Wendy Frew

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Wendy is an award-winning journalist and sub-editor specialising in the environment and sustainability. She is a regular contributor to The Fifth Estate.

Caring for Country should be a sustainability and green design priority

There must be meaningful engagement between Indigenous knowledge holders and the rest of Australia if we want to care for Country and communities, say Indigenous knowledge holders.

The inclusive apartments of the future need visionary backers

Wendy Frew
2 December, 2019

Property consultant Abdul Khan told Tomorrowland19 about plans for a new style of sustainable housing, with apartments to suit everyone from youth with disabilities to retirees looking to downsize. But…

Peter Poulet on the new role of the architect

Wendy Frew
2 December, 2019

Peter Poulet likes to think of architects as Renaissance professionals, “people who think deeply and widely”, finding inspiration in all kinds of disciplines, from sister fields such as engineering and…

Australia’s top commercial property developers are talking about “radical sustainability”. But – as the audience at Tomorrowland19 heard, last month – if these ideas are to reach the mass market,…

3XN’s Fred Holt on why buildings need to be beautiful, sustainable and perform well

Wendy Frew
2 December, 2019

Fred Holt, partner in charge of 3XN, one of the most exciting architectural studios in the world, explained some of his firm’s sustainability philosophy in relation to AMP Capital’s Quay…

AMP Capital’s new “vertical village” QQT pushes out the envelope for design and sustainability

Wendy Frew
2 December, 2019

There’s been huge collaboration between, architects, engineers and council with a strong eye to social as well as environmental sustainability, in one of Sydney’s new skyscrapers. 3XN doesn’t just design…

Tomorrowland 2019 discovered what can be created when you team an architect with a passion for affordable, sustainable housing with impact investors and bankers: carbon neutral, low-cost housing that creates…

Architecture and construction can create a better world, students tell Tomorrowland19

Wendy Frew
2 December, 2019

Today’s architecture, engineering and construction students are tomorrow’s builders. Tomorrowland 2019 heard from two Western Sydney University students – Manuel Hankoo and Lavender Liu – whose passion for the built…

Technology and smart cities: enabling better performance or better capture?

Wendy Frew
2 December, 2019

Smart cities – and the technology that create them – offer the promise of more efficient and cost-effective urban environments. But what are the privacy and legal implications of wiring…