Dr Giorgio Marfella
Lecturer in Construction Management and Architecture, Melbourne School of Design, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne
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Politics & Society
When building glass breaks dangerously it is a design problem
Incidents in Melbourne of ‘spontaneous’ glass breakage are more about the construction industry forgetting the lessons of the past than ‘cheap’ Chinese imports
Sciences & Technology
Cladding fires: a fatal warning of a bigger problem
Questions persist over the role polyethylene-core cladding played in the speed and spread of the Grenfell Tower blaze. It begs the bigger question – how do we prevent this happening again?
Environment
Skyscrapers: How tall is too tall?
As buildings get taller as quickly as technology advances, we asked an expert – how high is too high?