This note discusses approaches to sustainable design in remote, rural and regional areas. Based on the author's experiences in the Top End, it ...

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

While architects and planners don’t seek to disadvantage communities, the incremental impacts of the way towns and cities are designed is having ...

This guide addresses visual resource, siting and design issues associated with wind farm development. This is an introductory overview of the key ...

This note deals with the methods and tools for assessing the environmental performance of a building design in the early design phase of a building ...

This note considers expert judgement as one of several stated assessing methods approved for compliance with the Building Code of Australia's ...

Regenerative design is a holistic framework supporting waste-free systems that utilise renewable resources and energy, seeking a balance between ...

This note introduces readers to some of the current environmental analysis tools available within Building Information Modelling (BIM) software ...

Bushfires have long been an integral part of the Australian landscape ecology, with a unique symbiosis between plants, soils and fire. Whilst the ...

This paper and its companion paper summarise reports published by the consulting firm GHD in 2003 and 2009 and in particular summarises final results ...