Built Environment

"Coolbit" - wearable comfort advice for runners

12 Feb 2019

Dr Negin Nazarian is a Scientia Fellow urban climatologist at UNSW’s Faculty of Built Environment. She is working on a wearable that can measure the wearer’s physiological response, such as heart rate and skin temperature, to their immediate environment.

Cladding fire risks are well known. Delaying action will cost lives

11 Feb 2019

The risks of combustible cladding on high-rise buildings have long been known. And audits have identified hundreds of Australian buildings with this cladding. Delay in replacing it is inexcusable

Beyond Opal: a 10-point plan to fix the residential building industry

05 Feb 2019

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.

Opal Tower scare shows that badly built apartments affect us all

17 Jan 2019

Building defects in apartment blocks are far from unusual. We need to identify the systemic flaws contributing to them.

Lessons from the cracks in Sydney's Opal Tower go beyond building certification

10 Jan 2019

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.

Is it time to move beyond the limits of 'built environment' thinking?

15 Oct 2018

What exactly is the 'built environment'? And is the term the best way to frame what we're trying to achieve today?

Too hot in the city

02 Aug 2017

Our concrete jungles are getting so hot they could eventually become uninhabitable. But a team of UNSW researchers is working hard to cool them down.

Rise of the plyscraper

28 Jul 2017

The development of wood as strong as steel has spawned a new breed of timber towers to revolutionise the way we live in cities.

Turnbull Foundation scholarship fosters women leaders in the built environment

24 Mar 2017

Lucy Turnbull AO, Chair of the Greater Sydney Commission, has established a new UNSW scholarship aimed at increasing the number of women in leadership roles in the built environment industry.

Developing an effective R&D strategy for the built environment

07 Oct 2016

In a knowledge-based economy, Australian construction firms need to shift from applied to pure R&D, writes Martin Loosemore.

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