Category: Sustainability
Following increased research into the impacts of light pollution, ‘dark sky’ advocates from mainly electrical engineering and climate science fields are strongly encouraging architects to limit reliance on artificial night lights when designing spaces. The implications of light pollution include the disruption to the breeding and migratory routines of nocturnal animals, the depletion of melatonin […]
The Brisbane-based practice JDA Co.’s design of the picturesque and pinch-worthy ‘The House’ on Queensland’s Lizard Island reflects its unwavering pursuit of climate-responsive design. Innately values-driven, architect Dr James Davidson founded JDA Co. at the end of 2009 after vowing to use architecture as a vessel for social justice. “I wanted to create an architecture […]
The Australian architecture practice which merged with Conrad Gargett in April introduces numerous landscape architects to its Urban Futures team. This addition will further bolster Architectus’ reputation as a large and multi-disciplinary practice driven to honour the cultural and spiritual relationships First Nations people hold with the land and seas through design. Architectus is committed […]
The integrated design practice has taken out the winning entry for a design excellence competition hosted by developer Linkcity, who asked entrants to design a student housing development in the CBD of Newcastle, New South Wales. Plans are in motion to transform the current Cambridge Hotel site into a 21-storey student accommodation tower – a […]
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