Following the high-profile Southbank by Beulah architecture competition, Melbourne, Australia, is slated to receive a major addition to its skyline. Assuming it goes ahead as planned, the aptly-named Green Spine will include the tallest building in the country, as well as the Southern Hemisphere.
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The winners of the 2018 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year have been crowned. Designed to celebrate the natural beauty of Australia and surrounding regions, the competition includes some stunning shots of animals and stark reminders of the impact humans are having on the world.
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The ultimate fate of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is looking pretty dire. Now, researchers from the University of Queensland have outlined a plan to recycle dead coral into structures that can help protect the remaining reef and promote new growth.
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Tasmania's Freycinet Peninsula is home to some spectacular scenery, and those looking to take in the sights of this coastal pocket of southern Australia can now do so from a luxurious set of pavilions built to blend in with the landscape.
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At last night's Australian unveiling of the new i8 Roadster, BMW celebrated its leading position in European plug-in car sales, and took the opportunity to fire a couple of understated shots at the direction the US government is taking, both on sustainability and global trade.
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The MeerKAT radio telescope array is finally up and running in South Africa. To show off what the facility can do, astronomers have pointed all 64 antennas towards the center of the Milky Way galaxy, and snapped one of the clearest shots ever taken of the mysterious region.
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An impressive Australian trial releasing millions of sterilized male mosquitoes has resulted in a more than 80 percent drop in the population of this disease-spreading insect.
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Together, David Toussaint and Kirsty Volz have more than 30 years of experience in architecture, but a recently purchased patch of land wedged in along a railway presented the couple with a new kind of challenge.
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Whether designing a new house or extending an existing home, Australia's Austin Maynard Architects' work is always interesting. The recently-completed King Bill is no exception, involving the renovation and extension of an old but fairly typical terraced house in Melbourne into something unique.
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As the fate of the Great Barrier Reef remains uncertain, a new study has examined the health of the reef over the last 30,000 years, and found that it has suffered five “death events” in the past – but its current woes could be the last straw.
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