Renovate rather than Relocate
As the flammable cladding and dodgy apartment fiasco hits the building industry, here’s a positive note…… Property price uncertainty and the burden of substantial ancillary [...]
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08, 2019
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07, 2019
Cost Guide – Archicentre Australia
Whether building a new home or renovations & additions to an existing home, it is extremely difficult for average Australians to know what costs [...]
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06, 2019
Crook Buildings – Part 4 – Call in the Feds
Amongst the aim of bringing architecture to the public, Archicentre Australia is committed to informing on “Crook Buildings” as they affect communities across the country. [...]
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06, 2019
Pre-Purchase Property Assessments – A Good Idea in a Falling Market.
Recent housing price deterioration along with auction clearance rates dropping in major cities has brought some “would-be home buyers” back into the property market. It [...]
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03, 2019
Crook Buildings – Part 3: The Cladding Fiasco
Uncomfortable times appear to be ahead for many in the building industry including architects, builders and certifiers – not to mention property owners – as [...]
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02, 2019
Crook Buildings – Part 2
Archicentre Australia director – Peter Georgiev informs, “The era of being able to trust processes of appropriate design and building certification appear to be at [...]
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02, 2019
Crook Buildings – Part 1
Commentary regarding the inadequacy of newly constructed buildings is ongoing – often due to a lack of adherence to Building Codes and Australian Standards. So [...]
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01, 2019
Archicentre Australia is back on the beat
Australia's national architect’s advisory service - Archicentre Australia - is back on the beat providing independent design, advice, assessment and timber pest inspection services to [...]
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01, 2019
Cracking of Masonry Buildings
“Cracking of masonry buildings can be an area of great concern and, whilst these indications are not the first step in total disintegration, many are [...]
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12, 2018
Minimise extreme weather effects with quality design
Tis the season……and often the only time of the year that people take the chance to consider building design or improvements without the distraction [...]