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Amidst growing climate concerns, sustainability must be deeply fundamental in the design and development of builds. Stemming not only from low impact and energy efficient sites, a healthy building is underpinned by a network of informed and adaptive decision-making processes. The ability to create a space that is functional, honours integrity in both materiality and structure, and, connects people to their surrounding landscape in a self-sustaining way encapsulates the value of sustainable architecture in both an environmental and broader community context.

Not Wasted: Flotsam Jetsam

Issue 103

The experience of swimming in a stunning new ocean pool begins and ends in these equally beautiful changerooms.

Karaka Tower - Arete Architects. Photography: Thomas Seear-Budd

Versatile–Recent Prefabricated Buildings That Stand Out

Issue 103

What stands out about recent prefabricated buildings is their sheer flexibility. While some are still simple, increasingly the forms – and materials – of prefab are becoming more complex. This collection includes multi-storey and even multi-residential examples across Australia and New Zealand.

green magazine Issue 100 - Not Wasted 'Relief'

Not Wasted: Relief

Issue 100

How can technology turn material waste into solutions for the planet’s biggest challenges?

Not Wasted: Lost and Found

Issue 101

With constraints at every turn but with a surprisingly collegiate approach, a small cabin made of bits and bobs takes shape.