Australian Design Review

Hot ‘hoods: the results of a 30 percent decline in residential trees

UniSA environmental researchers have called for new national planning policies to mandate the inclusion of trees in developments and housing design.

• Environment • News Mar 22, 2022
Victoria’s Department of Transport launches program to improve state’s roads

As part of its economic recovery strategy post-pandemic, the Victorian Government needs an efficient and streamlined traffic system. The state’s Department of Transport has rolled out a new program comprising data collection, integration and analytics in order to achieve this aim. In 2002, the Melbourne 2030 planning for sustainable growth strategy was launched with nine […]

• Architecture • Environment Feb 17, 2022
Moloney Architects rebuilds bushfire-destroyed Victorian homestead with remnants from the past

Led by Moloney Architects, Remnant House is a building rising from the ashes, replacing a rural homestead lost to bushfire in 2013. The firm, helmed by duo Mick and Jules Moloney, is no stranger to regional builds, but Mick Moloney tells ADR rebuilding this home has been an “emotional journey” for both client and architect. […]

• Architecture • Environment • Projects Jan 27, 2022
“Half the challenge of recycling could be solved through good design”

The biggest impact designers can have on the textile industry is to design for end of life, says BlockTexx co-founder Adrian Jones.  “We can’t change today. It just exists. We can work really hard to make up for the mistakes of the past, but we can’t change the fact that those textiles are already in […]

• Architecture • Environment • Objects Dec 16, 2021

Being sustainable is as much about us as “influencing others to step up” – Humanscale

• Environment • Furniture • Objects Nov 11, 2021

17 projects from the COP26 Build Better Now Virtual Pavilion

• Architecture • Environment • News • Projects Nov 8, 2021
Five architecture and art installations highlighting climate crisis at COP26
• Architecture • Environment • News • Projects Nov 4, 2021
“Adopt principles of passive design from the outset” – Jackson Clements Burrows
• Architecture • Environment • News Nov 2, 2021
Atelier Jiri Levi builds own home as “workshop” for sustainable, economic design
• Architecture • Environment • Projects Oct 27, 2021
“We need to harness design as a force for good” – Breathe’s Bonnie Herring
• Architecture • Environment • News Oct 21, 2021
60 of world’s biggest firms call for climate leadership ahead of COP26
• Architecture • Environment • News Oct 20, 2021