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Plantation Palms

  • Site Ecology
  • Place Making and Social Sustainability
  • Estate Design
  • Access and Transport
  • Sustainablity Management
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Plantation Palms is located in North Queensland within 15 minutes of Mackay's CBD. 

More than half of the land includes natural bush, wetlands and lakes, as well as pedestrian and bike tracks, parks and sports ovals. Plantation Palms is Mackay’s first and only Telstra Smart Community which offers fibre-optic cabling to every house.

Planning concepts from around the world were studied to ensure the best design was implemented. Shops, schools, beaches and wetlands are within close proximity. 

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The Steel House (Modabode)

  • Materials and Recycling
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The Modabode steel house is an excellent example of prefabrication and delivery to site to reduce waste and construction time. The house can also be easily reconfigured providing a flexible design for changing needs and can be deconstructed at the end of life.

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Evolve on Tenth

  • Estate Design
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Australian Property Development (APD), in conjunction with Deicke Richards Architects have undertaken a medium density residential infill (units) project in the inner suburb of Windsor, approximately 5 km from Brisbane’s CBD. The project demonstrates the importance of incorporating sustainable design elements and planning into infill projects as much as greenfield development.

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WestWyck

  • Site Ecology
  • Place Making and Social Sustainability
  • Materials and Recycling
  • Water Management
  • Energy Management
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WestWyck occupies the building and grounds of the former Brunswick West Primary School in inner suburban Melbourne. The school ran out of students in the 1980s and threatened to become yet another example of quality inner-urban infrastructure that had lost its original function and faced the bulldozer. Instead, the WestWyck developers aimed to bring the building to new and vibrant life as an urban demonstration showpiece of sustainable development and good design. This has included engaging a landscape artist as part of the project team.

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The EcoVillage at Currumbin

  • Site Ecology
  • Place Making and Social Sustainability
  • Estate Design
  • Materials and Recycling
  • Water Management
  • Energy Management
  • Climate Change Adaption
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Currumbin Ecovillage on the Gold Coast is Queensland's most sustainable residential development and could become a blueprint for future urban development. It promotes an integrated approach to sustainable design and living, including solar power, water recycling, water tanks, food production on site, recycling and waste reduction.

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