A magistrate’s court decision this week upheld a judgement against a couple who decided to ignore a simple copyright notice. Instead they foolishly chose to walk an architectural design down-the-road to a project home builder.
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On 23 May 2016, the Western Australian Heritage Minster Albert Jacob announced that the Heritage Council of Western Australia – State Heritage Office has re-opened the grants program for private building owners of State registered heritage places.
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A’ International Design Award and Competition has announced, via DESIGNPRWIRE (Como, Italy), that the Yallingup Eco House by Threadgold Architecture has been granted a Silver A’ Design Award in Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design Category.
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A recent extractive industry development approval in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River has highlighted this behaviour of local planning officers asking for a road upgrade where no planning policy requiring applicants to upgrade a road exists.
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With the introduction of mandatory Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) reporting for properties deemed to be located in bushfire prone areas; it is worth comparing the choices available to achieve a BAL 40 rating for decking – after all, every West Australian needs a place for the barbie.
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Almost every West Australian has a fond memory of coming home from the beach on a hot humid day with sand still stuck to their feet and having a bbq on the timber deck. Whether your taste is prawn, steak or just a sausage in sauce and bread, the feeling of timber boards under your […]
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With the majority of the built environment occupying the coastal fringe in Australia, it is little wonder that Australian’s have embraced open place living so readily as the absence of internal doors and walls enables the building fabric to cool down by capturing the sea breeze (In Perth the sea breeze is colloquially called the […]
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One of the most tried and true methods for delivering value-for-money and cost effective methods for procuring buildings for clients is the traditional tender process. This method is even more effective in soft building markets where builders are finding themselves without work and they need future projects to maintain trade relationships and cashflows.
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