September 15, 2011
Chit chat worth listening to
Senior Designer Anya recounts her Pecha Kucha 24 experience...
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June 20, 2011
Design considerations
I chose this TED Talk to share with the Brio Group team this morning as I liked how Thomas Heatherwick's London Architect firm considered their designs in a holistic approach. Not only did they consider the impact their designs have on the existing natural and...
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February 20, 2011
The Pixel building proves to be Australia’s greenest building
Melbourne’s new Pixel building, the first carbon neutral office building in Australia, has achieved the highest Green Star score ever awarded by the Green Building Council of Australia. Pixel achieved a perfect score of 100 points under the Green Star rating system for building design, whereas...
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January 23, 2011
Turning torso building proves sky-high twists
One of the world's most recognisable skyscrapers, Turning Torso is a building in Malmo, Sweden, designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. The 190 metre high tower's design is based on a sculpture by Calatrava called Twisting Torso, which is a white marble piece based...
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August 21, 2010
Australian Art Deco Architecture
Think about art deco architecture and buildings like Manhattan’s Chrysler Building or The Rockefeller Center usually spring to mind. It’s unlikely that the strip of shops including Myer and David Leees in Bourke Street, Melbourne, or Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) will be at...
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April 20, 2010
In architecture
Grand Designs – another look
Our old mate Kevin McLoud is back revisiting his old mates from the successful TV series, Grand Designs, to see how they are getting on after living in their dream homes for a few years. I caught the episode that revisited the couple of architects who...
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September 3, 2009
In Trends
Green Roofs
[caption id="attachment_731" align="alignnone" width="200"] ACROS Fukuoka, Japan.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_730" align="alignnone" width="200"] Millenium Park, Chicago[/caption] [caption id="attachment_729" align="alignnone" width="200"] Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonn, Germany.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_728" align="alignnone" width="200"] School of Art and Design, Singapore.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_734" align="alignnone" width="200"] A green roof in Beijing.[/caption] Having attended the always inspiring Pecha...
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