city planning

A digital twin of your city gives planners the tools to test whether a solution will work before a single jackhammer hits the road.

Will cities still need all the multibillion-dollar road, public transport, telecommunications and energy projects, including some already in the pipeline?

The Victorian government has established a taskforce to help keep the state’s building and development industry running during the coronavirus pandemic. It coincides with the approval of four new building projects worth more than $1.5 billion.

In reacting to the pandemic, architecture can reclaim its impact by conceding its loss of connection with public health, looking beyond Western thinking for its references.

As the population increases and cities become denser, how can the Australian government consider the future of mobility as a service (MaaS)?

Cities are seeing a growing number of shared working, or co-working, spaces. They include spaces where individuals and businesses can flexibly rent desks or rooms, or do shared work in “third spaces” such as libraries and cafes.

There have been many dreams for Melbourne since European occupation. Plans for an immense extension to the grid of streets making up the CBD, a significant expansion of railways, and daily jet-car commutes were just some of ideas past planners presented to feed our imaginations.

Cities can learn from the great leaders in our regions, and help their communities prosper along the way, says Linda Scott.

An overheated property market has state ministers, local councils and developers hot and bothered over who reaps the spoils.