Want to upgrade or update your qualifications?

Upgrade your Building Design qualifications at NMIT.   We are planning a mid-year 3rd year part-time course which would help you upgrade your qualifications and assist you to gain Registration with the Building Commission. Our short courses in semester two include the … Continue reading

Ready to become a registered building practitioner?

Upgrade your Building Design qualifications at NMIT.   We are planning a mid-year 3rd year part-time course which would help you upgrade your qualifications and assist you to gain Registration with the Building Commission. Our short courses in semester two include … Continue reading

OMG in lurve! MANHATTAN MICRO LOFT BY SPECHT HARPMAN ARCHITECTS

It’s really hard to make 425 square feet look spacious but Specht Harpman Architects managed to do just that in this once awkward New York City apartment that’s set at the top of a six-story building.   Rendering By creating “living platforms,” they were … Continue reading

The View from ‘The Shard’ – London & Europe’s Highest Building

Few large projects in London are built without controversy, and The Shard is no exception. Having Europe’s tallest skyscraper in London wasn’t the problem. It was just that many people didn’t want to see it. Also known as: Shard Tower … Continue reading

SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK HITS NEW HEIGHTS

30-storey apartment tower to set record   A soaring residential tower with a sky-high roof garden will become the eye-catching eastern gateway to Sydney Olympic Park. The elliptical glass-walled building has an ephemeral quality, culminating in a glass-clad ‘crown’. Setting … Continue reading

NZ Architects Studio MWA & the beautiful Dulieu Residence

The Dulieu Residence is a modern residence close to Wellington, New Zealand. This residence designed by Studio MWA is located in a nature retreat, and has been designed with the environment in mind. Most of the exterior walls in the Dulieu Residence are of … Continue reading

FMD Architects designs a superb house aptly name “treehouse”

Treehouse is a beach house contains individual zones for the couple and their two adult daughters, with opportunities to separate access between the spaces. A large Living and Dining space with outdoor entertaining areas were created, within which all family members … Continue reading

Wavy and bowed eco savvy building by LAVA is a spectacle

Slabs with a curvilinear outline, laid on top of each other neatly, make this building look quite striking. The loopy silhouette that oozes style and grace is inspired from the landscape of the Rhine valley. The structure, that shuns straight … Continue reading

THE MASTER BUILDERS BUILDING & HOME IMPROVEMENT EXPO

Australia’s leading building and renovation expo is back   In collaboration with the Master Builders’ Association of Victoria, The Building & Home Improvement Expo will take place at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre from Friday 13 to Sunday 15 July 2012. … Continue reading

Another LINK in South Sydney’s development chain

There’s nothing missing about Link, a new $125-Million residential and retail development at Zetland designed by the award-winning Turner + Associates that links urban sophistication and convenience with space and nature. Among its natural attributes is the triangular island site … Continue reading