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September 2011

Good design case studies inspire at Melbourne Open House

Celebrating its fourth year, Melbourne Open House provided the public with a free and rare opportunity to explore some of Melbourne’s...
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Shaping the Gold Coast – our evolving coastal metropolis

A delivery and operating consortium for the Gold Coast Rapid Transit (GCRT) project has now been appointed. To harness one of the most...
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Where Queensland connects…with the world

In May this year the Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) launched a national design competition to seek creative responses...
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Design…who needs it?

Is design a luxury? There is an idea that it is. This is the idea of design as material, details, gimmicks and gizmos. In many...
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Recognise urban design

United Nations Habitat has been following professionalism closely since one of its four themes is Urban Design. Lessons...
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Recognise urban design

To accredit or not to accredit is an all or nothing issue. So far throughout the nation we have left the picking of urban...
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Recognise urban design

It comes as no surprise to me that both the Institute of Landscape Architects and the Planning Institute have initiated forms...
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Urban designers – to register or not to register?

In May 2011, the National Council of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects agreed that the AILA Registration Scheme...
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Churchill Fellowship for play yards

UDFQ 95: September 2011 Tanya is a Sydney urban designer and was the principal author of Landcom’s recently published...
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Mapping critical territory: SA’s Integrated Design Commission

At a recent Property Council lunch, Premier Mike Rann observed that ‘one of the most important initiatives to emerge since...
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