Construction
Sciences & Technology
Australia’s construction industry must help build a sustainable future
Financial viability alone is no longer enough, the building sector must look at its carbon budget
Sciences & Technology
How Australia’s prefab industry can help the housing crisis
Prefabrication is a practical solution to meet Victoria’s urgent housing needs by providing speedy and cost-efficient dwellings
Environment
To build more homes we need confidence in building quality
Australia plans to build an extra 1.2 million quality homes in five years, but we don’t have the people or regulatory processes to achieve this
Environment
Lifting standards in Victoria’s building industry
Victoria’s regulatory system leaves home-buyers vulnerable, but the Government has an opportunity to raise the bar for builders
Environment
Investing in social housing during a pandemic
Australia needs a National Housing Strategy, as well as consistent funding and policy mechanisms, to reverse our long-term declines in social housing
Environment
The future is prefabricated
Commonly used in much of Europe, prefabrication is a more environmentally sustainable and socially beneficial way to build, and it’s taking off in Australia too
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
Environment
Pholiota: The tiny house with big ideas
A new exhibition shows how two architects’ 1920s dream of democratising housebuilding could influence the way we live now
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?