Blaze e-catalogue - Catalog - Page 59
While at the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, I chaired a committee to improve
the design of residential flat buildings in NSW—many of which were substandard and
certainly not designed as a long term housing choice. It was a multi-pronged approach.
We provided guidelines and publications on best practice case studies and set up a code
for how to design residential apartment buildings better. We interacted and worked very
closely with industry and councils. And I think we succeeded, although it’s still not perfect.
Deborah Dearing
Photographer Pat Russell, 2017
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