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Affordable Housing

Adam Haddow comments on new NSW housing manifesto

Adam Haddow comments on new NSW housing manifesto

The AIA NSW Chapter President reacts to a recent announcement by the Minns state government aimed at tackling the housing crisis.

‘Sticky tenants’ with Make Architects: UK learnings for Australian build-to-rent

‘Sticky tenants’ with Make Architects: UK learnings for Australian build-to-rent

What can Australian build-to-rent (BTR) developers learn from the experienced UK market and how can these lessons be applied locally? Frank Filskow shares valuable insights from Make’s work and research in the UK and Australia.

BillionBricks Home is the world’s first self-financing home for the vulnerable

BillionBricks Home is the world’s first self-financing home for the vulnerable

Architecture that helps support life, community and environment is indeed influential and we applaud the vision of the winner of the 2022 The Influencer category.

G8A’s Manuel Der Hagopian believes in public housing

G8A’s Manuel Der Hagopian believes in public housing

Manuel Der Hagopian of G8A believes that public housing is necessary to maintain social balance. And he says good architecture which serves people is borne of a deep understanding of time and place.

Three creatives develop Doonya as the solution to homelessness and housing for the impoverished

Three creatives develop Doonya as the solution to homelessness and housing for the impoverished

How do we design and provide better living conditions for the marginalised in urban cities? We hear from The CHA Project, JIA Studios and The Shelter Company on how Doonya could be a game changer.

Manuel Der Hagopian: Public housing advocate

Manuel Der Hagopian: Public housing advocate

Manuel Der Hagopian of G8A believes that public housing is necessary to maintain social balance and that good architecture which serves people is borne of a deep understanding of time and place.

Fairley Batch on building less and giving more with Breathe

Fairley Batch on building less and giving more with Breathe

We talk with Fairley Batch on how Breathe is leading the way in sustainable multi-residential design and innovating to reshape ideas of development in Australia.

How Bent Architecture is honing affordable housing – without skimping on quality

How Bent Architecture is honing affordable housing – without skimping on quality

Ensuring that affordable housing is environmentally sustainable, socially conscious and beautifully designed is integral to Melbourne-based practice, Bent Architecture.

Could micro apartments be the future of affordable housing?

Could micro apartments be the future of affordable housing?

Plus Architecture’s Danny Juric questions the validity of ‘build-to-rent’ as an affordable housing solution, looking instead towards possibilities such as micro apartments.

Big things happening in tiny places

Big things happening in tiny places

The tiny home movement in Geelong has received an extra push from a collaboration between Deaking University, Geelong company Formflow and Samaritan House that aims to achieve greater affordability for homeowners and people in need of transitional housing.

Fight for affordable housing

Fight for affordable housing

Are we being priced out of our own housing market? Is renting-for-life really so bad? A growing frontline of architects and developers are addressing the challenge with progressive housing models that offer new avenues for entering the housing market.

Sydney Architecture Festival: <em>Making. Housing. Affordable.</em>

Sydney Architecture Festival: Making. Housing. Affordable.

The Sydney Architecture Festival 2019 unveils a series of events that looks at the role and value of architecture and its innate response to the human need for shelter. For one whole week, the city of Sydney turns into a sphere of exploration and research, investigating the rise in urban density and the inimitable housing crisis.