Seasons Greetings

The studio celebrated their hard efforts of a good year with an inside out party.

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With rising energy costs from the Carbon Tax, there is a green energy future with zero emission power generation.

With Panax Geothermal successfully drilling Australias first Geothermal well head earlier in the year and the company developing its power generating platform at the South Australian Penola plant. DC8 Studio were approached by Coles Lawson to produce a DVD and animation showing Panax Geothermal’s international experience and to also to explain the process of generating geothermal power to an inexperienced audience in Australia.

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DC8 Studio receive award in national competition for Canberra's Northbourne Flats

DC8 Studio recently entered a national competition for the remodelling a major public housing complex on the important axial Northbourne Avenue in Canberra. We were awarded second place - well done to all the crew at DC8 Studio.

Our proposal was based on achieving 3 key visions:

1. To create interesting and engaging spaces to connect for a happy community. We believe this offers long term resilience; 
2. Develop principles of carbon positive interventions over the long term; and, 
3. Respond to the Garden City axis of Northbourne Avenue. 

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Renovating the Brisbane Queenslander

What do you do when you can’t get approval to demolish your Queenslander, but you need to expand your house and want a contemporary design?  How do you create great, light-filled spaces on a south-facing lot?  And how do you stretch your budget and avoid it being swallowed up in the unforeseen, but inevitable costs associated with renovating old homes.  DC8 Studio’s recent project in Windsor demonstrates one solution - a pavilion we call the “Backyard Box”.

See more of the “Backyard Box” renovation of the Anderson house here

Carbon tax and the Property Sector

Our colleagues at the Property Council of Australia have published a snapshot of some of the issues the property sector faces with the advent of the new Carbon Tax. Most concerning is the Government’s own admission that the property sector is one of the few to shrink over the short and long term.

Published:07 Jul 2011Author:Property CouncilSource:Property Council of Australia

The Federal Government has launched Securing a clean energy future: the Australian Government’s climate change plan.The core of the plan is the introduction of a price on carbon pollution.Treasury’s modelling shows that the construction industry is one of the few to shrink over both the short and long term.The Government’s own analysis spotlights disturbing risks for the property and construction industry that should be addressed before carbon tax arrangements are finalised.

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