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Read time: 8 minutes Many of the Deemed-to-Satisfy (DtS) Provisions in the National Construction Code (NCC) are driven by the fire safety objectives ...
Design for eco-services – Part B building services
Published: 30 November 2009 | Edited: 5 September 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency by the Author in September 2018. Without the virtually free services of nature like clean air and ...
Read time: 9 minutes What are moral rights? Moral rights are the reputational rights of an author such as an architect. They are separate and ...
Read time: 4 minutes The careful selection of building materials and products and their use in design has the potential to reduce life-cycle ...
Guide letter 34: Advice to contractor - practical completion
Published: 8 April 2015 | Edited: 5 October 2023Read time: 2 minutes Guide letters provide advice about matters architects should consider when composing letters to the parties involved in ...
Put simply, solar access is the availability of sunlight to a property. For architects, the need to consider solar access in the overall design of a ...
Mental landscapes – the forgotten element in sustainable design
Published: 30 November 2003 | Edited: 3 October 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency in October 2018. Built environments are an incarnation of our mental landscapes. In Western culture ...
Conversion of a heritage-listed industrial building – UTAS School of Architecture and Design
Published: 31 August 2008 | Edited: 23 October 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency in October 2018. The School of Architecture and Design at the University of Tasmania relocated at ...
Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV)
Published: 31 July 2011 | Edited: 22 November 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency in November 2018. This note deals with architectural issues associated with photovoltaic (PV) power ...
Understanding quantification is one key to delivering environmentally sustainable assets
Published: 31 August 2003This note discusses how the quantity surveyor's skills can be harnessed in the development of environmentally sustainable design. It focuses on the ...