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A small part of the Christchurch city centre was re-opened recently following the devastating earthquake that struck the Canterbury region in February this year. The re-opened area includes 27 shops and cafes housed in specially converted shipping containers. The brightly...
Note: The Collie office will be closing for the holidays on Wednesday 21 December 2011 (but don’t call after midday because we will be out celebrating the end of the year) and will reopen on Monday 9 January 2012.
Mirvac received a commendation in the Medium Density Development Category of the UDIA (Victoria) 2011 Awards for Excellence for its Laureate development in Albert Park, which was considered an "outstanding medium density development" by the judges. Collie was pleased to...
The Growth Areas Authority (GAA) has released for comment draft Growth Corridor Plans identifying areas for housing, jobs, transport, town centres, open space and key infrastructure. Public consultation closes at 5pm on Tuesday 20 December, 2011. Submissions can be made...
The first tram stop redevelopment on Swanston Street outside the State Library has now been completed with others to be constructed at RMIT University, Bourke Street Mall and City Square. As shown in the image below the tram stop has...
The Melbourne Town Hall was the venue for a public lecture on Business Improvement Districts (BIDs). Dr Seth Grossman a director at the Institute of Business District Management in the School of Public Affairs and Administration from Rutgers University-Newark, New...
As observed recently, Kobenhavn (Copenhagen) is one of a growing number of world cities where urban designers have embraced enthusiastically the bicycle as a seriously sustainable alternative to the car for short and medium distance movement. I was confronted with...
As rugby experiences go the recent world cup in New Zealand is hard to top. Fanatical international support, jubilant host cities and at times some great bone-crunching rugby! New Zealand and its people did themselves proud. Amidst the anguish of...
Following 15 months of renovation works Southgate located along the Melbourne Southbank promenade was re-launched in November 2011. Redevelopment of the Southbank area was first announced in 2008 with works proposed to extend and reinforce connections to the Yarra River,...
The Victorian Government Minister for Environment and Climate Change (Ryan Smith) spoke at the UDIA function of 4 November 2011. The Minister was brief but to the point in terms of relevance to his audience. He spoke of principles concerning establishing...