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    2024: The year of FISH (fighting in someone’s house)
    2024: The year of FISH (fighting in someone’s house)

    The year started with Tone on Tuesday, morphed into Design Notes and finished as design-i. A change in nomenclature, but no loss of focus on the topics traversed in design and politics.


    A scheme reviving three storey walk-up flats
    A scheme reviving three storey walk-up flats

    Much talk recently about solving the housing crisis with increased density in existing suburbs (hello NIMBYs).


    Notre-Dame rises from its ashes: An unprecedented rebirth
    Notre-Dame rises from its ashes: An unprecedented rebirth

    After five years of restoration, the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris reopens its doors to the world, sublimated by exceptional work. The blond stone, bronze liturgical furnishings and ancestral craftsmanship bring this unique landmark back to life.


    The Pattern Book Design Competition got the wrong answers
    The Pattern Book Design Competition got the wrong answers

    Ask the wrong questions - get the wrong answers. That’s how to judge the just announced winners of the Pattern Book Design Competition (PBDC), run by the NSW Department of Planning Housing and Infrastructure (DoPHI), and Government Architect (GA).


    Circular economies set to unlock billions in market value
    Circular economies set to unlock billions in market value

    Australia is failing to realise billions of dollars in value by not embracing a circular economy, according to a new report by Arup and Circular Australia.


    How 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 explains suburban failure
    How 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 explains suburban failure

    In this week’s Saturday Paper, prolific social researcher Hugh Mackay claims to have discovered “an overlooked cause of the housing crisis”.


    Sneak peek at how our urban transport will look like in 2030
    Sneak peek at how our urban transport will look like in 2030

    Woods Bagot’s James Berry Principal and Global Transport Sector Leader reflects on how changing behaviour, technology and customer expectations will change our urban transport systems, and cities, for good. 


    Renewables or resilience. Design for both/and
    Renewables or resilience. Design for both/and

    Following on from last week’s column, I’m arguing it’s time to rethink our entire approach to climate design.


    We lost the climate war: New battles in a changed climate
    We lost the climate war: New battles in a changed climate

    Trump won. The climate lost. Drill baby, drill. Burn baby, burn.


    The pole-frame bush house by Graeme Gunn for David Yencken
    The pole-frame bush house by Graeme Gunn for David Yencken

    If last week’s design-i on Graeme Gunn seemed personal, this week’s story is even more so.


    As AI disrupts Australia’s construction industry, stakeholders remain optimistic
    As AI disrupts Australia’s construction industry, stakeholders remain optimistic

    The recent Design & Make Summit in Sydney saw discussions around how Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are disrupting Australia’s construction industry “faster than most of us expected”.


    A tribute to Graeme Gunn, our best suburban housing advocate
    A tribute to Graeme Gunn, our best suburban housing advocate

    Graeme Gunn, Melbourne architect, academic and advocate died this month aged 91. You can read obituaries here, here and here.


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