tag: rob adams
House This! Density in Melbourne
posted 07.10 in events.
The second speaker series invites key planners to discuss strategies for growing our city in a sustainable fashion. Prominent architects will then present a variety of built housing typologies, from the humble suburban block conversion to towering...
New town, old ideas?
posted 04.10 in news.
Toolern A new $15B city is to be built on the road to Ballarat. It’s called Toolern, and will plug lots of the rural gap between Caroline Springs and Melton. The new town’s footprint, if overlaid onto a map of Melbourne, would stretch...
Let's spend some money
posted 07.09 in news.
At the Planning Institute of Victoria forum on Wednesday, Professor Rob Adams announced some startling findings, from a report commissioned by the DPCD. Adams said, “the hidden costs of development, of 1000 houses built on the periphery of...