Redfern ‘murder mall’ reinvented as $500 million Surry Hills Village
Locals say the old shops had “all the charm of an amenities block”, but the new Cleveland Street shops seem more Rome than Redfern.
- by Julie Power
Latest
Jacarandas v waratahs: Purple haze, pop stars and the campaign to save native flowers
The jacarandas will be out next month. The tree may be an introduced species, but some environmentalists think anything that makes the public aware of plants could help save native species.
- by Julie Power
Meet the young people determined to revolutionise Sydney’s approach to housing
The hunt is on for new ideas for low- to mid-rise housing in NSW, and these young architects and students know what they want for the future.
- by Julie Power
How 11-year-old Leah’s art ended up in a museum, and inspiring Ken Done
Ten children were inspired to draw or paint sharks or rays, endangered or at risk from overfishing. Then acclaimed artists were prompted to do their own works.
- by Julie Power
Why shopping centre escalators are designed to make you get lost
You may think that escalators forcing you to walk around the shopping centre are a failure of design. You could not be more wrong.
- by Julie Power
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Crime
Remember their faces: Women killed in Australia
A woman has been killed in Australia every four days in 2024. Many lives were lost in recent years. Some of the cases featured are still before the courts.
Meet the man trying to bring back Sydney’s verandahs
There’s an awning gap between the wide shady spaces of the streets of the past and cities we live in today. James Cottam wants them back.
- by Julie Power
How a kid called John Howard is helping fix Sydney’s weed infestation
When it comes to weed removal, they’re literally the GOAT. Now scientists hope they may spread native vegetation too.
- by Julie Power
The day Mosman Council rejected Australia’s most famous architect
Glenn Murcutt designed a home for his friend Ken Done that was meant to be timeless. Then Mosman Council insisted on changes. Now the home has been restored.
- by Julie Power
The family secrets Richard learned from his mum’s WWII letters
Winifred Smith’s letters, now on display at the State Library of NSW, are a rare insight into women’s experience of the war effort.
- by Julie Power
Architects ‘treated like plumbers’: Inside the revolt against the NSW building bill
New laws designed to protect homeowners and deal with the state’s housing crisis might have the reverse effect, architects warn.
- by Julie Power
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