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Category: Planning & Design

Posted inBuilding

High above the treetops: Plans for Perth to get world’s tallest timber tower

by Rose Mary Petrass 21 April 202222 April 2022
Posted inInfrastructure & transport

This is what great cycling infrastructure looks like

by Andrew Sadauskas 19 April 202220 April 2022
Posted inBusiness & Politics

Major planning battle brewing in NSW over walkable communities and sustainable homes

by Andrew Sadauskas 4 April 202220 April 2022
Posted inPlanning & Design

How to prevent and mitigate the threat of mosquito-borne diseases in our cities

by Rose Mary Petrass 17 March 202217 March 2022
Posted inEducation, Training & Research

Griffith Uni leads globally to test trees and plants embedded in buildings

by Andrew Sadauskas 17 March 202217 March 2022
Posted inPlanning & Design

Passive House Ice Box Challenge reveals 413 kg gap in building efficiency

by Rose Mary Petrass 8 March 202217 March 2022
ISPT’s 50 Lonsdale Street Victoria
Posted inArchitecture

Money talks and it’s calling green offices

by Rose Mary Petrass 25 February 202225 February 2022
koalas
Posted inConstruction & Development

The battle for Figtree Hill and the koala corridor

by Rose Mary Petrass 24 February 202225 February 2022
Brick wall
Posted inConstruction & Development

Like “hitting a brick wall”: building practitioners call for suspension of NSW’s “clunky” planning portal

by Rose Mary Petrass 1 February 20221 February 2022
Jakarta Indonesia flood
Posted inPlanning & Design

Sinking island nations – and now sinking cities

by Rose Mary Petrass 27 January 202228 January 2022
Agricultural farm village countryside
Posted inPlanning & Design

A circular economy requires a new “agricultural revolution”

by Rose Mary Petrass 16 December 202116 December 2021
western sydney aerial
Posted inPlanning & Design

New planning policy looks good for people but developers are furious

by Tina Perinotto 10 December 202113 December 2021
Posted inPlanning & Design

Melbourne overhauls urban design guide to stop “spreadsheets in the sky”

by Duncan Murray 6 October 20217 October 2021
apartment illustration
Posted inGovernment/Regulations

Local councils in Victoria investigate mandatory net zero carbon buildings, but that’s not all

by Poppy Johnston 14 September 202122 September 2021
Posted inPlanning & Design

Will urban green spaces keep you happy in lockdown? It depends who you are and where you live

by Farahnaz Sharifi, Andi Nygaard, Wendy M. Stone 18 August 202118 August 2021
Posted inConstruction & Development

Parramatta shoots ahead of the curve with new sustainability planning goals

by Poppy Johnston 10 August 202110 August 2021
Posted inPlanning & Design

The difficult task of measuring social value in the built environment

by Emma Williamson and Nick Juniper, TheFulcrum.Agency 2 August 20213 August 2021
Posted inPlanning & Design

Planning awards and some thoughts from the winner Chris De Silva

by Duncan Murray 27 May 202128 May 2021
Kay Sargent
Posted inPlanning & Design

Considering neurodiversity to create better, more productive workplaces

by Poppy Johnston 14 May 202118 May 2021
Posted inPlanning & Design

La Trobe University’s new student accommodation shows how to make the most of mass timber

by Poppy Johnston 13 April 202114 April 2021
Posted inPlanning & Design

More green & honey trap events will entice people back to the cities, Property Council says

by Poppy Johnston 1 April 20217 April 2021
coworking space
Posted inPlanning & Design

Is the future coworking from the comfort of your home?

by Derek Huynh - Ignite ABP Network, Matko Matkovic - Ignite ABP Network and Trevor Du - Ignite ABP Network 8 December 20208 December 2020
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Posted inSponsored

Half-price CPD ’til March 2021 – How do you Rate that!?

by Advertiser Content: Design Matters National 3 November 20204 November 2020
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Posted inSponsored

FLICK THE SWITCH – Sian Willmott: An ESD consultant’s guide to net zero in office buildings

by AECOM 8 October 202030 October 2020
Posted inPlanning & Design

Lazy economics uses planning as a scapegoat

by Juliet Grant, NSW Division Planning Institute of Australia 1 October 202017 December 2020
Posted inArchitecture

10 ways to keep Sunshine Coast liveable and sustainable

by Poppy Johnston 26 May 202026 August 2020
Posted inPlanning & Design

Don’t blame planning for a supply shortage and rising house prices

by Tim Sneesby 19 May 202026 August 2020
Posted inPlanning & Design

Calls to take over road space for active transport – even AC (after covid)

by Poppy Johnston 28 April 202029 April 2020
Posted inSpinifex

Will we have business as usual or a brand new world after COVID? Urban planning impacts and some thoughts from home and abroad

by Tim Williams 14 April 202014 April 2020
Posted inPlanning & Design

Sydney’s complacent planning when we need resilience and urgent change

by Philip Bull, Dickson Rothschild 30 March 20207 April 2020

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