Philip Oldfield
@SustainableTall
Head of School of Built Environment at UNSW Sydney and Prof of Architecture. Writer, researcher & teacher, tall buildings, housing, embodied carbon, cities
Competition winning scheme for 21 apartments in Paris Timber floors and a load-bearing limestone facade By Parages Architectes
I would love to see more terraces like this across Sydney (in fact, across cities everywhere) Awesome work by @ShaunCarter70
We are excited to share the New South Wales’ Housing Pattern Book has been released! @nswdphi @government.architect.nsw The Pattern Book is a wonderful selection of high-quality architect-designed homes that allow people to reimagine their houses, streets, and city. These…
Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.
None of those handrails look safe
My politics is whatever this is
9 social housing apartments in Mallorca Recessed balconies with adjustable shade, lots of natural materials, access to natural light and ventilation By Estruch Martorell, Estudio E. Torres Pujol + Ripon Tizon
“According to one recent study, in 2020 alone, academics globally spent more than 100 million hours peer reviewing papers for journals. For experts in the US, the time spent reviewing that year amounted to more than $1.5bn of free labour” theguardian.com/science/2025/j…
The University of New South Wales in Australia has developed studios that prioritise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and knowledge, says head of school Philip Oldfield. dezeen.com/2025/07/15/uns…