Matthew Taylor, Director of Taylor Brammer Landscape Architects was recently invited to talk with the final year Bachelor of Landscape Architecture students at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) on the evolution of design…
Campuses
Landscape Lives and Breathes with Technology
The latest addition to the University of Technology’s (UTS) urban campus, the recently completed leading edge Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology is a catalyst in fusing environmental technology with modern teaching to support UTS’s…
Shaping the future: UOW’s Sustainable Buildings Research Centre
Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong The Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) is a multi-disciplinary facility that hosts a wide range of research and industry collaborations to address the challenges of making buildings sustainable….
The Flame House comes home
Connecting with nature and the world How do you combine a lemon tree, crushed terracotta tiles, fish pond, bush tucker and sustainability all in one? The team at the University of Wollongong has achieved this…
Reconnecting our built environment to nature
Biophilic design is based on the theory of ‘biophilia’ which contends that human health and well-being has a biologically based need to affiliate with nature. When this physiological theory is related to both our indoor…
A campus for the next century
A University Living Space
Reflecting contemporary international trends in campus design, the University of Wollongong is undertaking a comprehensive community and building program that creates environments and spaces in which people learn, work, recreate, socialise and connect. The East…
Australians win top prize in Solar Decathlon China 2013
A 1960’s suburban fibro home has been transformed to achieve net zero energy consumption and has won the 2013 Solar Decathlon China, the equivalent of the “Energy Olympics”. Taking inspiration from the local Australian…
