16 August 2011 – The National Heart Foundation has compiled guidelines about food sensitive planning and urban design. Food Sensitive Planning and Urban Design: A conceptual framework for achieving a sustainable and just food system is a framework... 
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By Lyn Drummond 11 August 2011 – What will it take to regenerate greyfield precincts in Australia’s major cities to achieve medium density housing with better health and environmental impacts? The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute... 
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By Richard Dinham 9 August 2011 – Linking Sydney from north to south by cycle and pedestrian bridges would be a great enhancement for connectivity,  argues Richard Dinham. The Bridges of Rome, Paris and London are an integral part of those cities.... 
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8 August 2011 – In The Long Emergency, James  Kunstler forecasts a future of smaller cities, centred around traditionally important natural features such as ports, not airports, and localised food and services. One of his biggest challenges, though,... 
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By Lyn Drummond 2 June 2011 – FAVOURITES: According to Deb Noller of Switch Automation wealthy owners of eastern suburbs  energy prices are starting to bite hard, even in the wealthy eastern suburbs of Sydney. Read More > >  
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By Tina Perinotto 3 August 2011 – Following hot on the heels of our story last issue on the mass retrenchment of four staff at the NSW chapter office has come some of the reasoning behind the move and an indication of the pressure architects are... 
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By Lyn Drummond 3 August 2011 – The New Zealand Green Building Council has awarded the country’s first six star Green Star Office Interiors 2009 rating to the Bank of New Zealand’s Harbour Quays offices in Wellington and will soon be certifying... 
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25 March 2011 – Favourites: Brendan Gleeson, former director of the Urban Research Program at Griffith University, is one of the more challenging thinkers on Australia’s urban systems. On the eve of his departure for a three year secondment... 
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27 July 2011 – Australia’s urban congestion costs including wasted time in traffic, maintenance, fuel and emissions costs are forecast to be $20.4 billion by 2020 unless cities undertake a major review of their infrastructure, according to a review... 
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25 July 2011 – Commentators have until 19 August to provide feedback on an Australian urban design protocol being developed by the federal government’s Major Cities Unit, in partnership with industry and state and territory governments. Read... 
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It’s a story of deep resistance to sustainable change, embarrassing mistakes and scientists at 20 paces. Now the clever people have turned the spotlight to the humble real estate agent. Welcome to the wild world of the residential market. By Lynne... 
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19 July 2011: Low Carbon Australia and Wagga Wagga City Council, NSW are to   cooperate on energy efficiency  in the first agreement of its kind for regional Australia in the second major agreement for the new agency. See our recent article on Low... 
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By Tina Perinotto 19 July 2011 – NSW Australian Institute of Architects members have been shocked by the sudden retrenchment of four key long serving staff members of the Sydney office. Institute insiders told The Fifth Estate that members... 
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By Peter Droege and Matthew Ulterino 19 July 2011 – In an age of petroleum production risks and mounting carbon costs cities should plan their sustainable development strategies by assessing and lowering their exposure to airport dependency risk –... 
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18 July 2011 – A series of forums that sets out to redesign inner city Adelaide is currently under way and just one of a number of initiatives stimulated by the appointment in 2008 of Adelaide Thinker in Residence Laura Lee. Professor Lee’s... 
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By Tina Perinotto 15 July 2011 – The Queensland government yesterday announced it had finalised its “green door” policy to fast track sustainable development approvals in a move could become a template across the nation. Industry groups... 
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By David Wilson 7 July 2011 – What’s the view from your window? Do you like what you see? Do you want to change it? As the percentage of the world’s population living in cities continues to grow, the view for many can be bleak: cars, congestion,... 
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10 July 2011 – Following are reactions to the carbon price package from the Green Building Council of Australia,  Energy Efficiency Council, Climate Active Australia, Climate Institute, the Australian Conservation Foundation The Green Building Council... 
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8 July 2011 – The Greens have claimed victory in the fight for a new independent authority to manage $3.2 billion of renewable energy funding in “an effective and coordinated manner” announced by the federal government today. “As part... 
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6 July 2011 – The new national president of the Australian Institute of Architects, Brian Zulaikha  has called for a government architect position to be established in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.The Sydney-based architect, who is... 
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5 July 2011 – BVN Architecture has won this year’s top award, the Sulman Award, at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2011 NSW Architecture Awards for its Brain and Mind Research Institute  – Youth Mental Health Building. Read More >... 
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30 June 2011 – The New York Times says European cities are turning hostile to cars. And the US based Treehugger has run a story  the research by Peter Newman and Peter Kenworthy on “Peak Car Use”, that remains on our No 1 Top Hits for... 
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By Tina Perinotto 29 June 2011 – Shooting camels, burning savannah in special mosaic formations and capturing methane gasses from pig manure to make energy are just some of the methodologies under consideration  before the federal government’s... 
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28 June 2011 – Melbourne’s AAMI Park by Cox Architecture has won three of the top Victorian Architecture Awards. AAMI Park won the Victorian Architecture Medal, The Melbourne Prize and the William Wardell Award for Public Architecture. The structure... 
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By Lyn Drummond 22 June 2011 – New research has shown that cutting greenhouse gas emissions from Sydney office buildings can also help reduce the pressure on electricity supply infrastructure citywide. The findings are in a report by Jesse Steinfeld,... 
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By Lyn Drummond 22 June 2011 – Relaxing in a sky park 33 storeys above Melbourne’s CBD could start a trend if award winning architect Billy Kavellaris’ urban park is built next year. The Sky Park Tower at 17-23 Wills Street will include... 
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22 June 2011 – Cox Rayner A fully integrated mixed use development near the Brisbane CBD has taken the top award for urban design in Australia. The $300 million SW1 South Bank Urban Village developed by South Bank Corporation and Cox Rayner Architects... 
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21 June 2011 – A Hobart high school has won top honours at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2011 Tasmanian Architecture Awards for what the jury described as a “sensitive and bold” work. Ogilvie High School’s Student Learning Centre... 
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21 June 2011 –Debate is heightening on the Treehugger website about whether the 2012 London Olympic basketball venue is the ugliest building yet. One subscriber, Lloyd Alter of the company, Design and Architecture, describes the venue as, “looking... 
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16 June 2011 – A Darwin school’s new outdoor and indoor play and learning spaces have won four of seven awards at the Australian Institute of Architects’ Northern Territory architecture awards. St Mary’s Catholic Primary School new hall and... 
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