Tag: Housing

The NSW Productivity Commission is calling for higher density in inner-Sydney suburbs to stem the loss of younger residents from city.
News | ArchitectureAU Editorial | 14 Feb 2024

Density done well key to stemming Sydney’s exodus of the young

The New South Wales Productivity Commission has thrown its weight behind affordable, higher density housing in inner-Sydney suburbs, after it identified a mass exodus of younger residents due to high housing costs.

Northern Precinct at Rouse Hill by Cox Architecture.
News | ArchitectureAU Editorial | 20 May 2021

Walkable, green neighbourhood for Sydney’s Rouse Hill

Cox Architecture has amended its proposal for its $1.3 billion residential and commercial development at Rouse Hill, Sydney.

A 1960s block of flats in Marrickville, Sydney.

Renewing the Compact City: Scenarios for fair and sustainable redevelopment of strata schemes

As appropriate sites for brownfield development begin to dry up, attention is turning toward the replacement or renewal of older apartment blocks.

A concept image of the Waterloo Estate redevelopment.
Practice | Laura Wynne | 23 Jan 2017

Let’s be frank about diversity and renewal

Renewing public housing estates to achieve a balanced ‘social mix’ has come to be seen by governments, planners and state development corporations as a remedy for underfunded public housing estates. But is estate renewal really the panacea it’s so often claimed to be?

BIGyard Zelterstraße 5 by Zanderroth Architekten. The architecturally innovative and environmentally efficient Baugruppen collective housing model has the intent of building housing but eliminates the developer in order to keep costs significantly down.
News | Linda Cheng | 15 Nov 2016

German cooperative housing model takes root in WA

Two projects in Western Australia could see the German Baugruppen model of cooperative housing introduced in the state.

The Planning Institute of Australia has said planning can play a role in improving housing affordability.
News | Linda Cheng | 27 Oct 2016

Planning can improve housing affordability, PIA says

The Planning Institute of Australia has advocated for the role of planning in improving housing affordability across the nation.

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