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    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.


    Future-proofing construction with digital twins
    Future-proofing construction with digital twins

    Valued at $12 trillion, the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is one of the largest in the world, yet it has historically been among the slowest to digitise and innovate. Digital twins are advanced virtual replicas of physical assets, such as buildings and machinery, that dynamically mirror real-world conditions in real time.


    Just how bad are Albanese’s housing problems?
    Just how bad are Albanese’s housing problems?

    Anthony Albanese has a whole raft of housing problems right now.


    Could the Grenfell tower fire happen in Australia?
    Could the Grenfell tower fire happen in Australia?

    The just released report on the tragic fire at London’s Grenfell Tower makes harrowing reading. The sheer mendacity of all concerned in the process that led to 72 lives lost is appalling. A question that arises in Australia, as it did immediately after the fire, is could it happen here?


    Designing hotels in the blink of an eye
    Designing hotels in the blink of an eye

    As Founder and Creative Partner of BLINK Design Group, Clint Nagata’s passion for travel, hospitality and design is the inspiration behind the practice’s philosophy.


    Mimetic architecture: When architecture imitates life
    Mimetic architecture: When architecture imitates life

    “Le beau est toujours bizarre” is a quote from French poet Charles Baudelaire that can be translated to “beauty is always bizarre”. This is the DNA of mimetic architecture, when buildings and other structures are given a blend of eccentricity, follies and unusual shapes – just because.


    Rise of the village people
    Rise of the village people

    The term ‘retirement community’ somehow smacks of gelato coloured demountables lined up, cheek by jowl, in a gated reserve, in ‘gator ridden, Florida. However, a little education goes a long way – and visions of pastel semi-wides could not be further from the truth. The epitome of opulence, of good taste and refined design now dominate the retirement sector, and it’s making ageing a very sexy option.


    Deconstructing to rebuild with Eleri Jones
    Deconstructing to rebuild with Eleri Jones

    Architect and visual artist Eleri Jones has recently transformed the former nurses’ quarters at the South Sydney Hospital site into a Creative Centre. In an interview with Architecture & Design, she explains why this project is exemplary model for civic adaptive reuse.


    Tone on Tuesday 227: How to fix social housing, explained in six diagrams
    Tone on Tuesday 227: How to fix social housing, explained in six diagrams

    Last week examined the social housing crisis in six diagrams. This week, in the last ever ToT, six essential diagrams explain how to fix, or at least alleviate, that crisis.


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