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April 2009

Conferences

Placed 1 May 2009 submission deadline Placed presents projects by artists, designers, architects, planners and other...
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Courses

Victoria – committed to improving design Urban Design Unit training program 2009 Now in its fourth year, the Department...
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Impressions of Freiburg

I wanted to see two of its new experimental housing estates, Rieslefeld and Vauban, about which I had read a great deal....
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What do urban designers have to say about the Victorian fires?

February 2009 in Victoria has been one of those months. The traditional hot weather went feral, with temperatures as high...
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Musings over lunch

View from Google earth of Linz Pichling or “Solar City” a sustainable development in Austria that now accommodates 3000...
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Planning to live in the bush

+ The protection of residential amenity and setting of standards for environmentally responsible building, siting and design...
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Design help for Local Government

While the natural landscapes will repair over time, the towns will involve a massive rebuilding effort. Loss of much...
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Bush fires and global warming – density of rural settlements is the real issue

These settlements we have lost, and many others like them, are essentially poorly planned, unsustainable communities in the sense...
April 8, 2009 
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Planning for future development

Regional communities are passionate about their towns and are generally engaged in local planning and development issues....
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Good urban design in small regional towns

A sense of place is one of many characteristics linked very closely to local identity. Local identity is linked to a sense...
April 7, 2009 
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