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Architects cover all angles
A gala evening for architects is being held in Melbourne tonight, and origami angles and sustainablilty are expected to be high on the agenda. The event is the annual awards of the Victorian chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects.
Radio National - Published 2 days, 12 hours ago
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The Bridge: A Journey Between Orient and Occident
Geert Mak has written the book "The Bridge: A Journey Between Orient and Occident" about the Galata Bridge in Instanbul. I crossed the bridge a few weeks ago. It is not a great bridge, in terms of engineering or architecture. What Mak concentrates on is the culture of the parts of the city connected. One aspect of the bridge is that it is lined with food stores underneath and people catching fish
Net Traveller Tom Worthington - Published 1 week, 3 days ago
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Canberra development takes top honours
A mixed-use development in Canberra has taken home four awards at the 2008 ACT Architecture Awards.
Australian Property Review - Published 1 week, 5 days ago
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Housing crisis a 'chronic disease'
AUSTRALIA'S chief architect advisory group has labelled the housing affordability crisis a "chronic disease".
The Australian Property News - Published 2 weeks ago
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Artists take on Architecture in Psycho Buildings
indesignlive - Published 2 weeks, 2 days ago
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1Spatial acquires ComSine: Strengthening Sensor Web capabilities
Company: 1Spatial Industry: Telecommunications, Local Government, Utilities, Architecture / Engineering / Construction, Cartography, Federal Government, Forestry / Land Management, Business GIS, Applied ...
Topix - Published 2 weeks, 3 days ago
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Building a new architecture
ON the morning of Independence Day, 1918, in the trenches opposite the town of Le Hamel in France, the American expeditionary force was about to be tested in battle. Four companies of "Black Jack" Pershing?s infantry were assigned to an advance for the first time.
The Australian - opinion - Published 2 weeks, 3 days ago
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US nonresidential construction outlook weakens
American Institute of Architects highlights a contraction in activity in recent months. 19 Jun 2008 4:18 AM
Business Spectator economy - Published 2 weeks, 4 days ago
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Newsflash: Architecture's peak body hates the Queen
A new campaign being launched on July 1 by Australia’s peak body for the architecture profession, the RAIA, centers around dropping the word 'Royal' from their title to just become the Australian Institute of Architects. ...
Marketing Magazine - Published 2 weeks, 4 days ago
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Westfield Plenty Valley proves good design is not just for the city.
Melbourne's Westfield Plenty Valley is not simply a new place to shop in the outer suburbs - it demonstrates that considered design need not be confined to the inner-city, according to the project's architect. Roger Nelson, Principal of NHArchitecture, says ...
Inside Retailing - Published 2 weeks, 5 days ago
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Westfield Plenty Valley proves good design is not just for the city.
Melbourne's Westfield Plenty Valley is not simply a new place to shop in the outer suburbs - it demonstrates that considered design need not be confined to the inner-city, according to the project’s architect.
Inside Retailing shopping centres - Published 2 weeks, 6 days ago
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Beattie-Bligh Government the architect of ‘Aurukun nine’ scandal
MAJOR reform of Queensland’s justice system and extra funding for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) is needed so serious miscarriage of justice issues like the "Aurukun Nine" case are not ...
Queensland Coalition - Published 3 weeks, 2 days ago
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Rudd Government Should Do A Toyota Camry On Solar Panels
The Federal Government should undertake a war effort on the introduction of solar panels and establish a national manufacturing industry to mass produce solar panels in Australia. Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects today said a recent report to the Rudd Government which showed households will use an extra 50% more power by 2020, should be a major wake up and shake up call to a new approach to solar energy policy.
Archicentre - Published 3 weeks, 4 days ago
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Cubicle rage
Last week, I opened the discussion on whether it was better to have cubicles or open space. Shortly after that, I came across the clip below showing a worker losing it in a cubicle farm. It's been doing the rounds of the blogosphere all week. I am not sure what's more remarkable - watching this guy hitting someone in the head, throwing a monitor at a woman and then smashing up the office, or wondering why everyone is just sitting there watching him. That's until people finally pull their fingers out and subdue him, Not quite sure what has set him off? The technology? Or maybe he just had enough? Whether this is staged or not (remember, this is the Internet) is not the point (although you have to wonder about all that equipment being destroyed so, for a stunt, it would be a pretty expensive exercise). The clip says something about how working in offices can drive some of us mad. But it also raises another important question: if cubicles are so bad, and if we hate them so much, why do they keep appearing? There are some simple answers. Having worked in places with open floor plans, I ...
Leon Gettler's Management Line - Published 3 weeks, 6 days ago
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Local Girl Wins Prestigious Scholarship - WELLER
An ambitious Echuca student with eyes on the architectural/construction industry is one of five to have won the prestigious Nationals Scholarship for Young Leaders 2008 prize.
The Nationals - Victoria - Published 1 month ago
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