Philip Oldfield

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Quality of life must lead office-to-residential conversions to ensure inequities are not built into our housing system, says UNSW expert.

Burj Khalifa

It would be difficult, but we could probably build a tower over 2,000 metres tall, which would be like ten normal skyscrapers on top of each other! This is probably not a very good idea though.

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Rent-based housing models and carbon-neutral skyscrapers are among the projects of almost 100 UNSW Masters of Architecture students on show this week.

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UNSW architecture and urban design experts on what they would love to see in their city.

Sydney skyscrapers

High-rise architecture needs to respond to a city’s unique climate, culture and context, writes Philip Oldfield.