Melbourne Design Week puts ideas on a rooftop
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Solar flares explode across a blue sky. Beneath Ash Keatingâs vast rooftop mural
A New Response, John Wardle Architects have reimagined the solar panel. High above Little Collins Street, the array generates not just power but doubles as shelter, meeting space and rooftop garden. Keatingâs mural, created with fire extinguishers loaded with paint, is designed to âgive the space a party atmosphereâ, he says. âItâs about positive vibe and energy.â
If you’ve ever visited the incredible Marina Bay Sands pool in Singapore, you’ll know that infinity pools are infinitely better when they tower over a city. Now
Things are moving fast in the third-party add-on market for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Various third-party developers had relevant updates to share today.
We start with Orbx, which revealed more screenshots of the upcoming Singapore Landmarks City Pack and sneaked in a tease for an upcoming add-on dedicated to Melbourne.
Here’s a look at the Eureka Tower in Melbourne.
And here are the screenshots of Singapore.
Next comes PilotPlus, which brings us back to the UK after the excellent London Southend with London Oxford (EGTK).
Apparently, the scenery has been created in collaboration with the real-world airport’s management to make sure that it’s extremely accurate. It certainly looks great so far.
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From used coffee cups to building rubble and everything in between, recycled waste has been utilised to create concrete products that promise several environmental benefits. While recycled concrete aggregates contribute to reducing landfill and CO2 emissions, save natural resources and boost the circular economy, challenges still remain in matching the strength and durability of traditional concrete, hindering their practical application.
The concept of ‘sustainable concrete’ just got a major boost with RMIT researchers developing a new technology to produce stronger, more durable and sustainable concrete products from a mix of rubber tyres and construction and demolition waste. Prefabricated concrete products cast using the new technology are up to 35% stronger than traditional concrete.
From invincible to fallen: How Grocon and Daniel Grollo came down to earth
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Four years ago Daniel Grollo was feeling invincible.
His Melbourne-based construction and development company Grocon had been named preferred bidder by Infrastructure NSW for Sydney’s sprawling Central Barangaroo development precinct, a deal the company expected to soothe the financial stress the storied builder had been suffering for about two years.
Grocon executive chairman Daniel Grollo.
Credit:Wayne Taylor
But a senior adviser to the group came to Grocon’s Melbourne office in the QV building off Lonsdale Street with a warning about speculation in property circles that could destroy his plans to turn the company around.