Sydney Archives | The Fifth Estate

There’s a big equity issue in urban greening and cooling and local councils need more power to tackle it

by Ozgur Gocer, Anusha Roy and Shamila Haddad 17 September 202418 September 2024

Business & Politics

HY William Chan on city governance for sustainability

by Willow Aliento 3 September 20243 September 2024

Pattern book designs are for breaking and not archi-wank

by Dick Clarke, Envirotecture 17 June 202417 June 2024

Eight ways to improve housing

by Joseph O'Donoghue 18 March 202419 March 2024

NSW Productivity Commissioner calls for more homes in inner areas but heritage conservation areas are in the way

by Chris Johnson 19 February 202422 February 2024

Tree canopy in Greater Sydney, how are we doing?

by Jan Orton, Mosaic Insights and Sophie Moore, Mosaic Insights 14 February 202419 February 2024

Heritage and telling Sydney’s story

by Joseph O'Donoghue 31 January 202431 January 2024

Does this stack up? A couple more storeys to fix housing. Nero thinks so

by Tim Sneesby 30 November 20234 December 2023

We need yet more land – or some good solutions

by Mike Brown 14 November 202315 November 2023

How Athens chief heat officer Eleni Myrivili is dealing with extreme heat, the “silent killer”

by Rose Mary Petrass 7 December 20217 December 2021

Neighbors sharing things and helping each other through open windows of house. Concept of good neighborhood, people's unity, mutual aid and support. Colored flat vector illustration isolated on white.

A farewell to boarding houses

by Philip Bull, Civic Assessment 7 September 202120 June 2022

News from the Front Desk

On holograms cities, media messaging & climate action plans

by The Fifth Estate - our view 9 July 20219 July 2021

Construction & Development

City of Sydney to introduce net zero emissions standards for new buildings

by Duncan Murray 24 May 202124 May 2021

Clover Moore April 2021

Business & Politics

Why Clover Moore was named one of the 10 people who shaped Sydney

by Tina Perinotto 22 April 202126 April 2021

How our new loosey goosey zoning threatens our economy

by Tina Perinotto 5 March 20218 March 2021

Williams on Covid’s great “levelling out” between subs and burbs

by Tim Williams 15 February 202117 February 2021

WATER: How does NSW make sure it doesn’t get so close to Day Zero again?

by Poppy Johnston 15 October 202023 October 2020

building construction site

Brookfield tops out its 6 star skyscraper at Wynyard Station

by Mollie Hersh 26 August 202026 August 2020

Jobs and Biz News

Atlassian’s new HQ at Sydney’s Tech Central lures long time Lendlease talent

by Poppy Johnston 18 August 202020 August 2020

Exciting news for affordable housing in our most expensive cities

by Poppy Johnston 6 July 20207 July 2020

Will streamlining planning make a difference to housing outcomes?

by Tina Perinotto 14 May 202014 May 2020

Planning & Design

Sydney’s complacent planning when we need resilience and urgent change

by Philip Bull, Dickson Rothschild 30 March 20207 April 2020

empty street

High streets and how to make them great people places

by Daniel Hill, Committee for Sydney 24 March 202026 March 2020

Quality concerns still plaguing Sydney’s residential market

by Poppy Johnston 27 February 202028 February 2020

Anzac bridge

New thinking needed to address Sydney growth constraints

by Mike Brown 10 December 201912 December 2019

Less is more when it comes to renovating homes

by Anne Susskind – Reloved Buildings, TFE Special Report 15 November 2019

5 examples of adaptive reuse, from Sydney to Shanghai

by Damian Clarke – Reloved Buildings, TFE Special Report 11 November 2019

Sam Sangster

Planning for Sydney’s new airport city won’t include sustainability targets

by Wendy Frew 10 October 201920 November 2019

Ultimo Pyrmont – A neighbourhood and community not to be messed with!

Ultimo Pyrmont – A neighbourhood and community not to be messed with!

by Sue Holliday, University of NSW 19 September 201925 September 2019

girl in long grass symbol of climate emergency

News from the Front Desk

On why we called the next Tomorrowland I, human

by Tina Perinotto 12 September 201913 September 2019