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Building - Past Newsletter Articles

These articles have been selected from past newsletters due to their interest and lasting relevance:

Autonomous House
Robert Vale, together with his wife Brenda, a Professor of Architecture in New Zealand, built the first autonomous house in England a few years ago...

Sustainable Housing
The money is wrong in most buildings.There should be more in basic structure, less in finish, more in maintenance and adaptation...

Sydney Eco-House
The changes they have made means that more than 100,000 litres of water can stay in the rivers, 60,000 litres of sewerage does not flow to the treatment plant, 4.3 tons of coal are saved and 8.3 tons of carbon dioxide does not pollute the Sydney air...

Whitmore Square EcoCity Project - Adelaide
The buildings will demonstrate a number of construction systems and climate responsive architecture for north-south and east-west orientated buildings in a compact, medium-high density urban infill context...