One of the the great unheralded changes in Australia's cities was the greening of the suburbs - both old and new - over the last thirty to fifty years
The Victorian Government's policy of inviting proposals from the private sector to redevelop outdated public housing estates is proving controversial
St Louis' famously demolished Pruitt-Igoe public housing project has a lesson for the debate over high-rise stemming from the Grenfell Tower fire; it's not really about the architecture
The Grenfell Tower fire was the result of flawed policy on public housing, not some inherent flaw in the high-rise residential building type
The Victorian government says "it's tackling housing affordability head on", but its new housing initiatives are mostly about keeping up appearances
The argument that Australian cities can significantly increase inner city density by replicating European housing forms is an argument for keeping newcomers out
It's a commonplace observation that new detached houses in Australia's outer suburbs are much bigger than in the past. The interesting question is why
Part one of ABC-TV's Streets of Your Town is an enjoyable look at 60s and 70s modernist domestic architecture but it's not as relevant to today as it claims
Recreating the character and community of the inner city in the middle and outer suburbs would require much more than building a similar physical enviroment
With declining affordability we need to take a flexible approach to alternative housing options. We can learn from trailer parks; they're an important and sought-after housing option in the US
