Tony Trobe
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Minister Mick Gentleman on the government’s vision for the future of Canberra
Canberra architect Tony Trobe talks to Mick Gentleman, Minister for Planning and Land Management, about the balancing act of planning for a growing city. → Read More
A look at the Canberra home where former prime minister Gough Whitlam lived
Canberra architect Tony Trobe of TT Architecture chats to Roberts about Gough Whitlam’s residential history in Canberra. → Read More
Murder, suicide and ghosts in Manuka's The Pines landmark
The curious Spanish-looking building on the corner of Furneaux and Bougainville streets in Manuka is a familiar landmark to many Canberrans. → Read More
Canberra report card: An architect’s view on the city’s planning and design
An end-of-term report card for planning and design in Canberra\'s first 100 or so years by Tony Trobe. → Read More
Q&A with Singapore-based architect Richard Hassell ahead of Canberra talk
Tony Trobe talks to Singapore-based architect Richard Hassell, who is presenting as part of the Contemporary Architects Speaker Series at the National Gallery of Australia on September 26. → Read More
Get to know ACT Government Architect, Catherine Townsend
Architect Tony Trobe of TT Architecture talks to Catherine Townsend about her role as the ACT Government Architect. → Read More
Design Matters: How smart design can help tackle housing affordability
We should tackle affordability from the bottom. To do this, we need to start with good design. → Read More
Tony Trobe: We don’t need so much space
For some it may be a badge of honour but I consider it a matter of shame that Australia builds the biggest homes in the world. → Read More
Architecture helps us reach for the sky
This week Tony Trobe talks to Byron Kelly as part of an occasional series with Masters of Architecture students at the University of Canberra. They have written manifestos as part of research into contemporary architects. → Read More
The ‘first-person point of view’ within architecture
Within the free enterprise system we live in today, architecture relies heavily upon image to sell itself - hidden experiences are lost to us. → Read More
What to do with the dead heart of the national capital?
Does Canberra really suffer from too many rules and regulations? → Read More
Reinventing the village
We need to look at new ways of designing for density in the ACT. → Read More
How did Burley Griffin deal with bogans?
We need to work out what makes a great community before we start the plans for Canberra's future. → Read More
Humanitarian architecture – post-natural disaster and refugee housing design
Architects can offer lateral thinking to solve the most serious of problems. → Read More
Housing affordability: mortgage insurance a fair go or a rip-off?
First home buyers have it bad enough without the addition of mortgage insurance. → Read More
Canberra's housing doughnut crisis
The monopoly supply of land in Canberra is leading to a doughnut effect where the land in new outer suburbs is actually more valuable than the inner suburbs. → Read More
Let's become the world's coolest little capital
Civic is nearly as dead as Walter Burley Griffin, and seems unlikely to meet the lake any time soon. → Read More
Canberra homes are bigger but not always better
Canberra builds a lot of big houses but do we really need all that space? → Read More