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Winner of BDAV 10-Star Sustainable Design Challenge announced

2 May, 2018

‘Hacksaw House’, an ambitious yet simple building design of a 10-star sustainable home, has taken out the prestigious Building Designers Association of Victoria’s (BDAV) 2018 10-Star Sustainable Design Challenge. The annual Design Challenge invites BDAV members to prepare a residential design – across any climate zone in Australia – for…

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Women-led design teams win at Global LafargeHolcim Awards 2018

16 Apr, 2018

Projects in Mexico, Niger, and the USA win the 5th Global LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction. As diverse as the three top projects are in terms of geography, program and scale – they are all led by women. Alejandro Aravena (Chile) headed the independent jury of renowned experts. They evaluated…

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The Cape presents Core 9 prototype home

11 Apr, 2018

Victorian sustainable residential project, The Cape has announced the construction of the CORE 9 prototype home in response to the challenges posed by the rising cost of energy and scarcity of resources. A new addition to the CORE range, CORE 9 was developed to cement the desirability of sustainable homes…