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We’re thrilled to announce that Willow Aliento has rejoined The Fifth Estate as editor at large, with a special brief to ...

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The residential sector is set for the kind of radical improvement in energy efficiency that transformed commercial property. According to residential housing analysts CoreLogic the real estate sector, ...

Adelaide CBD, Australia - August 23, 2019: EV Charger charging station in Adelaide city centre on Franklin Street on a day On Thursday, Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen announced a $150 ...

In September, Dan McKenna landed a new role in housing after seven years with Nightingale Housing, where he was chief executive. He’s now the inaugural chief executive of Housing All Australians, a ...

Past winners of the Holcim Foundation Awards include a designer of schools in Burkina Faso in West Africa, a veteran-built community centre in Sri Lanka, housing for the homeless in Vietnam and ...