In Australia, we now know that the construction industry is responsible for 18.1% of our national carbon footprint, or more than 90 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions every year. Here are five points of inflection, which are shifting what it means to be an architect today. ...(read more)

The well-known food writer Michael Pollan summarises his healthy eating philosophy as this: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” When it comes to making and modifying homes, we would posit the following: “Make homes. Not too large. Mostly with wood.” ...(read more)

It was several years ago now – on a trip to one of world’s densest cities – that I found myself thinking, for no real reason, about rooms. Sometimes, ideas form less from linear logic and more so from constellations: from disparate thoughts that web together into an unanticipated whol...(read more)

Culture is a strange phenomenon, in that what starts out as a fringe issue can suddenly feel like it’s everywhere. In the last few months, this has been the case with electrification, a topic that is being widely discussed in articles, podcasts and books here in Australia and around t...(read more)

When we start out as architecture students, we are immediately introduced to various twentieth century “masters.” Many of them – invariably white, inevitably male – are famous, either within their home countries or, more broadly, worldwide. These revered figures become like favourite ...(read more)