Social failure
Planning for social failure or social cohesion
Erratic and short-sighted planning policies are not solving the affordability problem that is keeping the poor, the vulnerable and even people on average incomes out of housing in areas they would like to live. Instead, these policies may be driving Australia toward a divided and bitter society in the manner of Trump’s America. A society where people are more isolated, more fragmented, more resentful and the commons – the glue of social cohesion – ignored, devalued or privatised.
On asking the people what they want for their urban future
Welcome back! The year is still too fresh and unsteady on its feet for us to predict how it will bend and what shape it will grow into.…
NEWS FROM THE FRONT
Podcast: Parnell Palme McGuinness on another side of the housing, social tensions and childcare stories
In the closing weeks of last year, we interviewed Parnell Palme McGuinness. She jokes that she’s the “diversity hire” for…
Australia’s next great shift is regional
“Australia is running an opportunity deficit in its biggest cities. Housing, congestion and service pressures are eroding the everyday “deal”…
Green Buildings – the Origin stories (Send us yours!)
PC Thomas: a personal view of how the NABERS story got started
PC Thomas is one of Australia’s best known integrated building design specialists who’s worked closely with the NABERS energy rating…
Sue Salmon: When the green building movement got started physicists were key
GREEN BUILDING RETROSPECTIVE: More than two decades ago, the modern green building movement squeaked, groaned and finally stumbled into life.…
NEWS FROM THE FRONT (CONTINUED)
The Sydney Plan: back to the future
A new draft plan for Greater Sydney, The Sydney Plan (the plan), has been released for comment. Having led the preparation of the current plan, A…
Anthony Burke and Ed Lippmann on 40 years of architecture
Professor Anthony Burke interviews Ed Lippmann about the experiences that shaped his architectural vision
On why real estate looks like the centre of the universe
There’s a reason we’re focused on the built environment/property/real estate – whatever you want to call the buildings we live, work, and play in.
BMI adds to its recycling assets with the purchase of failed Rino assets
Queensland resource recovery group BMI Group has snapped up the assets of the failed Rino Recycling business, in which the Clean Energy Finance Corporation invested about $70 million…
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