Humankind already has the knowledge to make sustainable and socially just ways of living on this planet possible. But new types of design and economics are needed for anything to change.
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Barangaroo is an example of a development with admirable green credentials, but it is also an exclusive precinct that has played a role in displacing the disadvantaged from this part of Sydney.
Standing 240m tall, the Statue of Unity celebrates India’s development. But jarringly, it towers over a divisive and environmentally damaging dam project.
The British inventor of the clockwork radio and over 200 other devices has died.
Buildings are central to creating more sustainable cities, and green ratings are often used to assess how well a building measures up against this goal. But the current system has serious flaws.
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.
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.
After extreme weather events like Hurricane Harvey, city planners need to think about the smartest way to rebuild. Here are some no-regrets infrastructure investment ideas.
Why, after decades of international agreements, are we still damaging the environment? New research, looking at dozens of unsuccessful policies, has uncovered the basic elements of failure.
Conventional leather is fraught with ethical and environmental issues. But leather grown from fermented kombucha tea offers consumers a glimpse of a DIY, sustainable future.
Emerging research challenges the idea that sustainable housing is unaffordable. It shows sustainability and good design can be affordable when analyses include social, health and wellbeing benefits.
Reinforced concrete is everywhere. But unlike plain concrete, which can last for centuries, reinforced concrete can deteriorate in decades as the reinforcing bars succumb to rust.
It’s time to rethink the stack-em-high and sell-em-cheap approach to business.
Pedalling our televisions could save us a fortune in electricity – and keep us in great shape, too.
It’s up to state governments to ensure urban planning rules properly reflect both the desires of residents in the 21st century and the principles of sustainability.
Changing habits and pollution concerns are calling time on our love affair with cars. But this doesn’t have to be the end.
Memories of school demountables might cause some people to sneer at prefabricated buildings. But they can be stylish too, not to mention offering a possible way to ease the housing affordability problem.
The outcry over the government’s plan to allow wood burning from native forests under the revamped Renewable Energy Target belies the fact that woodchips can be useful and sustainable if harvested responsibly.
Nobel Laureates met recently in Hong Kong to sign a memorandum calling for cities to help guard against climate change. As the most creative places on the planet, big cities are the perfect place to meet this challenge.
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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Associate Professor in Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Postdoctoral researcher, Universität Wien
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School of Architecture, Professor of Architecture, University of Portsmouth
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Centennial Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Urbanism and Built Environment Studies, School of Architecture & Planning, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, Centre for Urban Research, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer - Energy, Queensland University of Technology
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Freelance research consultant, University of Sydney
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Barrister, Law Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer Sustainable Design, Lancaster University
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Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor in Research & Innovation, RMIT University
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Assistant Professor of Integrated Design, Yonsei University
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Senior Lecturer, Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, The University of Western Australia
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney