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Car Sharing is Caring

March 10, 2017
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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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Pritzker Win for Design Excellence

March 3, 2017
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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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Brisbane’s Greatest Public Art Patrons: Property Developers

February 15, 2017
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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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What I Learned from Christchurch

February 1, 2017
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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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Retirement Living and Innovation: What are your choices?

December 15, 2016
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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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Why does ‘Fear of Change’ dominate our cities?

November 25, 2016
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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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Fonzie Flats and the Missing Middle

November 17, 2016
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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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What happened with West Village?

November 9, 2016
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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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Lack of Green Space an Urban Myth

September 21, 2016
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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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Evolution of Newstead North

August 12, 2016
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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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“Can I be your neighbour?”

August 3, 2017
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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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Cutting Back on Our Car Parking Addiction

June 27, 2017
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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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Bulldoze the Orphanage: Pop Culture & the Developer

August 25, 2017
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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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An Open Mind on Privately Owned Open Space

September 22, 2017
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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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