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Caggara House
Project
Five storey affordable housing project
Location
Bothwell Street, Mt Gravatt East, Brisbane
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Hoxton Docks on the R
Project
Winner of 2017 Antepavillion Award, UK – temporary demonstration project of rooftop habitation
Location
Haggerston, UK
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YIMBY Submission Sand
YIMBY Queensland has lodged a submission to Brisbane City Council’s draft Sandgate district neighbourhood plan. The submission includes reasons for support, areas for improvement and recommendations to achieve best practice...
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While global cities are responding to changing lifestyles, affordability and environmental challenges by adapting their zoning and housing policies, we seem to be moving in the opposite direction. We are...
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YIMBY Qld congratulate the Queensland Government for taking the initiative to prepare and undertake stakeholder consultation about the Model Code for Neighbourhood Design, under the Creating Healthy and Active Communities...
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YIMBY Qld have lodged a submission with Brisbane City Council requesting not to proceed with the proposed Major Amendment Package H to the Brisbane City Plan to restrict townhouses and...
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Since when, in Australia is living at home a luxury available to just a few? By home, we mean a place you call your home. For some of us, it’s...
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If you SUPPORT housing AFFORDABILITY, CHOICE and DIVERSITY, we urge you to OBJECT to the ban on townhouses in low density residential areas of Brisbane, as proposed in Major Amendment...
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YIMBY Qld CEO Natalie Rayment joined Steve Austin on ABC Drive to discuss all things parking, in particular Brisbane City Council’s current proposal to amend City Plan to increase car...
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If you SUPPORT urban renewal and the revitalisation of under-utilised infill land around an inner suburbs railway station (Albion station), HATE sitting in traffic, WANT improved green space, connectivity and...
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YIMBY Qld have asked Brisbane City Council to reconsider the draft amendments to the Emerging Community Zone and widen the opportunities for car sharing. The Major Amendment Package E to...
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In recognition of International Women’s Day, we would like to highlight some of the very important facts when it comes to housing inequality, housing affordability and homelessness among women in...
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Brisbane City Council’s proposed temporary ban on townhouses (groups of duplexes, triplexes and rowhouses) is taking Brisbane back to the 1960s! It’s out-of-date planning that will make living in Brisbane...
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If you HATE sitting in traffic, If you SUPPORT more homes close to frequent public transport, If you WANT to improve cycling conditions in a known Brisbane black spot for...
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If you agree that Mt Coot-tha Zipline is an excellent project which will benefit our community and economy we urge you to have a say! This is your last chance...
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One of the major goals for YIMBY Qld is to balance the conversation when it comes to opinions and decisions on ‘what’s best’ for our city. One such conversation in...
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This year, YIMBY Qld has had its first major win in relation to planning laws with the Brisbane City Council set to overturn restrictive rules to stop homeowners and developers...
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An entire generation faces the prospect of being left out in the cold if the Brisbane City Council’s (BCC) proposed ban on townhouses gets the nod from the State Government....
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Australian cities are sliding down the rankings of the world’s best cities according to one of the most respected international surveys. The 12th annual Monocle Top 25 Global Cities survey...
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By Marnie Wood Brisbane is a great place to live, work and relax. It’s no wonder our city is growing, with more people than ever wanting to call Brisbane...
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By Natalie Rayment Sorry, Brisbane is closed for future development, please try Ipswich, Logan or Caboolture. That seems to be the message emanating from the closet NIMBY’s in our...
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By Natalie Rayment Visit any bar this weekend and the debate will no doubt rage over who should open for Australia in the next test match, who will finish...
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By Natalie Rayment What would you be willing to trade-off to live in the city you want? Would you sacrifice affordability for more greenspace or better transport options...
Learn moreLack of Understanding
Plan Your Brisbane Intergenerational Forum with Marnie Wood A lack of understanding of current planning systems is leading to growing frustrations in our local communities. This was evident during the...
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By Natalie Rayment Lazing by the river on a Sunday afternoon in a grassy park. The sun dances on the water. Yet another glorious Spring day in Brisbane. Other people...
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By Natalie Rayment “We’re on a mission from God!” Elwood Blues proclaims in the 1980 classic film, “The Blues Brothers”. Their holy mission is to save the orphanage from being...
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By Natalie Rayment It’s the century of the city, a decade of densification in an urban millennium. In the space of a New York Minute, cities are growing up fast. ...
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By Natalie Rayment While cutting back on avolattes may help some people get into the housing market faster, real affordability gains can actually be made by cutting back on another...
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By YIMBY Qld While Brisbane performed poorly in last year’s livability benchmarks, the “globally minded metropolis” is back on the list. Brisbane has ranked 23 on the highly regarded Monocle...
Learn moreBattle of the Acronym
By Natalie Rayment You know acronyms have taken over the English language when the FBI releases a guide to its agents of the thousands of new acronyms and shortenings the...
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By Natalie Rayment ‘First things first. Get the champagne,’ said Winston Churchill in 1931. It’s time to celebrate a win for good development outcomes in Brisbane. Earlier this week, the...
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By Natalie Rayment Traffic congestion is one of the top three concerns that people have about population growth in South East Queensland*. During recent community consultation for the Draft City...
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By Natalie Rayment Only two days ago, Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta of RCR Arquitectes were awarded the 2017 Pritzker Architecture Prize. This is generally known as the...
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By Natalie Rayment Construction of a new office tower, residential tower and retail building is happening right now at 300 George St in Brisbane’s CBD for the “Brisbane Quarter” Development....
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By Jack Briant This post is the first in our “What I Learned from…” travel series based on the experiences of built environment professionals and city enthusiasts as they discover...
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By Natalie Rayment You’ve lived in this suburb for most of your adult life. Your kids grew up here and your friends are close by. But, the house has become...
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By Natalie Rayment A “tragic street lamp”, “ungainly skeleton” and “a hole-riddled suppository”. This is how protesters once described the proposed Eiffel Tower in the 1880s. There was even a...
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By Natalie Rayment Being the ‘King of Cool’, if Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli were a millennial he would have a deconstructed coffee and some smashed avo for breakfast at the local...
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By Natalie Rayment The community initiated a state ministerial call-in of a development approval for the West Village Project at West End. A ministerial call-in allows the relevant Minister to...
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Thank you to Jane Pinder and the team at The Courier-Mail for a great piece at the weekend that revealed good development actually leads to increased greenspace rather than destroying...
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By Natalie Rayment It is a continuously evolving precinct within 3kms of Brisbane’s CBD that used to be home to the commander of the Beagle (of Charles Darwin fame) and...
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By Natalie Rayment “Our challenge was to create a vital public place at the district – urban scale, in other words, to address the issue of mega scale and invent...
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By Natalie Rayment You know your movement is gaining traction when the US President gets behind it. Media outlets following last month’s world first YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard)...
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By Natalie Rayment What will South East Queensland look like in 50 years’ time? We know many of us would like to see people riding hover boards Marty McFly style...
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By Natalie Rayment The YIMBY, or Yes In My Back Yard movement is gaining momentum around the globe, and most people don’t realise they’re a part of it. It’s a...
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By Natalie Rayment Sara Maxana posed a serious question to the world’s NIMBY practitioners when she spoke at the world’s first YIMBY conference in Boulder Colarado. Sara was telling her...
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