Kirke Forbes – Nelson (Kumanara*)
March 13th, 2012
He worked on the original Housing for Health project in Pipalyatjara and never stopped working on the same principles as a UPK environmental health officer for the APY Lands, in the…
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Earth-ships, swags and sustainable design
March 7th, 2012
Small and totally dependent on careful siting in the surrounding environment to ensure a good night’s sleep. More important matters related to sustainability relate to the poorest people in Australia….
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Drawings from the past, pointing to the future
March 6th, 2012
Over 20 years later these drawings have been used countless times to retell that important story. A Group Show of architects drawings seems like a great opportunity to give the…
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Comparing apples with apples (or toilets removing human waste safely)
March 2nd, 2012
. . . . . . The two pictures below describe very different approaches to solving the problem of removing human waste safely. The first aims at producing the most…
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UPK 5
February 21st, 2012
What started as UPK (1) in the late 1980s, as a way of getting a health message out to kids and adults using music, has continued to the present. The…
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Connecting the dots to where?
February 7th, 2012
Healthabitat presented a clear choice …….continue the current policy and implementation or make change based on proven results. For more discussion of the above brief points see the BIG ISSUE…
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From Global Studio Bhopal
January 23rd, 2012
Global Studio has been very busy, and as it finishes up a number of groups have carried out on-site projects. The Prempura group has worked with the school and local…
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Congratulations to the Aboriginal Housing Company, Redfern
January 20th, 2012
The Aboriginal Housing Company’s revised proposal went on exhibition yesterday, paving the way for three new residential and commercial precincts in a patch of land that has long symbolised the…
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A tale of two cities (or two very different tales of Mer Island in the Torres Strait)
December 15th, 2011
A brief report on the project from Housing for Health Manager on Mer Island, Greg Norman: In late 2009 HOUSING FOR HEALTH started community consultation on Murray Island, TSI QLD….
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Toilet project expands in Nepal
December 13th, 2011
The construction and training Team CHDS Nepal and the construction team from Bhattedande, along with the carpenter from Banepa and the Nepal Biogas company, have now completed model toilets in…
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The (not very good) $300 Nepal toilet
December 13th, 2011
CHDS staff have tracked down one of the cheap toilet programs only to discover that the residents have to put in over 6 times the contribution of the donor (who…
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Venice Formations
December 12th, 2011
Six innovative FORMATIONS to challenge international views of architectural practice The Australian exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale Six of Australia’s most innovative architecture practices have been selected to…
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