UNSW Arts Design & Architecture

Homeless man sleeping on a park bench

The main driver of homelessness in Australia is housing costs – post-COVID rents, house prices and interest rates are all much higher. To house everyone, the housing system needs a major overhaul.

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A UNSW Sydney and ACOSS partnership report explores the lived experiences of poverty among the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic.

elderly man playing bowls in a lawn with his friends

The humble ‘bowlo’, as it’s affectionately known, might not be what it was at its peak, but it remains central to civic life.

panorama over gladesville bridge across parramatta river facing distant city cbd skyline

A planning strategy for Australia’s first multi-city region, home to nearly one in four Australians, is being developed. So what’s the thinking behind creating an integrated network of six cities?

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It’s often claimed that reforming tenancy laws to better protect tenants will drive landlords out of the market, leading to fewer rental properties. A new study finds no evidence to support the claim.

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A UNSW Sydney professor has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to the humanities. 

antigone kefafa

Antigone Kefala’s brilliant fiction, memoir and poetry is written in a new revived English. 

Younger woman at markets with older woman

An evaluation by UNSW researchers finds a successful model for consumers and investors that’s achieving positive outcomes.

person riding an electric scooter

The rise of these micromobility services could help solve some major challenges facing our cities.

los angeles downtown buildings at night

Mike Davis’s radical urban history of LA was a trailblazing book that remains startlingly relevant to those of us who live in other supersizing cities in the early 21st century.

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