Identifying and fixing apartment defects can be challenging, especially as they're often the shared responsibility of all owners in the building. A new guide aims to help navigate the pitfalls.
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Proposals to improve the capital's urban design and density must also take account of the city's unique streetscapes.
Orders to fix serious defects, even up to ten years after completion, and to delay the occupation certificate developers need to sell apartments until they're fixed, gives regulators real teeth.
Apartments house one in ten Australians, including a higher share of low-income households than other housing types. A new study identifies why some high-density neighbourhoods work better than others.
The proposed law does little to give people confidence in the apartments they buy. And it utterly neglects the role of architects and on-site inspections in delivering sound buildings.
Nearly half of apartment residents are now families with children whose quality of life suffers if their neighbourhoods don't provide the spaces and activities they need to thrive.
Governments and regulators assume compliance with building regulations will restore public confidence. But complying with the National Construction Code won't fix many common defects.
The difficulty of finding out about building defects creates an information deficit that threatens public confidence and stability in the apartment market. NSW has begun work on a solution.
Unsafe apartments are being evacuated as confidence plummets – even the author of a report commissioned by building ministers wouldn't buy a new apartment. What will it take for governments to act?
The delay in adopting a national approach to building industry reform, based on a report received more than a year ago, typifies official neglect of the impacts of uncertainty on the affected people.
Under the new code, buildings are hardly likely to differ measurably from their fault-ridden older siblings and can still fall short of a six-star rating. It's possible they may have no stars!
While Opal Tower residents are more badly affected than most, up to 80% of multi-unit buildings have serious defects. Here's what government can do right now to fix the industry.
For a nation in the grips of a housing crisis, you'd expect high-rise developments to be good news – unfortunately not.
There are thousands of empty parking spots in cities. So what can we do to make better use of this space?
The combination of higher-density living and increasing cultural diversity means we need to think about how to build social cohesion and make the most of the opportunities of apartment living.
Apartment residents need sensible smoking regulations that balance personal freedoms in the home and public health interests, but the law is letting them down.
In Sydney, families with children now account for one in four households living in apartments. The expectations and design of apartments have not kept up with this rapid demographic change.
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Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Adelaide
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Scientia Associate Professor, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Research Lecturer, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Director, City Futures Research Centre, Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW
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Lecturer in Urbanism, University of Sydney
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Chair in Applied Regional Economics, Hunter Research Foundation Centre, University of Newcastle
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning & Design, Monash University
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ARC DECRA Fellow at the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Professor and Research Chair in Inclusive Societies, University of Sheffield
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PhD Candidate in Human Geography, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer, Social & Political Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Associate, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Research Associate in Housing Studies, University of Sydney
