Archive - The Emergent City

Can we please stop pretending the market can save us?

Construction is stalling, prices aren’t falling, and wages can’t catch up. So what now?

May 31 •

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Where the shovels aren't

A fractured construction sector reveals deeper structural fatigue and a system struggling to deliver.

May 8 •

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February 2025

The problem with James Howe

Why designers aren't useful critics of the housing crisis

Feb 11 •

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October 2024

What would it actually take to stop gentrification?

How attempts to resist gentrification miss the broader forces that make it inevitable.

Oct 23, 2024 •

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September 2024

Brisbane's Housing Paradox: What Happens When New Apartments Are More Expensive Than Houses?

What the growing gap between suburban homes and new apartments means for Brisbane’s future.

Sep 23, 2024 •

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July 2024

We should build train stations in the middle of nowhere

Australia needs a philosophical shift in how we view public transport infrastructure.

Jul 4, 2024 •

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April 2024

Why is the Missing Middle... missing?

We have some reasons and we wrote them down.

Apr 29, 2024 •

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We don't need more housing targets, we need more tradies

A bidding war for construction labour risks more inflation

Apr 15, 2024 •

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January 2024

From convicts to The Castle: How real estate created, and could destroy the Australian middle class

Home ownership = the middle class = political stability

Jan 11, 2024 •

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December 2023

The housing crisis is an emergency and we're not acting like it

How a multigenerational legacy of smooth sailing, political stagnation and cultural complacency sustains the housing crisis.

Dec 21, 2023 •

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October 2023

The Great Australian Labour Crisis

Something's gotta give - so who will win and who will lose?

Oct 12, 2023 •

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July 2023

Empty Seats and Silent Halls: The Paradoxical State of University Campuses in the Digital Era

To regain their relevance in the 21st century, campuses must choose between embracing modernity, or rejecting it.

Jul 3, 2023 •

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