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The Pursuit of Design
This great quote from George Nelson’s ‘How to See: A Guide to Reading our Man Made Environment’ describes how we think about design.
“The pursuit of design is not about the way things appear, bit rather about the way things have meaning, and how these things add or detract from the human experience.”
Friday, 15th August, 2008
Petrol Prices Affect More Than Your Hip Pocket
It looks like the price of petrol isn’t just damaging to your bank balance, it’s also affecting your health.
Friday, 1st August, 2008
Fertility Rates and How We Live
On July 17, the Queensland Government’s Planning Information & Forecasting Unit (PIFU) presented the findings of the 2008 (sixth edition) Gold Coast City Broadhectare Study, which essentially involves measuring the capacity of the future residential land supply to accommodate the City’s anticipated population growth.
Friday, 1st August, 2008
The Magic 40
It’s official. SEQ’s dams have reached that magical number of 40%. That elusive capacity volume where our current Level 6 water restrictions (Target 140) are lifted and we move to Target 170 - High Level Restrictions.
Wednesday, 30th July, 2008
How do you define 'place'?
We came across a great definition for ‘place’ in the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art magazine the other day, promoting their ‘Place Makers: Contemporary Queensland Architects‘ exhibition.
Friday, 25th July, 2008
THG Awarded for Excellence in Spatial Sciences
THG was honoured at Spatial Science’s night of nights, taking out the award for ‘Resources and Environment’ at the Queensland Spatial Excellence Awards.
Monday, 21st July, 2008
Piano Tops and Urban Design
“If you are in a shipwreck and all the boats are gone, a piano top … that comes along makes a fortuitous life preserver. But this is not to say that the best way to design a life preserver is in the form of a piano top. I think that we are clinging to a great many piano tops in accepting yesterday’s fortuitous contrivings.”
Tuesday, 17th June, 2008
Holding Costs & Housing Affordability
One factor widely held to impact housing affordability is holding costs.
Wednesday, 11th June, 2008
Housing Affordability: The Impact of Rising Housing Costs on Mortgages
The true impact of cost increases in housing can be effectively demonstrated by calculating the additional monthly mortgage repayment required to cover the additional costs, and determining the impact this has on household disposable income.
Wednesday, 11th June, 2008
Regulatory Assessment Impacts on Housing Affordability
The Queensland Housing Affordability Strategy calculates that development holding costs typically add at least $15,000 to $20,000 per dwelling, for greenfield developments.
Wednesday, 11th June, 2008
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