04 April 2022
Making Tall Timber Financially Viable: the Design-Build Approach
As the tall building industry increasingly becomes interested in using engineered mass timber to construct high-rise buildings, the economical and construction-efficiency advantages need to be...
17 September 2021
Sustainable Tall Building Design Exemplars
Some 97 cities worldwide, including most of the world’s megacities with a population of 10 million or more, have signed onto the C40 Cities Climate...
17 September 2021
Tall Buildings And Life Cycle Approaches: A Debate That Must Be Started
By means of life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC) analyses, the authors assess the environmental and economic impact occurring during the life...
01 August 2020
On the Fast Track to “Better Placed”
Abbie Galvin is the 24th Government Architect of New South Wales (NSW) state in Australia, which incorporates the Sydney metropolitan area, joining the role after...
28 October 2019
Sydney 2070: Visions of a Future City
Sydney’s population is predicted to increase from 4.6 million to nearly nine million by 2061. Even without this growth, the city has already surpassed the...
28 October 2019
New South Wales (NSW), Australia is experiencing population growth and rising property values. To meet the community’s educational needs, this means vertical public schools— intensifying...
01 July 2018
A Human-Scaled Future for Dense Development
Critics of height argue that it de-humanizes our cities. Yet a critical mass is a necessity for vibrant city life, and height is a key...
30 October 2017
Shaping Australia’s Tall Tower Design And High Livability Standards
With nearly 90% of its population expected to live in its state-capital cities by 2053, Australia is on track to become one of the world’s...
30 October 2017
The under-design Quay Quarter Tower will create a stunning new building on the Sydney skyline that sets new benchmarks in office tower design globally and...
30 October 2017
Empirically Evaluating the Livability Of Local Neighborhoods and Global Cities
CIVITAS is a search engine for urban conditions, developed to allow stakeholders to identify qualities of livability and urban experiences that suit their tacit desires...
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