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‘Biophilic’ Hotel Complex Proposed for Darwin
Plans for a $200 million hotel and villa complex fronting a Darwin beach have sparked concerns about potential encroachment on local Indigenous sacred sites and the overdevelopment of the city’s foreshore. Designed by architecture firm [...]
How Australia’s Prefab Industry Delivered the World’s First Modular Chancery
“This highly successful outcome serving Australia and Australia’s interest is a strong sign that the Australian prefabrication industry is truly merging to mainstream.” So declared Greg Hammond, who in August completed a five-year term as [...]
Supply Chain Price Rises Spur ACCC Inquiry
Supply chain disruptions to the construction industry are likely to persist beyond the middle of 2022, according to a global risk survey. The Oxford Economics survey found one in eight businesses surveyed this month [...]
Structural Reform, not Sugar Hits: Why Our Housing System Needs More than Just Stimulus
For the first time Infrastructure Australia’s newly released 2021 Australian Infrastructure Plan incorporated social infrastructure, including social housing. This inclusion points to the value of social infrastructure in enhancing quality of life. It also recognises [...]
Ventilation, Air Quality & the Need for a National Taskforce
Former Premier of Victoria and trained architect Ted Baillieu emphasises that ventilation in buildings is an urgent priority, deserving of a national taskforce to offer guidance and highlight the importance of air quality management. There [...]
NCC not Fit for Purpose in a Climate Emergency World
The year is 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has just released its latest Assessment Report AR6 in-time for world leaders to consider its findings before meeting in Glasgow in November for COP26. [...]