Category: Architecture
The Australian Passive House Association (APHA) has formally announced dates for the 2020 South Pacific Passive House Conference. Co-hosted by the Australian Passive House Association (APHA) and the Passive House Institute of New Zealand (PHINZ), the conference will be held  from 28 to 31 May 2020 in Sydney. The event will be at the Roundhouse, at the heart of […]
Two leading voices for Australia’s small and medium sized businesses, Employsure and the Small Business Association of Australia (SBAA), have  announced a new partnership to advocate two key areas of workplace reform. Ed Mallett, founder and managing director of Employsure, and CEO of SBAA, Anne Nalder, are joining forces to propose the need for the simplification […]
Smart cities, digital cities, virtual cities, connected cities. Are these just trendy buzzwords? Christine Steinmetz takes a look. These types of cities are supported by infrastructure that is more than bricks and mortar. These cities are smart (thoughtful, people-centric), digital (driven by data acquisition, measured, analysed and sometimes exchanged) and virtual (experiential). And, as a […]
Can buildings become a part of nature? Martyn Dade-Robertson, co-director of the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment, Newcastle University, lists five ways buildings of the future might become living, breathing things. What if our homes were alive? I don’t mean smart homes with the disembodied voice of Alexa deciding the setting for your living room […]
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