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    MBA announces new updated cost plus building contract

    Master Builders Australia (MBA) have introduced a new Australian Building and Construction industry form of contract to replace the outdated version.


    Architects and building designers respond to leaked new Victorian building standards

    AIA National President David Karotkin, BDAV President Michael O’Sullivan and Ian Bassett from the BDA have responded to leaked draft apartment design standards from the Office of the Victorian Government Architect (OVGA).


    Melbourne city doubles in size, new master plan approved

    Melbourne is set to develop a new inner-city suburb that the government says will more than double the size of the central city.


    Forest Lodge ECO House by Chris Knierim, Code Green

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    Desert House by Dunn & Hillam Architects

    In Alice Springs, one of the harshest and most demanding natural environments on earth, Dunn & Hillam Architects have created a new type of desert house – one with lessons for many kinds of buildings.


    Crabtree Residence by Misho + Associates

    This low maintenance, energy efficient house was designed to age in place, with six curved Corten blades wrapped sinuously along the length of the building to shield windows from the frosty Tasmanian air.


    UTS Kuring-gai building to be reimagined for Australia's most innovative public school

    BVN Donovan Hill is part of a team that will reimagine the award-winning UTS building, which was designed based on the concept of an Italian hill village.


    Wooden cocoons and living trees incorporated into Azerbaijan airport redesign

    Turkish architecture studio Autoban has revealed their plans for the interior of the new terminal at Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku, Azerbaijan.


    Caladenia Street House by Strine Environments

    The use of Ultra Mass Walls have allowed Strine Environments to climate proof the Caladenia Street House, which requires no air conditioning even in sustained temperatures of 40 degrees and above.


    Learned architecture: Australia’s best new libraries for 2014

    See our top 12 (so far) list of new Australian libraries for 2014.


    From 8 to 80: designing adaptive spaces for an ageing population

    Lorraine Farrelly, a Thinker in Residence at Deakin Uni, argues that we need to design spaces that could house a society with changing needs from "8-80".


    Sharifi House features space-saving rotatable rooms

    Iranian architecture firm nextoffice has designed a house with a series of semi-mobile rooms that can be rotated with the push of a button in order to provide extra space and harness sunlight.


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