Tag: Housing
Walkable, green neighbourhood for Sydney’s Rouse Hill
Cox Architecture has amended its proposal for its $1.3 billion residential and commercial development at Rouse Hill, Sydney.
Student winners named in Future Homes design competition
Students were encouraged demonstrate how to rethink housing in Melbourne’s established suburbs.
Replicable apartment designs win Future Homes competition
The Victorian government has announced four winners in the Future Homes competition seeking exemplar apartment designs.
Reimagining architectural practice in a changed world
Emma Williamson and Kieran Wong are rethinking architecture practice, placing their emphasis on long-term client relationships and strategic collaborations with experts in a range of fields.
Shortlisted teams announced in innovative housing competition
Lake Macquarie City Council has announced the shortlisted teams in a $40,000 competition to design innovative housing.
Minimum dwelling sizes proposed in WA medium density policy
The Western Australian government has released a new draft policy for medium density housing for public comment.
Architect-led house renovations deliver value for money
Research has found that houses with renovations by small-practice architects perform better on the property market.
Prefab off-the-grid: Courtyard House
Courtyard House by Chrofi is an off-grid house located in the beachside forests of coastal New South Wales that touches the earth lightly.
Housing challenges in an age of crisis
Leading architects from Australia and around the world will come together in an online symposium to discuss alternative models of housing and the impact of the climate, pandemic and recession crises.
Student housing proposed in Sydney’s Camperdown
Plus Architecture has prepared designs for a major redevelopment of the John Chapman House accommodation at Moore Theological College in Sydney.
Four student housing towers to rise up round UNSW
Four separate student housing towers designed by SJB, BVN, Plus Architecture and PTW respectively are proposed for an arterial road surrounding the University of New South Wales.
NSW government to fast track 24 major projects
Schools, a university campus and housing are among the first tranche of projects to be fast tracked by the NSW government to boost the economy during the COVID-19 crisis.
Jury announced for $500k Future Homes design competition
The Victorian government’s Future Homes design competition will be judged by a jury that includes eminent local and international architects.
DKO, Breathe complete Australia’s largest recycled brick building
The architects behind a new Sydney apartment complex say the building could be the largest made from recycled brick in Australia.
Election promise to end medium density housing code a backward step: Institute
The NSW Minster for Planning and Housing has announced the winners of a national ideas competition to design medium-density housing.
Australia’s First Baugruppe
Geoffrey London speaks to Jennie Officer about Baugruppen at WGV, discussing the potential of the Baugruppen process to adapt to the Australian context.
Portable units and temporary leases free up vacant land for urgent housing needs
Katrina Raynor considers the innovations behind a portable housing project designed to house the homeless in Melbourne, which represents a scalable response to Australia’s urgent social and affordable housing needs.
Four entries make shortlist for WA public housing competition
The shortlist for a competition to design public housing in Perth that will generate variety, equity and affordability has been revealed.
Seven winning ideas for Queensland’s ‘missing middle’
The Queensland government has announced the winners of its Diversity and Density Done Well ideas competition.
Affordability by design: Gen Y Demonstration Housing
Emblematic of a generational shift in thinking about housing, this development of three apartments by David Barr Architects is an example of affordability by design.