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Category: Housing

Posted inHousing

Heritage, development, YIMBYs and NIMBYs

by Anne Warr, Anne Warr Heritage Consulting 30 November 202330 November 2023
Posted inHousing

Does this stack up? A couple more storeys to fix housing. Nero thinks so

by Tim Sneesby 30 November 20231 December 2023
Posted inHousing

Retirement living can benefit way more than older people

by Bevin Liu 28 November 202330 November 2023
Posted inThe Conversation

Heat, cold, pollution, noise and insects: too many apartment blocks aren’t up to the challenge

by Nicole Cook, University of Wollongong and Sophie-May Kerr, UNSW Sydney 9 November 20239 November 2023
Posted inSpinifex

Poll on electric homes – 11 barriers that home owners say is stopping them

Tim Forcey by Tim Forcey, My Efficient Electric Home 9 November 202310 November 2023
Posted inHousing

Buy your architecturally designed apartment plans and get speedy approvals – thanks Victorian Government Architect

by Rebecca Krispin 7 November 20238 November 2023
Posted inBuilding

World’s tallest hybrid timber tower has been approved, and here are the facts you need to know

by Bevin Liu 19 October 202324 October 2023
Posted inSpinifex

The debate on how to create sustainable homes continues

by Nicky Morrison, Western Sydney University and Tom Longden, Western Sydney University 19 October 202323 October 2023
Posted inSpinifex

Word from the Melbourne YIMBYs – the missing middle imperative

by Jonathan O’Brien, YIMBY Melbourne 17 October 202318 October 2023
Posted inHousing

The nightmare apartments – we need to do much better before we rush to more rental housing

by Alan Pears, RMIT University 21 September 202321 September 2023
Posted inHousing

AVJennings’ Phil Kearns takes energy ambitions to the max

by Louise Belfield 19 September 202325 September 2023
Posted inHousing

Can tiny homes be the sustainable fix-all to the cost-of-living crisis?

by Bevin Liu 14 September 202314 September 2023
Posted inHousing

Mind the gap: why we need to think about housing oversupply when looking to solve undersupply

by Andrea Sharam, RMIT 29 August 202331 August 2023
Two federation houses street view in Marrickville
Posted inSpinifex

Why heritage housing is ageing us – it’s expensive and a worry

by Philip Bull, Civic Assessment 24 August 202325 August 2023
Trendy sunlight Summer pattern made with pink paper house on bright light blue background. Minimal summer concept.
Posted inThe Conversation

Better than net zero? Making the promised 1.2 million homes climate-friendly would transform construction in Australia

by Jason Alexandra, Australian National University, Kate Lawrence, Australian National University and Mark Howden, Australian National University 23 August 202323 August 2023
Queenslander house
Posted inSpinifex

Study of 6000 older houses in Brisbane grapples with the conflict between density and heritage

by Rachel Gallagher, The University of Queensland 22 August 202323 August 2023
Posted inPlanning & Design

Housing affordability – planning is part of the solution

by Matt Collins, Planning Institute of Australia and John Brockhoff, Planning Institute of Australia 15 August 202315 August 2023
Posted inEnvironment, Housing, Spinifex, Urbanism

City and koala liveability are not negotiable

by Jeff Angel, Total Environment Centre 3 August 20233 August 2023
Posted inThe Conversation

Cooking (and heating) without gas: what are the impacts of shifting to all-electric homes?

by Trivess Moore, Alan Pears, RMIT University and Joe Hurley 1 August 20231 August 2023
Posted inSpinifex

A call to arms for architects and planners: We must refurbish public housing, not knock it down

by Alistair Sisson, Macquarie University 27 July 202328 July 2023
Posted inEnergy

How we’re blowing out gas – state by state, council by council, stove by stove

by Wendy Frew 25 July 202310 August 2023
Posted inHousing

Building houses in factories for the Commonwealth Games was meant to help the housing crisis. What now?

by Trivess Moore and Louise Dorignon, RMIT 25 July 202325 July 2023
Posted inHousing

Unaffordable housing – it’s the politics, stupid!

by Mike Brown 24 July 202326 July 2023
Posted inHousing

Unlocking ‘smart density’: walking, riding and open space investments are the key

by Gus Carfi, Polar Enviro 20 July 202331 July 2023
Posted inHousing

One Nightingale apartment block in Marrickville nears completion – potentially ‘tens of thousands to go’ says Rob Stokes

by Tina Perinotto 18 July 202319 July 2023
Posted inEnergy

Alan Pears: reflections on 40 years of slow progress on building energy performance

by Alan Pears, RMIT University 12 July 202313 July 2023
Posted inSpinifex

This winter, heat with your air con, and 13 other hot tips

Tim Forcey by Tim Forcey, My Efficient Electric Home 11 July 202311 July 2023
Posted inOpinion

Planning in NSW goes ad hoc – but hey, the developers are happy

by Tina Perinotto 6 July 20237 July 2023
Posted inPlanning & Design

Interview: Rob Stokes on planning and housing and what you can’t undo

by Tina Perinotto 6 July 20237 July 2023
Posted inBuilding

Industry execs decry lack of government focus on housing crisis

by Kate Burgess 6 July 20236 July 2023

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