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ItemNo Preview AvailableAustralian Financial Review: Australia's old and new apartments fail heat stress testsJensen, C ( 2017-03-15)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableABC Radio: Building for comfort in the skyJensen, C ( 2017-04-15)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableThe Fifth Estate website article : Melbourne apartments pose health threat during heatwavesJensen, C ( 2017-03-13)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableNewspaper Article on Cool roofs : Industry partnership to grow next generation of architectsJensen, C ( 2014-03-10)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableThe Age Newspaper: Super-tall skyscrapers overshadow Shrine from 2km away: reportJensen, C ( 2014-11-20)
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ItemAMPS Proceedings Series 7. Future Housing: Global Cities and Regional ProblemsDay, K (Architecture Media Politics Society, 2016)
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ItemThe Shanghai ParadoxDay, K ; Cairns, G (Architecture Media Politics Society, 2014)This paper outlines my ongoing research on the use of traditional symbolism and its utilisation in contemporary architecture of the Chinese global city. It specifically examines the landmark architecture of the Pudong, or the “new” Shanghai. Is there a contradiction in imagery when architects adopt traditional motifs in contemporary skyscraper architecture? Designs such as Cesar Pelli’s Petronas Towers (1994) in Kuala Lumpur use traditional Islamic patterns in the floor plans and façade detail. However, in the case of Shanghai, the three landmark buildings of the Pudong as shown in Figure 1; the Jin Mao Tower (1999), the Shanghai World Financial Centre (2008) and the Shanghai Tower (under construction at the time of writing), all reference fengshui and cosmology. The paradox in this case is that under law of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), geomancy, including fengshui and cosmological symbolism, is defined as a feudal superstition and its practice illegal.
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ItemArchitectural specialisation and the death of architectural practiceRaisbeck, P ; Day, K ; Daniel, L ; Soebarto, V (Architectural Science Association & The University of Adelaide, 2016)In the past 50 years the traditional role of the architect to supervise and control projects has been eroded. The last remaining bastion maintain this traditional role of the architect is in small practice. Using a survey that firstly looks at how architects are engaged via either full or partial services we explore how architects identify with and deliver specialised services. The respondents in the survey were taken from a sample of 1200 Australian architects. Data was collected regarding specialisation, service provision, outsourcing and contractual arrangements. This is positioned alongside a historical account of the profession which suggests that technology and changes within legal frameworks, strategy, marketing, operations, project management, and finance are leading to the marginalisation of architects. We test this assertion by investigating evidence for these changes and the extent to which specialised architectural knowledge is being created in firms. For architects, specialist architectural knowledge is integrative and resides in the traditional service delivery particularly in the realm of housing. However, fee competition has hampered the ability of architects to specialise. As a result, in the future the role of the architect may be non-existent.