Why design matters
July 9th, 2012
Lisa Cahill writes “Design is in everything we do and come across in our daily lives. Design supports, sustains and enriches us. Design decisions are made all the time unknowingly,…
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More sitings of mysterious person
June 25th, 2012
Seen in the Sydney port area ready to board a ship for a long cruise this little person looked confident. More soon on who, what and where and why.
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Uni of Newcastle are washing children well
June 21st, 2012
The University of Newcastle architecture faculty asked HH for a tough design problem. Design Co-ordinator, John Roberts, wanted to expose students to the real world complexities of improving the health…
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Sago studio work
June 19th, 2012
A very impressive project has been completed and documented by Sago Network. See the details here. This is a group who deserves support. From the profession, professionals, offices and students….
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2012 World Indigenous Housing Conference: feedback
June 16th, 2012
Professor Jon Altman is one of the few academics who have remained vocal on Indigenous issues over the last 10 years. His thoughts on reporting of Minister Macklin’s presentation to…
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The Ombudsman’s report on NT Housing
June 16th, 2012
The main findings of the report in the Executive Summary note: Over the past two years, concerns about the implementation of the housing reforms have been a key source of…
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Crowding Tracker
June 16th, 2012
Tracker’s recent review on Minister Macklin’s speech in Canada at the World Indigenous Housing Conference noted: Fourthly, renovations — which have been the focus of the NT intervention housing strategy — do precisely nothing…
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Who is this person?
June 16th, 2012
Our HH spys were out and about last week and took some ‘secret’ pictures of this Venice planning event in Sydney. Who is this pale person? What is the event…
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Venice exhibit packed
June 10th, 2012
A few of the big panels are not shown, as too much lifting effort was being made to take a picture, but the many components of the exhibit were packed…
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Obituary – Michael Callaghan – artist
June 6th, 2012
Michael was an early friend of Healthabitat and contributed great artwork for the 1994 book Housing for Health. The extracts shown here were part of a poster showing the incremental…
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Launching of ideas: living in the yard
May 31st, 2012
The exhibition was conceived and constructed by Christian Tietz, Greg Norman and Tasman Munro and set out designs that will allow the use of the yard area around houses to…
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Venice Update: Bridging health and housing
May 29th, 2012
. . See if you can pick the connections in the image below. What is the story about??? . . .
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