Editor’s Note

Editor’s Note

Sustainability is, in all ways, the hot buzzword of the design industry.

All building designers seek to create, achieve and perfect the ultimate sustainable design. But really, what is the true meaning of sustainability, and how does the top quality designer make sustainable design work for them, the design industry, and the Australian and global built environment?

In the Building Designers Association of Australia, designers strive continually to create and present ecofriendly designs that, having been cultivated through the use of sustainable techniques and materials, both respect and enhance the earth and the environment. At the same time, they seek to render these designs optimally functional and absolutely beautiful.

In the pages of this edition of By Design magazine, we invite you to behold and learn more about the finest sustainable designs, as produced by Australia’s top designers and thermal assessors, our industry partners and friends. Also learn more about the design trends governing and defining today’s sustainable design industry, including National Residential Building, plus award winning projects and designs.

Please enjoy this informative journey through a wiser, more beautiful and more functional sustainable built environment.