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Infrastructure | Planning & Design
Is imagination the key to unlocking BTR potential?
Build to rent (BTR) projects are increasingly being looked at as a means of alleviating Australia's nationwide shortage of rental accommodation, which is fuelling the country's housing crisis. But, as Steph Harper, Director of Living Sectors, Valuation & Advisory Services at CBRE Australia points out, the potential of the sector is still largely untapped, with…
6 Feb 2023, by Amy SarcevicInfrastructure | Planning & Design | Social Policy
The latest initiatives set to tackle Australia’s housing crisis
In Australia, it is generally seen as the role of the community housing sector to provide housing for people in very low to middle income brackets. In reality, community housing stock is dwindling while populations are growing; and the void between public- versus privately-financed sections of the housing continuum (homelessness through to housing stress) is…
31 Jan 2023, by Amy SarcevicPlanning & Design
Navigating public hospitals – the role of Urbanite
Designing the signage and wayfinding for a 488-bed, six storey public hospital is no easy feat; but it's part of the challenge for multi-award-winning designer, Carlo Giannasca. Giannasca heads up wayfinding consultancy, Urbanite - the firm tasked with designing the 6000 signs and 300 wall graphics that comprise the $840 million Northern Beaches Hospital in Sydney.…
21 Nov 2019, by Informa InsightsPlanning & Design
Balancing aesthetics, amenity and sustainability in Sydney’s public spaces
Award winning design firm ASPECT Studios is bringing Sydney’s vision of a more connected, sustainable and innovative city one step closer to a reality, through a series of transformational upgrades. Projects including the Goods Line, Darling Square and Chinatown Laneways, demonstrate the potential for design to balance aesthetics, amenity and sustainability, whist enhancing the life…
26 Sep 2019, by Amy SarcevicDefence & Security | Planning & Design
Addressing the complex needs of young offenders
Youth detention provides an opportunity to positively intervene in the lives of disadvantaged young people, address their complex needs, and restore them to productive, high-functioning members of society. However, a report by the Victorian Auditor General’s Office has found that the current system does not adequately address the needs of young offenders on a number of…
30 May 2019, by Informa InsightsEducation | Planning & Design
How Southern Cross University is growing its student profile
Situated just 400 metres from North Kirra Beach, and with views of the Pacific Ocean from many vantage points in the campus buildings, Southern Cross University's Gold Coast campus is unique in Australia. But it is the University's relationship with the adjacent Gold Coast Airport that really sets it apart from other tertiary education institutions -…
1 May 2019, by Informa InsightsEducation | Infrastructure | Planning & Design
How vertical schools are affecting children’s health and development
Fatter, sicker, sadder. It’s a phrase planning and design expert, Dr. Tony Matthews, doesn’t particularly like, but one which quite accurately captures the way modern, urban environments are impacting our children’s health and wellbeing. “Just a few decades ago, the air was cleaner, the streets were safer and children were able to enjoy a more…
6 Sep 2018, by Amy SarcevicEducation | Infrastructure | Planning & Design
Raising funds for new campus buildings – implications for the masterplan
Using philanthropic investment to finance all or part of a new campus building is an approach that has long been used in the USA, the UK, and in Australian private schools. With the recent government freeze on commonwealth supported places (CSP), campus buildings are expected to appear more often on the fundraising agenda of Australian…
6 Jun 2018, by Amy SarcevicLegal | Planning & Design
Inclusive egress – making buildings safer and more accessible
Seven years ago, new legislation was passed in Australia to make all public buildings fully accessible for people with disability. While the legislation was deemed a giant leap forward in terms of disabled rights, what it didn’t consider was how to safely evacuate people with disability from those very same buildings, in the event of…
1 Jun 2018, by Amy SarcevicInfrastructure | Planning & Design | Uncategorised
Improving inmate rehabilitation with innovative design concepts
As the recidivism rates of Nordic nations continue to outshine Australia’s, the Prisons 2018 Conference explores the link between various architectural design concepts and improvements in inmate rehabilitation. Conference speaker, Kavan Applegate, is a Director at Guymer Bailey Architects and first turned his hand to prison architecture twenty years ago. Since then he has delivered…
22 May 2018, by Informa InsightsInforma Connect Australia is the nation's leading event organiser. Our events comprise of large scale exhibitions, industry conferences and highly specialised corporate training.