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Out with the new, in with the old as councillor goes to the poles
Posted on 29/08/2011 | No CommentsUNTIL cars began swamping Sydney’s streets nearly 100 years ago, verandahs on poles were one of the city’s most notable architectural features. As roads were widened to make room for... -
Mosman harbourfront redeveloped in Sydney
Posted on 08/08/2011 | No CommentsThe Sydney Harbour Federation Trust has redeveloped the Middle Head parklands in Mosman, the design provided by CM+ Architects and landscapes by Turf Design. A total of 21 heritage premises... -
Cockatoo battles to save its ‘heritage’ kindergarten
Posted on 04/08/2011 | No CommentsA KINDERGARTEN in Cockatoo that was a refuge for hundreds during the Ash Wednesday bushfires will soon be demolished, to the dismay of community activists who say a vital part... -
Regent theatre demolition begins
Posted on 30/06/2011 | No CommentsThe demolition of Brisbane’s Regent Theatre complex has begun. A small public notice on page 65 of today’s Courier Mail this morning confirmed the commencement of construction on the new... -
Abandoned National Treasure
Posted on 24/06/2011 | 2 CommentsThe Government is under fire as the Bankstown World War II Bunker remains abandoned. Closed since 1947, the bunker served the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) as the Allied Forces’... -
New off grid bio-gas powered building for Sydney
Posted on 24/05/2011 | No CommentsGrocon and the GPT Group today unveiled plans for the refurbished officer tower in heritage listed Legion House in Sydney’s CBD to be powered by off-grid bio mass gas, with... -
Political bunfight over City Hall costs
Posted on 29/04/2011 | No CommentsRatepayers might end up having to almost entirely fund the $215 million City Hall restoration after the state government again refused to commit money in its upcoming budget. The federal... -
The genius of the great leveller that grew into New York
Posted on 16/04/2011 | No CommentsNEW YORK: Henry James condemned it a century ago as a ”primal topographic curse”. Rem Koolhaas, the architect and urbanist, countered that its two-dimensional form created ”undreamed-of freedom for three-dimensional... -
Regent developers paid for heritage immunity
Posted on 08/04/2011 | No CommentsDevelopers Brookfield Multiplex paid $600 in 2009 for a five-year “immunity” against expanded heritage claims on sections of the Regent Theatre, the Queensland Heritage Council confirmed yesterday. An original two-year... -
New meets old in 2011 North Sydney development
Posted on 20/01/2011 | No CommentsOne of the first residential complexes launched in 2010 took six years to gain planning approval and will feature architecture that spans 110 years in design. The North Sydney property...