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.
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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.
Not all pets will make good house cats, but there are ways to make a life indoors more fulfilling.
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.
With space at a premium, robotic furniture can transform a room in seconds. How will this affect our sense of belonging and feeling at home, when everything can change with a voice command?
The housing aspirations of young Australians change as they enter their late 20s and early 30s. But having somewhere safe and secure to call home is the top priority for all young adults.
Traffic impact assessments required of major building developments mainly focus on the movement of cars, but these account for only 30-40% of trips by inner-city apartment dwellers.
As more and more Australians live and work in high-rise buildings, their responsibilities and roles in ensuring all occupants’ safety must not be neglected.
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.
Building defects in apartment blocks are far from unusual. We need to identify the systemic flaws contributing to them.
It’s tempting to blame building certifiers and the fact they are privately employed. But the cracks in the quality of our apartment buildings go deeper and can be fixed.
For a nation in the grips of a housing crisis, you’d expect high-rise developments to be good news – unfortunately not.
More and more housing in city-centres is being bought or built for the short-term rental market.
Using mirrors, lighting and certain types of furniture can add the illusion of space to your otherwise tiny apartment.
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.
If it’s true millennials are being squeezed out of the housing market in some of Canada’s biggest cities, here’s what we can, and should, do about it.
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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Scientia Associate Professor, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Adjunct professor of architecture, University of Adelaide
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Professor, City Futures Research Centre, Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in City Planning, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Associate, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS | Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of Studies for Construction Law, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, School of Geography and Sustainable Communities, University of Wollongong
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Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney
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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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Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning & Design, Monash University
