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Category: Building

Posted inBuilding

Fender Katsalidis claims major architecture prize for adaptive reuse in green office building project

by Andrew Sadauskas 7 June 20227 June 2022
Posted inSpinifex

Kerryn Coker on why we need bold moves on embodied carbon throughout Australia

by Kerryn Coker 6 June 20228 June 2022
Posted inNews from the Front Desk, Planning & Design

On why a sustainable built environment means retrofitting some permaculture principles to our cities

by The Fifth Estate - our view 2 June 20222 June 2022
Zurich Tower. Image: FJMT
Posted inCommercial

North Sydney’s five-star Zurich Tower is doing well in the war for talent

by Rose Mary Petrass and Tina Perinotto 1 June 20225 June 2022
Posted inBusiness & Politics

NSW transport minister champions more density near train stations – but “quality is the key”

by Andrew Sadauskas 31 May 202231 May 2022
Posted inBusiness & Politics

Victoria looks at extinguishing new residential gas connections following parliamentary report

by Andrew Sadauskas 30 May 202230 May 2022
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Posted inEngineering/Technology

Roundup: 5 green tech innovations we’re excited about

by The Green List 30 May 20223 June 2022
Posted inMaterials

Transforming embodied carbon in materials – the fast way

by Tina Perinotto 26 May 202226 May 2022
Posted inUrbanism

Vicinity unlocks a big green opportunity beyond the mall at Box Hill

by Andrew Sadauskas 26 May 202226 May 2022
Posted inFinance

Investa future-proofs its portfolio by setting 100 per cent green finance target by 2025

by Andrew Sadauskas 26 May 202226 May 2022
Posted inBusiness & Politics

“Even the government is ringing up engineers and offering substantial salary increases” The pressure is on Albo to fix our infrastructure

by Andrew Sadauskas 25 May 202225 May 2022
Posted inFinance

Active Super secures WELL rating for its $800 million property portfolio

by Andrew Sadauskas 24 May 20222 June 2022
Posted inHousing, Spinifex

Australia’s housing crisis: a path forward?

by Alan Pears, RMIT University 24 May 202224 May 2022
Posted inArchitecture

Architects call for strong action on climate and housing

by Australian Institute of Architects 20 May 202223 May 2022
Posted inCommercial

Seek’s sustainable HQ sought a “fun” design to honour industrial past of Melbourne’s rising “Silicon Valley”

by Rose Mary Petrass 19 May 202219 May 2022
Posted inHousing

Metricon hoses down “rumours” about its imminent demise, following a meeting with the Victoria’s treasurer

by Andrew Sadauskas 19 May 202219 May 2022
Posted inHousing

Metricon in trouble

by Tina Perinotto 18 May 202219 May 2022
Posted inHousing

Daniel Andrews invests $30 million in ARKit sustainable prefab modular homes

by Andrew Sadauskas 18 May 202219 May 2022
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How Woolworths tapped into a pipeline of water savings with WaterGroup

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Posted inBuilding

Cool roofs and how to get them: City of Adelaide Council trials a space-age ceramic coating as temperatures skyrocket

by Andrew Sadauskas 17 May 202218 May 2022
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Posted inRating tools

New GRESB sustainability risk products now available for asset managers

by Rose Mary Petrass 17 May 202217 May 2022
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Posted inHousing

Metricon Homes founder Mario Biasin passes aged 71

by Rose Mary Petrass 17 May 202217 May 2022
Posted inSpinifex

Chains of Custody: the relationship between Country and construction

by Kieran Wong, TheFulcrum.Agency 13 May 202217 May 2022
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Posted inRating tools

How to cool cooking suburbs – a tool from WSROC aims to save lives

by Rose Mary Petrass 12 May 202212 May 2022
Posted inConstruction & Development

Cbus Property transacts its first two green loans alongside sustainable finance framework launch

by Andrew Sadauskas 12 May 202212 May 2022
Vic Govhub Ballarat
Posted inArchitecture

Inside the Vic Architecture Awards shortlisted building reshaping public sector workspaces

by Rose Mary Petrass 10 May 202211 May 2022
Posted inEducation, Training & Research

New UNSW and Newcastle decarbonisation hub will focus on commercial-ready tech

by Andrew Sadauskas 10 May 202210 May 2022
Posted inWaste and recycling

Business is booming for Fairview and its Ecoloop process to recycle dodgy cladding

by Andrew Sadauskas 10 May 202211 May 2022
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Posted inSpinifex

Why I’m voting for a national housing plan

by Dr Judy Kraatz 9 May 20229 May 2022

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