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If you want to know how to run a good submission in response to a development proposal, take a look at these great examples from some leading lights.

A relative humidity of 50% is optimal; below 40% causes extremely dry air, leading to static electricity from friction (when you touch a metal cabinet in an AC building). Over 70% increases the feeling of heat, adding 5 degrees or more to the temperature sensed. There’s a sweet spot, or rather a sweet range, described by analysing the combination of air temperature and humidity in a Psychrometric Chart.

I described the CCAE SED as being unique in offering an interdisciplinary design course. Gaven Gilmour, architect in Rockhampton, graduate of QIT and DN reader begs to differ. He writes so passionately about his education, I think its worth quoting at some length:

A Fresno County man is honoring his late parents by reopening the Orchard they were so passionate about sharing with the community.

A court has rejected a proposal to demolish the block and replace it with a 27-storey office complex on the grounds it would have “irreversible heritage impacts”.

At a different scale when Lane Cove Council wanted to disguise the proliferation of yellow and red brick walk up flats, his advice was to narrow the streets, widen the verges, and plant Sydney Blue Gums. 30 years later the trees reached maturity, completely obscuring the ugly apartments behind, and equally importantly, provided views to a beautiful Australian landscape out of those apartments. Take a drive down Nundah St in Lane Cove to see his work, where there is a public garden and walk named...

An interim heritage order has been placed on the site of a Harry Seidler-designed synagogue, owned by property developer Harry Triguboff’s Meriton, amid fears it will be demolished.

After more than 40 years of loving restoration, this Sydney home, designed by lauded architect Walter Burley Griffin, is hitting the market. But the home’s many quirks might be enough to put some buyers off.

The Greater Sydney Parklands Trust Bill 2021 threatens Sydney’s iconic parklands by opening the door to privatisation. Ben Radford reports.

Much of the debate over Sydney’s parks has centred on commercialisation, but the dawning moment for many residents last year was the effect passive spaces had on their sanity.