501-510 of 536 results for 'Construction contract'

Practice

Online ethics

Published: 20 June 2017

Read time: 2 minutes The proliferation of social media presents a range of scenarios where architects and graduates and students of architecture ...

Resources

Guide letter 35: Confirmation to client - defects and incomplete work

Published: 21 December 2011 | Edited: 19 May 2022

Read time: 3 minutes Guide letters provide advice about matters architects should consider when composing letters to the parties involved in ...

Practice

Risks of free design services

Published: 13 November 2017 | Edited: 28 February 2024

Read time: 3 minutes One of the most valuable services architects provide is design, yet some clients or potential clients attempt to obtain design ...

Environment

A summary of urban assessment tools for application in Australia

Published: 29 February 2016 | Edited: 28 August 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in August 2018.  With increasing world population, urbanization, and climatic changes impacting ...

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Climate change and sustainability

Published: 31 August 2005

During the twentieth century the earth warmed by about 0.6°C, primarily due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Consequent to ...

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Architecture, planning and food

Published: 31 July 2012 | Edited: 2 November 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in November 2018. While architects and planners don’t seek to disadvantage communities, the ...

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Residential passive design for temperate climates

Published: 28 February 1997 | Edited: 28 February 2011

The primary intention of passive design is to create a thermally comfortable building with reduced demand on mechanical (active) forms of heating, ...

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Sustainable metropolitan transport – design strategies

Published: 31 August 2006

This note outlines how architects can use the design of buildings to help create sustainable transport systems and a more vibrant public domain.

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Urban planning for sustainability

Published: 29 February 2004 | Edited: 23 October 2018

This note was reviewed and retained for legacy in October 2018, with the qualification that some references are now superseded. In order to deliver ...

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Low-energy hot water systems

Published: 31 December 2015

Water heating accounts for around a quarter of household energy use in Australia. Low-energy water heating systems can reduce energy used for heating ...

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