Why Grand Central Works from Urban Omnibus on Vimeo. Vishaan Chakrabarti walks through one of New York city’s favourite spaces. His reflections range from design details to regional economics to the relationship between infrastructure and density.
A recent design studio project was published on the Urban Omnibus, in association with the Architectural League of New York. Below are some key highlights of the project. Today, in the second of our series of reports on student projects in architecture and design schools, we hear from a designer and educator about an urban design [...]
Environmentalism in Australia is one of the major issues influencing the New South Wales planning system today. There are numerous ways of defining this widely used phrase of ‘environmentalism’, and over the past few decades it has been a universally accepted term within state and local government institutions. The rise of environmentalism in Australia began [...]
Building Houses, Building Community, Building Hope from Jerome Quinn on Vimeo. Habitat for Humanity is a volunteer-driven organisation, engaging more than 1000 volunteers every year in building houses, building community, building hope. In this video, Habitat for Humanity volunteer Glen Stacy talks about the wider impact of the UK’s first energy-efficient and affordable housing project. [...]
The latest Dyson Austen Top 10 Prestige Residential Survey was prepared for the Real Estate Institute of NSW. The survey provides details for each of the top 10 properties for this past quarter and also the highest selling homes since 2004. It demonstrates that it is only the second time in almost 2 years that [...]
Sasha Levitt, Managing Director at Angus Levitt Property Agents Contact Sasha at slevitt@anguslevitt.com.au Visit his website at www.anguslevitt.com.au What is your opinion on the current state of the residential property market in Sydney’s eastern suburbs? The market is strong and holding up [...]
As part of my final year in university I published a thesis in 2008 titled Planning for Mobile Phone Towers in NSW. I chose this topic because I was working at an urban planning consultancy which was responsible for preparing the planning applications for [...]
Knowledge is power. I believe the LEP Progress Report is an essential resource and I would like to share this with you. This unique report provides an update on the progress made by New South Wales Councils in the preparation of their new Local Environmental Plans (LEPs). All 152 Councils in NSW were [...]
Dubai from Kim Ellefsen on Vimeo. A visual essay which illustrates key statistics and major landmarks in Dubai.
A new application for the iPhone that allows the user to locate nearby property development proposals just by pointing their mobile at a home, is likely to send shudders through potential vendors and landlords. Find out how this new application will revolutionise the way we buy a home. Read the full article here. In [...]
Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture.
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