Category: Environment
"I wanted to be able to reflect something that Melburnians can connect with and something that hasn’t been done anywhere else in the world." Melbourne's first real-time weather light show, designed by Bruce Ramus, is currently on display upon the 15-storey tower at 888 Collins Street in Docklands.
Melbourne-based business Habitech Systems has partnered with Christchurch-based building company LiteGreen Projects to produce modular, earthquake-resilient, and sustainable homes for New Zealanders.
"The masterplan is where the real smarts of the project lies – there is in-built permeability to the surrounding areas, dual frontages to dwellings to allow the live/work idea to flourish, community facilities, and a wetland for the native Wallam froglets." Architect Dominic Finlay-Jones talks ADR through Habitat, Byron Bay’s new mixed-use business hub.
"There is no way that any company that we know of could do what we did, and now there are 1200 people who are safe from the next cyclone," says Nev Hyman. After years of surfing the world's waters, Hyman collaborated with Ken McBride of HASSELL to create cyclone-proof prefab homes for remote villages, constructed from recycled waste plastic.
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