urban design

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

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Residents of high-density housing might value features such as balconies, but when roads get busy they increase exposure to pollution, write Christine Cowie and Guy Marks.

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Council regulations can be a boon rather than a barrier to vibrant city street life, according to new research.

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Never one to shy away from big questions, Elizabeth Farrelly probes the links between morality, human happiness and architecture in the final Utzon lecture for 2014.

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Former chief curator of Architecture and Design at New York’s Museum of Modern Art Professor Barry Bergdoll will deliver the next Utzon lecture at UNSW on September 17.

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Some of the world’s brightest students will converge on UNSW this week for a summit on the ideal future city – a multicultural, aesthetic metropolis resilient to climate change.

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The designer responsible for overseeing Central Barangaroo’s master planning process, American Philip Enquist, will deliver a public address on designing sustainable cities this week.

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There may be no belching smoke stacks, but every time we build an energy inefficient building we are needlessly pushing the greenhouse gas emissions curve up, writes Professor Deo Prasad.

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International urban design expert Professor Jon Lang will discuss how global cities are shaped when he presents the inaugural Paul Reid Lecture in Urban Design.

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Twenty-eight urban designers of the future have displayed their work at the annual Master of Urban Development and Design (MUDD) exhibition at UNSW.

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