Author: Adam Nobel

Last week (11-19 November) was Australian Pollinator Week and this year it’s all about understanding pollinator diversity. Many people know about the important role honey bees play in pollinating crops, but there are many more unsung heroes of pollination including…

Is your driveway a wide slab or maybe two parallel lines of concrete running from the street to the house? Is it broken in places, daubed with oil spots or overgrown with weeds? The driveway is one of the most…

Canadian tech entrepreneur Marcel Lebrun is putting his money into building a community of tiny homes to provide for those in need. For the past two years, LeBrun’s factory in Fredericton, New Brunswick, has been churning out one tiny home…

Australia’s best new residential buildings have been named in the Australian Institute of Architects 2023 National Architecture Awards this week. In a year that saw the Sydney Opera House once again being lauded for brilliant design – this time for…

Approvals to build new homes continue to fluctuate, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The latest figures show that the total number of homes approved fell 4.6% in September, in seasonally adjusted terms,…

Rental costs are soaring, and affordability is shrinking, according to the latest Rental Affordability Index report, released this week. Would you buy a home with friends, if it meant you could escape the current rental market? It might seem like…

In a glimpse into our architectural future, Dubai Design Week (7-12 November 2023) has featured a series of biomaterial installations, including a teahouse made from food waste. In fact, there was a noticeable trend for many of the installations to…

Are you a keen recycler, but find yourself frustrated with the limits to what can be recycled through regular avenues available to households? The folks at Banish will happily take some of those hard-to-recycle items such as blister packs, toothpaste…

When you put your home on the market, make a point of first clearing as much as possible out of cupboards and drawers. Buyers often take the concept of ‘open home’ literally, and will open doors, cupboards and drawers to…

The cost of house building materials has stabilised for the first time since before the pandemic, new data shows. Producer Price Indexes released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that house construction inputs recorded no change in…