Tag: Sustainable design
Australian homes are getting bigger and bigger, and it’s wiping out gains in energy efficiency
Energy efficiency policies for homes has not led to falls in the predicted energy requirements, researchers found. They argue that Australia’s housing energy policy requires a radical rethink.
Australian architects can now register for international awards program
Australian architecture practices can now enter their projects into an international awards program presented by the International Union of Architects (UIA), in collaboration with UN-Habitat.
New architectural training program to facilitate low-carbon building design
In a bid to decarbonize buildings, the federal government has allocated $100,000 in funding to support a new training program for architects, delivered by the Australian Institute of Architects.
World’s tallest hybrid timber tower in Perth granted approval
A distinctive 183-metre-tall hybrid timber tower, designed by Fraser and Partners, has obtained development approval, with the 51-storey building reportedly on its way to earning the title of tallest hybrid timber tower in the world.
The Living Future Institute of Australia Symposium
The Living Future Institute of Australia Symposium is back this November, with the theme for 2023 ‘Ambition to Action.’
Breathe Architecture’s six-point plan to reduce carbon
Breathe Architecture is calling on all architects to reduce carbon emissions in their projects through six steps, which they revealed at an event in Melbourne on 20 September.
2023 Australian Interior Design Awards: Premier Award for Interior Design
Campbell House by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer
2023 Australian Interior Design Awards: Sustainability Advancement
Campbell House by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer
Winning the climate battle at home
Rory Hyde explores four houses that demonstrate how emissions can be reduced by building smaller, choosing different materials and designing spaces for adaptability.
Tall timber buildings are exciting, but to shrink construction’s carbon footprint we need to focus on the less sexy ‘middle’
Timber is a sustainable, renewable material that stores carbon while in use, but focusing only on the tall means we overlook other big potentials for building with timber.
Wetlands ecotourism centre proposed for Melbourne’s west
Grimshaw and Greenaway Architecture have been appointed to design the $16 million Hobsons Bay Wetlands Centre.
Designing for sustainability and economy
Kerry Clare chats to Ché Wall, the environmental engineer Clare Design has collaborated with for more than 20 years to optimise passive design in their buildings.
Adelaide becomes second National Park City
Adelaide has been named the world’s second National Park City, after London, at the World Urban Park Congress.
Winners announced in Canberra Low Carbon Housing Challenge
The ACT minister for the environment Rebecca Vassarotti has announced the winners of the Canberra Low Carbon Housing Challenge.
We can’t afford to just build greener. We must build less
UK architecture lecturer Johannes Novy makes the case for less building and less demolition, in light of the built environment discussions at COP26.
Melbourne office tower to be clad in solar panels
The $1 billion development at 435 Bourke Street designed by Bates Smart will be one of the first office towers in the world to have energy-producing panels integrated into its facade.
Mass timber office building designed to be Tasmania’s greenest
Terroir has designed a Launceston building that aims to be “the most sustainable and carbon positive office development in Tasmania.”
Here’s why your city isn’t a lush, green oasis yet
Researchers Thami Croeser, Georgia Garrard, and Sarah Bekessy take a look at what’s holding back the greening of cities.
National Construction Code zeros in on energy efficiency
Proposed updates to the National Construction Code would take a critical step towards near zero carbon emissions for Australian housing.
BVN, UTS create airconditioning system from 3d printed, recycled plastic
An Australian architecture practice and architecture school have unveiled “the world’s first robotic 3D-printed air diffusion system.”
