April 2008

29/4/08 ‘Six-Star System Fails to Earn its Stripes’, The Australian Financial Review

30.04.2008
“A growing demand for six-star green buildings from Australian architects and developers means the country’s planning authorities are being pushed to rewrite archaic ratings systems and rules.

“The thing that’s really pathetic is the current assessment tool only considers heat loss,” Plus Architecture director Craig Yelland said of Melbourne’s system.

Mr Yelland’s recently approved Society building in Prahran which has almost sold out to mainly generation Y buyers, has Moped and bicycle parking…and the units are smaller in size and rainwater is collected and used for gardens.”

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An Australian Clubhouse

16.04.2008
The concept design for a golf clubhouse and associated facilities including a community hall and hotel.  stonecutters-01.jpgstonecutters-02.jpg