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Read time: 2 minutes The proliferation of social media presents a range of scenarios where architects and graduates and students of architecture ...
Guide letter 35: Confirmation to client - defects and incomplete work
Published: 21 December 2011 | Edited: 19 May 2022Read time: 3 minutes Guide letters provide advice about matters architects should consider when composing letters to the parties involved in ...
Read time: 3 minutes One of the most valuable services architects provide is design, yet some clients or potential clients attempt to obtain design ...
A summary of urban assessment tools for application in Australia
Published: 29 February 2016 | Edited: 28 August 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency in August 2018. With increasing world population, urbanization, and climatic changes impacting ...
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 ...
This note was reviewed and approved for currency in November 2018. While architects and planners don’t seek to disadvantage communities, the ...
Residential passive design for temperate climates
Published: 28 February 1997 | Edited: 28 February 2011The primary intention of passive design is to create a thermally comfortable building with reduced demand on mechanical (active) forms of heating, ...
This note outlines how architects can use the design of buildings to help create sustainable transport systems and a more vibrant public domain.
This note was reviewed and retained for legacy in October 2018, with the qualification that some references are now superseded. In order to deliver ...
Water heating accounts for around a quarter of household energy use in Australia. Low-energy water heating systems can reduce energy used for heating ...