical shifts and depleted resources from ...
Every time Australia is hit by a major flood, the same questions surface. Could anything have been done to reduce the damage? Most importantly, what can Australian homeowners do to better prepare for the next flood?
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Australia’s regional freight debate is often framed as a contest between rail and trucks when both should be used to improve energy and regional sovereignty, significantly reduce road trauma and potential to enable passenger rail.
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With a state election approaching and a recent change in government leadership, much is in flux in Victoria. One thing is certain though, planning decisions made during this next term of government will leave a long term legacy for the state – ...
TRANSITION RISK: Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece is just two years into a job that will be among the most challenging of a career that’s already spanned policy, politics, economics and business journalism.
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Melbourne is often cited as the world’s most liveable city, he’s happy to note, but ...
A conversation with Marsha Costanzo from GPT Group in many ways encapsulates the fundamental changes in our energy landscape for buildings and beyond.
In commercial property, just one major challenge in the current energy crisis is the shift underway from net leases to gross, where the owners are responsible for the outgoings.
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Perhaps nowhere is urban planning as deeply entangled with conflict as it is in Australia, largely because of the centrality of land and the rights attached to it. In this sense, it may not be an exaggeration to say that to speak of the history of planning in Australia is, more than anything else, to speak of the many forms of conflict through which ...
TRAUMA TOWN PART 6: There are slippery migrants in this town that I loosely associate with my own ancestors. There is a myth in my father’s family about arriving early in Sydney. It was 1792 when the first ancestor on the maternal side, Captain Thomas Rowley, arrived on the Minerva. There was nothing glorious about the Minerva. Its journey to Sydney ...
Despite its many innovations and incarnations over the last thirty years, workplace design has essentially been driven by the same premise: efficiency. Whilst there have been a number of prevailing trends or movements throughout this time, the persistent focus has been on how efficiently organisations can accommodate people, utilise space and manage ...
Victoria’s Big Build is all over the news at the moment, for a few pretty eye-popping reasons. The less salacious part of the story is that government infrastructure investment is falling and falling fast.
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
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THE SPEAKERSFilomena Beshara, Development Manager – ESG and Innovation lead,FreecityTristram Carfrae, Arup Fellow, ArupJillian Hopkins, Director Design Quality, Government Architect NSWMichael Mihailou, Director, Rider Levett BucknallJess Miller, Deputy Lord Mayor, City of SydneyJeff Morgan, Principal, HassellMCMaria Atkinson
We usually get some good ...
TRANSITION RISK MASTERCLASS: If there were just 10 Adam Murchies in the country, we’d probably decarbonise Australia’s mid tier buildings a lot faster than the current rate. Either that, or quickly repurpose them once they’re declared stranded assets.
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Murchie, who is co-founder and director of ...
TRANSITION RISK: Big corporates, such mining and agriculture companies – and cities – need to know if their investments are viable in the next decade or two as they deal with the climate and net zero challenges underway. But it’s the building and construction sector that is one of the most exposed to the geopolitical shifts and depleted resources from ...
Every time Australia is hit by a major flood, the same questions surface. Could anything have been done to reduce the damage? Most importantly, what can Australian homeowners do to better prepare for the next flood?
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
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Australia’s regional freight debate is often framed as a contest between rail and trucks when both should be used to improve energy and regional sovereignty, significantly reduce road trauma and potential to enable passenger rail.
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
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Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
With a state election approaching and a recent change in government leadership, much is in flux in Victoria. One thing is certain though, planning decisions made during this next term of government will leave a long term legacy for the state – ...
TRANSITION RISK: Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece is just two years into a job that will be among the most challenging of a career that’s already spanned policy, politics, economics and business journalism.
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Melbourne is often cited as the world’s most liveable city, he’s happy to note, but ...
A conversation with Marsha Costanzo from GPT Group in many ways encapsulates the fundamental changes in our energy landscape for buildings and beyond.
In commercial property, just one major challenge in the current energy crisis is the shift underway from net leases to gross, where the owners are responsible for the outgoings.
Sign up for ...
Perhaps nowhere is urban planning as deeply entangled with conflict as it is in Australia, largely because of the centrality of land and the rights attached to it. In this sense, it may not be an exaggeration to say that to speak of the history of planning in Australia is, more than anything else, to speak of the many forms of conflict through which ...
TRAUMA TOWN PART 6: There are slippery migrants in this town that I loosely associate with my own ancestors. There is a myth in my father’s family about arriving early in Sydney. It was 1792 when the first ancestor on the maternal side, Captain Thomas Rowley, arrived on the Minerva. There was nothing glorious about the Minerva. Its journey to Sydney ...
