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Sustainable Building

Sustainable Building

Sustainable Building Sustainable Building The Key To The Future As global warming and water shortages become more a part of all our lives, then increasingly it is becoming beholden on us to act in an environmentally responsible manner. If you are planning on building...
Steep Sites

Steep Sites

Steep Sites Building On Steep Sites It is now common practice around the coast of Australia, and particularly in the Northern Beaches for new houses to be built on steep sites that a few decades ago would have been considered to be structurally and economically...
Bushfire Prone Sites

Bushfire Prone Sites

Bushfire Prone Sites Building on bushfire prone sites About half of the houses that I design are on sites classified as bush fire prone. This is partly a reflection of the interesting projects that I get to work on, which are often near reserves or in bushy areas, but...