Eco-hotel
What luxury eco-hotel is inspired in equal parts by James Bond, a UFO, and sustainable building concepts? Anthénea, the world’s first autonomous and eco-friendly floating suite equipped with high-end [...]
Building Designers Association of Australia Strikes Partnership With Builder Finders
Sydney, 17 July 2020: NSW builder broker, Builder Finders, has been endorsed as a Regional Industry Partner of the Building Designers Association of Australia (BDAA). The Building Designers Association [...]
NSW 2019-2020 Bush Fires Rebuidling Compliance Suporrt Bal-Capping Methodology and Criteria
The following approach is intended to assist communities impacted by the 2019/20 bush fire season and is only to apply for those rebuilding on the same sites as a [...]
Australia Announces Proposed Framework for the Registering of Building Practitioners
The Australian Building Codes Board has introduced a discussion paper regarding a draft National Registration Framework for Building Practitioners. The proposed framework outlines registration categories to apply to design, construction, [...]
The BDAA builds future careers by way of the Building Design Training Package
The future of the Australian built environment always has reigned as a chief mission and concern of the Building Designers Association of Australia. This is why the BDAA takes [...]
Biobasecamp Pavilion Showcased the Potential of Timber in Building Design
Studio Marco Vermeulen constructed the wood pavilion as a covered exhibit space for a schedule of displays showing how timber can be employed in bio-based architecture projects. Known as Biobasecamp, the pavilion [...]
Artificial Intelligence Could Overtake Architectural Ingenuity, Says New York Designer
According to comments made by New York-based designer Sebastian Errazuriz on his Instagram account, 90 percent of architects might soon be out of work—this owing to their inability to compete [...]
Thinking Outside the Basket: A Masterpiece of Novel Design
In planning the new design of a luxury hotel in Newark, Ohio, building designers are thinking outside the basket. Soon a seven-story building that likens a picnic basket—handles and all—will [...]
Why We Need Less Grit and More Green in Aussie Cities
In the early 1980s, a Chalmers University of Technology research report concluded that--of 46 patients surveyed at a suburban Pennsylvania hospital—those who stayed in rooms with scenic natural views experienced [...]
Origami-Inspired Apartment Building is a Fresh Take on Townhouses
In Portland, Oregon, Waechter Architecture is thinking outside the box when it comes to multi-residential development. As inspired by its arty name, Origami is a 12-townhouse complex boasting a timber-clad [...]