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	02/01/2009 02:20 am Buildings That Look Like Spaceships You've Never Seen Cutting-edge architecture, or weird starship design? Sometimes it's hard to tell. In our quest for buildings that look like famous spaceships, we came across some even more striking images that should be spaceships. ... 31/12/2008 05:00 am Derek H. Burney: Canada's place in an Obama world The foreign policy challenges that we face are daunting. The global financial crisis, stock and commodity market gyrations and an impending deep recession are corroding the structure and traditions of international co-operation labouriously constructed over the last half-century. For a few weeks, it ... 30/12/2008 09:29 pm 2009 the Year of Renovation The financial turmoil of 2009 will see more Australians stay put and spend more money on renovating their homes to improve their financial position by adding value to their major asset - the family home as a tax free investment, according to Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Australi ... 30/12/2008 08:28 pm Worlds. Com Inc. Claims Online Games Infringe Their 'Virtual Space' Patent Well known MMO publisher and developer NCsoft is being sued by Worlds. Com Inc . for infringing on Worlds' US patent titled "System and Method for Enabling Users to Interact in a Virtual Space". NCsoft is well known for games such as City of Heroes/Villains, Guild Wars, Dungeon Runners ... 30/12/2008 11:22 am Pulse - Artists’ Vision of the City on a Rooftop Six innovative performers bring new perceptions of the urban landscape high above the city. PULSE will activate the City Village Rooftop at 225 Bourke St, Melbourne over 4 months, from February to May 2009, with a short season of 6 site-specific multimedia art performances. PULSE seeks to reveal n ... 29/12/2008 09:32 am Green Void: an absence of ethical architecture The Green Void architectural installation at Customs House in Sydney is a success, but only as a commentary on the cynical actions by architects who value self promotion over the interests of the community. The installation by Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA); consists of a green fabric ... 24/12/2008 01:37 pm Why the Left should embrace power politics Ed Cohen is a research associate at the Lowy Institute. Often in Australian international security discourse we hear that our interests are best served through the creation and maintenance of a ‘rules-based international order’. This is often juxtaposed with the Howard-era mantra of strong bilat ... 22/12/2008 04:00 am Power bills surge at solar house MOVING to a new architect-designed house with solar hot water and a solar power panel on the roof hasn't saved Michelle Peden the dollars she was hoping for. In fact, despite her heavy investment i... ... 19/12/2008 09:41 am Government stalls on national architect plans The government has said it needs "further evidence" to show that a commonwealth architect would be desirable, despite the institute's long-term lobbying for the position. ... 18/12/2008 11:19 am Chilling developments in Dubai There will surely come a day when Dubai runs the world's reserves of hyperbole dry. But in the meantime, we continue to draw a sharp intake of breath each time a new construction project is announced. We have had ski domes built in the desert, seen vast artificial islands rise from the sea and w ... 17/12/2008 11:15 am What price will the world pay to prevent environmental change? No one could have predicted quite how dramatically 2008 would have ended. Even as President Bush was slashing his way through US environmental protection laws, president-elect Obama appointed Nobel prize-winning physicist Steve Chu as the next US energy secretary. Chu is seen as the repudiation of e ... 17/12/2008 11:00 am Levy cuts "perpetuate urban sprawl", says architect Slashing developer levies in NSW in a bid to stimulate the economy may simply "perpetuate urban sprawl" and leave less money for infrastructure, says architect. ... 16/12/2008 12:48 pm The Mirny Diamond Mine A note to end the day: here is a link to a blog on urban architecture where there is a full and fascinating look at the Russian Mirny Diamond Mine. This is new to me and I link to it so that you may read it if it is new to you. ... 15/12/2008 10:38 am Ali Alatas Former Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas, who died on 11 December , liked to talk about ‘modalities’. Used by a skilled diplomat like Alatas, modalities could mean anything or nothing. Or the word could encompass the intricate set of conflicting interests that wove through the Cambodia pe ... 15/12/2008 04:30 am ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS GIFT – A $300,000 NEW HOME Christmas will come early today for the winner of the major prize in the Foodland Charity House Competition – an energy-efficient, architect-designed house at Adelaide’s best coastal development. The winning key will be chosen at the final competition draw today, with one of eight people to win ... 14/12/2008 08:37 pm Greening the Void stretches the imagination Greening the Void stretches the imagination 17 December 2008 Green Void, a new 19-metre tall installation gracing the space of Customs House, stretches the imagination as it freely suspends between walls, ceiling and floor of the atrium. It is the creation and vision of the design team, LAVA (Labora ... 13/12/2008 07:33 pm Redesigning Mecca Architects Journal has a picture of a planned expansion to the Haram in Mecca. The Journal explains: According to sources, the scheme for Islam’s holiest city could create a huge new structure around the central Haram mosque that will eventually be capable of holding three million people, making i ... 12/12/2008 05:29 pm Nonda Katsalidis Designs Little Hero, Russell Place CBD Ten years after redeveloping a tired city office building into Hero, a major luxury apartment project, architect Nonda Katsalidis is back with another city development, but on a much smaller scale. ... 12/12/2008 01:00 am Architects chosen for $200M city campus showpiece Queensland University of Technology has announced that Donovan Hill and Wilson Architects will design its new $200 million Science and Technology Precinct and community hub at its Gardens Point campus. ... 10/12/2008 09:15 pm Xenian: House of the Future Lighting company Xenian are responsible for the lighting in House of the Future. Via Freshome. Related posts:Supercolossal cubby house Cubby house installation piece from Sydney Related posts: Supercolossal cubby house Cubby house installation piece from Sydney based architecture office... creature ... 10/12/2008 09:59 am In profile: Kristen Whittle Architect and urban designer Kristen Whittle, director at Bates Smart, is interested in how mental and physical needs are accommodated in architecture, and has worked on projects that allow him to execute such ideals. He speaks to Kate Gibbs ... 07/12/2008 10:40 am Architects’ aid - building for the future Architects’ aid - building for the future 10 December 2008 Australian architects are lending a hand rebuilding in tsunami struck Solomon Islands, a new exhibition at Customs House reveals. More» -- Delivered by Feed43 service ... 02/12/2008 05:39 pm In profile: Roger Nelson NH Architecture principal, Roger Nelson, speaks to Kate Gibbs about urban planning, retail challenges and the future of architecture in Australia. ... 02/12/2008 04:45 pm Walter Russell Mead interview One of America's most respected foreign policy writers, Walter Russell Mead , is in town courtesy of the Institute of Public Affairs . He visited the Lowy Institute briefly today, and I took the opportunity to record this short interview about US China policy and the prospects for building ne ... 01/12/2008 11:17 am Utzon tributes flood Opera House website (ABC) The Sydney Opera House has received thousands of emails commemorating the life of its architect, Joern Utzon. ...