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Nov. 13, 2017 / michaelkluckner

Sculpture by the Sea

A reason to be in Sydney in October… The cliff walk from Bondi Beach to Tamarama, the first bay to…
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Sep. 01, 2017 / Gordon Price

Climate Change: Evidence from all over

Peter Berkeley reports in from Queensland.  From ABC News: Winter in Australia this year was hot and dry with the…
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Dec. 02, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: Upping the Targets Down Under

Ian sends this in from The Conversation: .  . The release this week by the Greater Sydney Commission of city-wide…
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Nov. 22, 2016 / michaelkluckner

The end of the old Aussie dream?

“The Sydney of 2026 will have crossed over that magical Australian barrier of the love affair with the motor vehicle,”…
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Sep. 22, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: Who is Transit For?

Ian: This could be written about the expansions to Vancouver’s transit also. From The Conversation: …who’ll profit from the value…
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Jun. 20, 2016 / Gordon Price

Housing: If you tax it, they won’t come

From the South China Morning Post, via Colin Brander: Sydney is imposing new taxes on foreigners buying homes as concerns…
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May. 17, 2016 / Gordon Price

Daily Scot: Frenzied in Aus

Scot updates the news in their frenzied market:   MORTGAGE fraud by brokers and banks could bring on a financial…
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May. 10, 2016 / Gordon Price

Daily Scot: Trying to save your street from McMansions (in Australia)

From Domain: A bewildering mix of local and state agencies, councils, government bodies, local planning instruments and environmental controls mean…
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Apr. 28, 2016 / Gordon Price

Daily Scot: A Tumble in Sydney

Could the measures (on foreign ownership) in Australia be contributing to the slowing in Sydney Real Estate? . The median…
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Jan. 10, 2016 / artitectus

Dead space for a living city.

I was watching an older SFU video last week on The Melbourne Experience. … and one of the most interesting…
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Nov. 26, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

Oddities In Perth

Gord Price writes to your faithful guest editor, with observations from Perth, Australia. Friday front page of Perth’s daily newspaper. …
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Jun. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

Michael Kluckner: An Australian Perspective

Michael Kluckner is in Australia, picking up on the similarities between our two scenes: . Here’s a cartoon from the…
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Jun. 16, 2015 / Gordon Price

Housing Costs Down Under

Michael Kluckner is in Australia – and it feels kinda like home: The papers are as full of affordability stories…
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Apr. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

Conference Submissions: International Urban Design Conference in Brisbane

  . Speak at the 8th International Urban Design Conference in Brisbane Abstract submissions are open for this year’s conference…

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