Introduction Green building, sustainable architecture, and environmentally responsible building are terms we hear when a building is designed and built to reduce energy consumption, improve indoor air quality, and limit environmental impacts. Such designs may cause anxiety for building officials due to non-conventional building techniques...
BACKGROUND: Due to the change to larger shipping now used for freight the original Melbourne docking facilities were not suitable for modification as the river access could not be dredged to a sufficient depth. New facilities were established at the mouth of the river which...
2003 Introduction When Melbourne’s architectural icon swimming pool from its 1956 Olympic Games was converted into a multi-purpose sports centre in 1981, the fire aspects of the renovation were determined from a performance-based design process, rather than from strict adherence to the then current prescriptive...
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