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Greater Perth
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Frank Roberts, Architect and Planner. Frank discussion of planning, sustainability and aesthetics in urban Australia. Urban Bibbulmun ». March 21, 2012. One of the terms of reference for the Alan Robson chaired Local Government Reform Panel is ‘. The reduction in the overall number of local governments. To better meet the needs of the community’. In any future model, the size of the City. Of Perth should be increased and its role enhanced. It’s no wonder Perth finds it difficult to create a coherent urba...
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Some subdivisions don’t add up
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Frank Roberts, Architect and Planner. Frank discussion of planning, sustainability and aesthetics in urban Australia. Baby buses and baby boomers ». Some subdivisions don’t add up. May 15, 2012. Sometimes It all goes wrong with the sub-division; decisions made at a very early development stage that sentence occupants to a lifetime of living in a dark and cold house or expensive energy bills trying to mitigate the environmental misery. The rear boundaries of all eight narrow lots front laneways, two of th...
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Frank Roberts, Architect and Planner | public transport
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Frank Roberts, Architect and Planner. Frank discussion of planning, sustainability and aesthetics in urban Australia. Tag Archives: public transport. Baby buses and baby boomers. June 20, 2012. There is a growing problem in Perth and elsewhere in the Western world, largely ignored to date by planners and politicians, and that is how we deal with the impact of the baby boomer generation. Steve Roberts Web Design.
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Baby buses and baby boomers
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Frank Roberts, Architect and Planner. Frank discussion of planning, sustainability and aesthetics in urban Australia. Some subdivisions don’t add up. In Praise of Older Houses 1 ». Baby buses and baby boomers. June 20, 2012. There is a growing problem in Perth and elsewhere in the Western world, largely ignored to date by planners and politicians, and that is how we deal with the impact of the baby boomer generation. Surely smaller buses servicing more streets make more economic (and environmental) sense?
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Frank Roberts, Architect and Planner | walks
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Frank Roberts, Architect and Planner. Frank discussion of planning, sustainability and aesthetics in urban Australia. March 22, 2012. In 1972, the original planners of the Bibbulmun Track conceived a Lancelin to Albany walk, and when you look at the overview map of the current Track, taken from the excellent website www.bibbulmuntrack.org.au, the northern terminus at Kalamunda seems an odd place to end what is becoming one of the Great Walks of the World. Steve Roberts Web Design.
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Frank Roberts, Architect and Planner | housing
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Frank Roberts, Architect and Planner. Frank discussion of planning, sustainability and aesthetics in urban Australia. April 7, 2012. Australian one-family houses have been getting a whole lot bigger. The average size of a new house increased by 40% between 1980 and 2010, rising from 160 to 260m2 and we now have the largest average house size in the world. Over that same thirty-year period, there has been significant growth in one and two-person [.]. Steve Roberts Web Design.
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Gaddafi's Pyjamas - Christine James
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A Living Guide to the Middle East. How are you connected to the Middle East? I am connected to the Middle East in two ways, geopolitically and personally. As a citizen of a world of pain and chaos, the Middle East worries us all. The suffering created by the thoughtless bureaucrats and greedy colonists, leaves my British blood boiling! Have you got an image you’d like to share that’s somehow related to the region? For you, what’s the best thing about the region, a specific country or area? What’s your ad...
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Frank Roberts - Gaddafi's Pyjamas
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A Living Guide to the Middle East. Architect and Planner, semi-retired. How are you connected to the Middle East? I have had several opportunities during my career to work as an architect in the Middle East. The last was in the early 1980s when a firm of Swedish Architects offered me a position in Oman (Muscat). This firm also did work in Libya. One housing project they had there was developing a piece of land that turned into an archeological site (Cyrene? And, what would you say the worst thing is?
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Middle East Guide - About Gaddafi's Pyjamas
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A Living Guide to the Middle East. Gaddafi’s Pyjamas is a living Middle East guide. It’s an attempt to begin a new form of dialogue and communication about a region that is often misunderstood or misrepresented in the mainstream media. Again, I’d like to stress that you don’t need to be an expert on the region or indeed, have even been there to participate in this Middle East guide. Just have an interest and/or knowledge of the broader region and be willing to share your story. Of the region yourself?
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Frank Roberts, Architect and Planner | affordability
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Frank Roberts, Architect and Planner. Frank discussion of planning, sustainability and aesthetics in urban Australia. April 7, 2012. Australian one-family houses have been getting a whole lot bigger. The average size of a new house increased by 40% between 1980 and 2010, rising from 160 to 260m2 and we now have the largest average house size in the world. Over that same thirty-year period, there has been significant growth in one and two-person [.]. Steve Roberts Web Design.
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