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eBooks
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Smart Buildings
This book explores how buildings and spaces are designed, built, used, and better understood through technology.
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Online Video
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Australia by Design: Architecture
Discover how a Perth architect decided he had to build a demo house to prove medium density is the future, and we visit a house built in the clouds above the Great Ocean Road.
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Catalyst: Building Greener Cities
Cities are one of our greatest inventions, they bring us together and drive wealth, but as more of us flock to live and work in them, we need to find ways to make them greener, more sustainable and efficient places to live.
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Passive Homes Helping to Cut Energy Bills
Poor building standards mean many Australians are paying through the nose to heat and cool their homes. But there's a radical solution that could cut bills by up to 90%25.
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Workplace Health and Safety: The Construction Toolkit
Construction sites are potentially highly dangerous working environments. All workers must have a sound understanding of the importance of workplace health and safety in every aspect of what they do
Books
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The Australian House Building Manual
The House Building Manual is an entirely Australian manual and is thoroughly researched in co-operation with the Australian timber, brick and concrete associations
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The Sustainable House Handbook
A comprehensive guide to building an affordable, eco-friendly and energy, plus water-efficient green home for the future
Journals
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Architectural Review
Since 1896, The Architectural Review has scoured the globe for architecture that challenges and inspires. Buildings old and new are chosen as prisms through which arguments and broader narratives are constructed. In their fearless storytelling, independent critical voices explore the forces that shape the homes, cities and places we inhabit.
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ReNew : Technology for a Sustainable Future
The nation's premier magazine on practical, cost-effective technologies for an environmentally sustainable home and lifestyle.
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Sanctuary : Sustainable Living with Style
Australia's only dedicated sustainable house design magazine, profiling the best in environmentally aware architectural and design solutions
Construction Methods and Technology
Lecturer Recommended
Sustainable High-Rise Buildings : Design, Technology, and Innovation
This comprehensive reference covers the state-of-the-art of advanced research, innovations and future perspectives towards sustainable high-rise buildings.
A Handbook of Sustainable Building Design and Engineering
The second edition of this authoritative textbook equips students with the tools they will need to tackle the challenges of sustainable building design and engineering.
Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing, Revised Edition
Addresses both by providing housing stability, safety, and financial predictability while constructing and operating the buildings to reduce environmental and climate impacts.