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• New research project seeks to modernise thermal comfort standards

  10-11-2025 23:23 via architectureau.com
  The project brings together several institutions to create “a modern, inclusive index that reflects how people feel in real offices, [aimed at] improving comfort, wellbeing and productivity while cutting energy waste.”
  
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• Complejo habitacional y comercial Camellia / Estudio I LZ

  10-11-2025 22:21 via archdaily.com
  © Gonzalo Viramonte architects: Estudio I LZLocation: Villa Allende, Córdoba, ArgentinaProject Year: 2021Photographs: Gonzalo ViramonteArea: 430.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• Australian Design Centre set to close

  10-11-2025 06:01 via indesignlive.com
  Following a string of recent funding cuts, the ADC has announced its closure in 2026. The organisation has been dedicated to representing and promoting Australia’s design, craft and maker community since 1964. The ADC’s operational funding from federal and state government was cut from $500,000 per year over four years, which it had received for the past ten years, to $150,000 over two years – leaving a $350,000 pa shortfall. The ADC has operated as a highly successful sma
  
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• Redevelopment plans for Perth Convention Centre shelved

  10-11-2025 05:04 via architectureau.com
  The Western Australian government has abandoned a $1.6 billion project to redevelop the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, instead redirecting the money toward a new hospitals fund.
  
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• Approved skyscraper on Gold Coast set to become Australia's tallest

  10-11-2025 02:48 via architectureau.com
  The project comprises a 101-storey residential tower that is set to reach nearly 400 metres in height and a neighbouring 60-storey commercial office tower.
  
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• Game-changing, flexible leak control flange from Stormtech

  10-11-2025 01:44 via indesignlive.com
  Traditionally, the installation of drainage systems alongside walls has been problematic. In fact when presented with such design choices – along with the established need to meet waterproofing requirements – many installers have abandoned them altogether and moved the drain in question to a less challenging position.A game-changing innovationNow, thanks to the release of the FlexiFlange leak control flange, this is no longer the case.Unlike standard flanges, which are rigid, and off
  
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• Heat, air quality, insurance costs: how climate change is affecting our homes – and our health

  10-11-2025 01:34 via architectureau.com
  Housing and health are inextricably linked. On a basic level, housing shields us from the elements. But when we look at the bigger picture, resilient housing and housing systems have a key role to play in helping us face the challenges of climate change.
  
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• Planners push back on recommendation for ‘blanket upzoning’ across Australia’s cities

  10-11-2025 01:09 via architectureau.com
  A new Grattan Institute report targeting “a concerted policy assault on Australia’s housing crisis” through residential rezoning won’t work “if the construction industry can’t build them and if the infrastructure isn’t in place,” the Planning Institute of Australia says.
  
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• Kengo Kuma on Mount Fuji, Metabolism and the Sahara desert

  10-11-2025 01:07 via indesignlive.com
  LISTEN HERE!Kengo Kuma is one of the most acclaimed architects of our time. Based in Tokyo, he joins me for a podcast interview to talk about a wide range of topics and influences – from the Metabolist movement of mid-century Japan to a pivotal research trip to the Algerian Sahara as a graduate.
  The interview was also an opportunity to gain some further insight into a recent project that has been shortlisted for Habitus House of the Year 2025 with Winnings. Mount Fuji residence is a privat
  
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