People love to connect with nature and that’s possible with vertical gardens on high-rise developments. But gardens need a gardener to keep things under control.
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Expanding green cities needs a holistic approach, and learning from Melbourne and Canberra is a good place to start.
Adaptively re-using buildings can preserve heritage while enabling new uses that help make cities more liveable and sustainable.
When talking about heritage, we need to be clear about our definitions and our objectives for each building. Then we can work on achieving the optimum balance of heritage and sustainability.
Air conditioning alone won’t make global warming more bearable – architects must reinvent the window.
Rammed earth has been used for centuries, for buildings that have stood the test of time, including China’s Great Wall. It’s also cheap and environmentally friendly, so why aren’t modern architects embracing it?
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Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
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Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer, Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Real Estate Management, Delft University of Technology
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Professor of Low Carbon Design, University of Bath
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Lecturer in Architecture, Practice and Design, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University