Digital media on building facades are changing the appearance of our cities. This creates a need for new urban policy guidelines to retain architectural quality and promote social engagement.
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New South Wales is the only state that has made meaningful progress on legislation and enforcement of standards capable of creating a sustainable built environment.
By putting the users of buildings – people – at the centre of the process of designing buildings and infrastructure, we can create healthier, more human-centred spaces.
The widespread discussion as to whether the Hurricane Harvey disaster was caused by climate change or not is a dangerous distraction from the real issues.
Enshrining the need for planning healthy built environments in legislation will help ensure the fundamental role planners have to play in facilitating healthy lifestyles.
The health impacts of urban and regional planning are undisputed. So why did the NSW government adopt and then discard health objectives as part of state planning legislation?
It’s time for governments to think long-term about the kind of places they want to create.
Three researchers examine the big challenges of urban development: from city leadership to lock-ins.
Students at the University of Khartoum are protesting about a secretive plan to move the institution from its historic buildings.
A former colleague of the award-winning architect Zaha Hadid pays tribute to her ‘great presence’.
The tower block is in the dock but terraced housing is on the up.
Navigating a major metropolis with a disability is tough, but the Paralympics give us the chance to make it work.
Architects and those working on the built environment can learn valuable lessons about their discipline – how it’s taught, and how it’s carried out – from the 2015 student protests.
If we want the Sustainable Development Goals to be more than just big dreams, Africa will need well trained engineers who can put their skills to good use in their own communities.
Jamie Briggs talks to Michelle Grattan about his new portfolio, the policy pivot away from just roads toward other infrastructure projects like public transport, and much more.
Urban sprawl has spread to the sea, as more and more man-made structures are being built along the world’s coastlines. Just as we do on land, we need to think about how to build sustainably at sea.
Refugees settling in Australia constantly face new challenges. They have to re-adjust to new income levels, cultural practices and language. They also face a new food environment, where many traditional…
The recent security lapses at the White House have brought to the forefront the 13-year-old question of how to effectively secure public spaces. As officials weigh increasing perimeter security and installing…
Although it may seem counter-intuitive, it would be better if we built buildings from wood than from concrete, brick, aluminium and steel. We use millions of tonnes of these modern materials every year…
While city planners have been encouraged to plant trees and gardens to green the city for the health of its inhabitants, recent research has found that the same trees can damage certain buildings. Our…
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Senior Lecturer in Construction Technology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Professor of Planning and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor of Regenerative Futures, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Architecture and SARChI: DST/NRF/SACN Research Chair in Spatial Transformation (Positive Change in the Built Environment), Tshwane University of Technology
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Senior lecturer in Sustainable and Climate Responsive Architecture, University of Pretoria
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW
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Adjunct Associate Professor, South Western Sydney Local Health District
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Associate professor, Macquarie University
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Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Oxford
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Senior Research Fellow, Acting Director, CHETRE, UNSW
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Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Director of the Center for Community & Economic Development and Adjunct Faculty in Urban and Regional Planning Program, Michigan State University
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Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Architecture, Nottingham Trent University