The Medium Density Housing Code: A Brief Overview

The Medium Density Housing Code has been in the NSW Planning pipeline for a few years. A draft was released in late 2016 with an open design competition run at the end of 2016 to test the draft controls.

The Final Code was adopted a few months ago and is due to come into effect on 6 July 2018. We’ve done quite a bit of homework to get to understand the Code and how it might be useful for our existing and prospective clients. Read more →

Shake and Substitute

Laura Harding reviews: Housing & Constraints – Making the Most of Less
A talk by Redshift & CHROFI on 11 March 2014 at Tuesday @ Tusculum Read more →

Apartment design as it should be.

Recently I was privileged to stay for a couple of nights at The Commons in Brunswick Melbourne by Breathe Architecture. While I was there I had a good chance to have a thorough look around, experience living in the building and begin to understand the clever strategies and approaches taken by Breathe. Read more →