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_DID YOU KNOW?
The National Gallery of Victoria has the world's largest stained glass ceiling - 51 metres (167.3 feet) long by 15 metres (49.2 feet) wide.
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_EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Collie is always looking for people with skills and / or experience in the fields of strategic planning, development planning, urban design and landscape architecture. For further information or to submit your curriculum-vitae which will be treated in the strictest...
_NORTHERN TERRITORY GOVERNMENT AMENITY GUIDELINES FOR LICENCED PREMISES
In 2008 Collie produced a set of design guidelines for safer licensed premises in the Melbourne inner city, on behalf of the Department of Justice Victoria and subsequent to this Collie has been approached (late 2010) by the Department of...
_SHAKESPHERE GROVE, ST KILDA
With the significant changes in the property market over the past couple of years, Collie is finding it common for developers to seek changes to the use mix of approved developments, and in particular the conversion of small office spaces...
_TREE PROJECT
TreeProject is a non-profit community organisation dedicated to revegetating the Victorian landscape with indigenous trees, shrubs and grasses. The project works by recruiting volunteer growers from Melbourne and other regional centres to propagate and grow indigenous seedlings on behalf of...
_MS 24 HOUR MEGASWIM
Over the last weekend in February, a number of Collie staff members participated in the 24-Hour Mega Swim at the Fitzroy Pool. This was the eighth year Collie had participated in the Mega Swim. Funds raised support the Go For...
_DID YOU KNOW?
Melbourne’s famous tramway system is the largest outside the European continent and the fourth largest in the world. It stretches 244 kilometres with 1,770 stops and 450 trams.
_NEW ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE AT AURORA… FOR FROGS
Aurora is a large residential development in Epping North, approximately 20 kilometres north of the Melbourne central business district. One of the interesting features of Aurora is that it provides for the construction of a series of purpose-built frog habitat...
_FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT – FALLING WATER
I was lucky enough on my recent trip to the USA to visit a number of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, including the Guggenheim in New York and Robie House and other prairie style houses in Chicago. In addition, I also...
_ESSENDON NORTH APARTMENT DEVELOPMENTS
In recent years there has been much discussion in the ‘planning’ world about increasing densities in our activity centres and reducing growth at the fringe, you know, all that Melbourne 2030 talk! Collie has recently worked on two developments that...