351-360 of 545 results for 'building approval'

Practice

Liability for negligence

Published: 15 November 2016 | Edited: 3 August 2023

Read time: 5 minutes The High Court held that a professional that gave advice on construction or design of a building owes a duty of care and is ...

Project

Financing of projects

Published: 7 December 2011 | Edited: 11 August 2022

Read time: 5 minutes Specialised matters such as legal, insurance and financing often have an effect on the architect's duty to the client but they ...

Environment

Health and happiness

Published: 17 December 2018

Strategies for creating environments that encourage active, sociable and meaningful lives that can optimise physical and psychological health and ...

Project

The briefing team

Published: 1 December 2015 | Edited: 29 September 2022

Read time: 1 minute If the client does not have a brief, and the architect is asked to control and document the briefing process, the time and cost ...

Project

Concept design

Published: 25 November 2011 | Edited: 2 July 2020

Concept design comprises two phases: pre-design – the research and information-gathering phase – and the design phase. During the design phase, you ...

Resources

Client information notes

Published: 19 September 2017 | Edited: 17 August 2023

Client information notes have been prepared as a resource to assist architects to help their clients or potential clients understand some of the ...

This note was reviewed in October 2018 and has been retained for legacy. In 2003 a demonstration home was constructed by a local authority in Perth ...

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Environment

Water sensitive urban design – the journey thus far

Published: 31 August 2007

This paper was first published in the Australian Journal of Water Resources, and is reprinted with the kind permission of Engineers Australia. This ...

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Project

Extensions of time

Published: 3 October 2017 | Edited: 9 March 2022

Read time: 2 minutes Standard building contracts usually include a mechanism to allow the adjustment of the date for practical completion due to ...

Environment

The Armstrong-Mobbs house

Published: 30 September 2011

The Armstrong-Mobbs sustainable house is a celebrated case study of sustainable refurbishment of an inner-city terrace house. The owners, Michael ...

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