Dec 12, 2014 | Urban Trends
Some trends to watch in 2015 as featured in the latest edition of NewPlanner magazine – Drones, 3D printing, crowdfunding, digital personalities and WiFi! Download the full article here or click on image below. What are your predictions? Leave your thoughts...
Oct 9, 2014 | Urban Planning
“In 1990 the first issue of New Planner, a magazine of the NSW Division of the Planning Institute of Australia, was published. It reviewed a recent seminar on infrastructure spending with the opening headline, ‘How to pay for roads, pipes, wires’. In the same...
Oct 7, 2014 | Architecture, Creative Cities, Festivals, Urban Planning, Urban Trends
There’s so much happening in Sydney at the moment. Across the city we have new developments on the urban fringe that are more inner city than suburban, new cultural policies that will shape creativity for years to come, and talent that is either attracted to...
Sep 29, 2014 | Creative Cities, Economic Development, Smart Phone, Social Media, Tactical Urbanism, Urban Planning, Urban Trends
Last week I attended the PIA QLD Conference on the Gold Coast and presented a talk titled ‘The City as a GIF: Where Every Second Counts’. In so many places around the world, there’s a growing convergence of digital tech in physical space. It’s...
Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
My latest article for PIA New Planner magazine and interview with Anton Andreacchio, Managing Director of Convergen… “The application of computer-generated simulations in urban design can enable collaborative problem solving between and within project...