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Good Design Award Australian team helping rebuild Nepal

On Thursday, May 17, 2018, the Annual Good Design Award ceremony was held at the Sydney Opera House recognising the highest achievements of outstanding design. Three awards were given to an Australian team c... more
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Raising Australia’s Building Standards

Raising Australia’s Building Standards – What Must Change? Jurisdictions need a common language, more rigorous regulation and better oversight if they are to truly raise building standards in Australia, ac... more
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Project commencements surged 83% in April

Following on from a relatively subdued quarter of activity in Q1 2018, the number of projects moving into construction surged over April according to CoreLogic data. While in March, there were just 597 project... more
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New AIA National President Cousins takes the reins

Victorian architect Clare Cousins was today inaugurated as the 79th National President of the Australian Institute of Architects at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Melbourne. As the Institute increases i... more

Raising Australia’s Building Standards

16 May, 2018
Project commencements surged 83% in April

16 May, 2018
New AIA National President Cousins takes the reins

15 May, 2018
Two WA winners at Rider Levett Bucknall Awards

13 May, 2018

Good Design Award Australian team helping rebuild Nepal

Blackburne Aria wins WA’s top property honour

Federal Budget a mixed bag for architecture

Projects

Design-led co-living student hub set to open in Perth

24 May, 2018

Campus Perth – a design-led, co-living student hub – is set to be home to more than 700 domestic and international university students from early 2019. A collaboration between GCP Hospitality – renowned, global hospitality and hotel accommodation operator – and award-winning design studio, Woods Bagot, Campus Perth provides international and domestic students with an inner city student ... more

Iconic office refurbishment launches in Canberra’s civic precinct

11 May, 2018

A new kind of building arises in industrial Cremorne

11 May, 2018

Tallest building in the North Sydney CBD moves forward

11 May, 2018

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Grand Designs

The new IDF Habitat Headquarters in Paris

01 Nov, 2017

Extreme organisational flexibility, attention to environmental quality and an accurate interpretation of the setting: these were the requirements for the headquarters of IDF Habitat, the French company in charge of the development of social housing operations. In March 2017 IDF Habitat proudly announced its new address, 15 km from the heart of Paris. Designed by Piuarch, Stefano Sbarbati and In... more

Smart Luxury hotel opens in China’s Fujian Province

24 Aug, 2016

Striking museum design revealed

03 Aug, 2016

The most dramatic development in New York’s history

03 Aug, 2016

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Mega Structures

Hong Kong to become an even bigger international aviation hub

18 Oct, 2017

A new three-runway system will strengthen Hong Kong’s competitiveness as an international aviation hub. The US$18bn mega-project will expand Hong Kong International Airport from the current two-runway system into a Three-runway system (3RS). The project includes reclamation of 650 hectares of land, construction of a third 3.8km runway, a new passenger concourse, expansion of the existing Term... more

Smart engineering brings Thailand’s tallest building to life

12 Aug, 2016

World-class International Airport in Dubai to expand

01 Jun, 2016

Crystal Lagoons the Star of Bayside Development

06 May, 2016

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Events

Australian Smart Skyscrapers Summit 2018

26 June 2018-27 June 2018

Australian Smart Skyscrapers Summit 2018 With no sight of dense urbanisation slowing, architects and engineers face myriad challenges when developing new high-rise buildings and skyscrapers to cater for growing vertical cities. With a focus on sustainable materials, lowered energy ratings, innovative and advancing technology, liveability and appealing design, those who create Australian skyline... more