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‘Beautiful to look at and wonderful to live in’: new pattern designs could be next art deco or red brick classics


Competition-winning apartment building plans should be approved twice as quickly by NSW councils, and will be three to six storeys high

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Airy Scandinavian interiors, shaded balconies, light-filled courtyards – could these be Sydney’s next art deco apartment blocks or red brick walk-ups?

The New South Wales government has launched nine new mid-rise apartment building pattern book designs, which it hopes will support the construction of 112,000 homes in the “missing middle” over the next five years, through its controversial low and mid-rise (LMR) reforms.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/nov/24/australia-housing-nsw-council-new-architecture-pattern-books-art-deco-red-brick-classics

Author : Penry Buckley

Publish date : 2025-11-24 03:07:00

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