In this opinion piece, David Constantine discusses what we can expect from an increasingly urbanised environment and how we can make it work for us. Through my professional practice, I spend a good deal of time considering the opportunities presenting at the intersection of property, the built environment and social impact. Over recent months I’ve had a number […]
The City of Greater Geelong has chosen COX Architecture’s design for their new $200 million civic precinct, which is set to be built on 137 Mercer Street. The multidisciplinary Australian practice was selected ahead of EPC Pacific with Fender Katsalidis, Raffles Chatter with Grimshaw and Geelong-based Chandler Architecture, all of which were shortlisted from tenders submitted in […]
The winners of The Future Park Design Ideas Competition were announced as part of the International Festival of Landscape Architecture held in Melbourne last week. The competition challenged professional and emerging landscape architects, urban designers, architects and planners to speculate on new park possibilities for a future Melbourne, as well as answer the question: What is the role of […]
Monash University has won the Built Environment category in this year’s Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards for a new six level accommodation complex on the university’s Peninsula Campus in Frankston. The Gillies Hall project is the first large scale building in the country to achieve Passive House certification and showcases the university’s commitment to delivering first-class […]
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