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Essential City
ESSENTIAL CITY is a futuristic amalgam of 6 cities within the Coachella Valley and Morongo Basin, each with its own particular challenges.
Don Albert
Nov 2, 20231 min read


Between Heart and Sky, Part II
Part II of the 1 hour Q&A by Sean O'Toole with artists Don Albert and Arno Morland joint exhibition at Habitus Loop Gallery, 61 Loop...
Don Albert
Oct 18, 20237 min read


Between Heart & Sky - A conversation
Part I of the 1 hour Q&A by Sean O'Toole with artists Don Albert and Arno Morland joint exhibition at Habitus Loop Gallery, 61 Loop...
Don Albert
Oct 13, 202317 min read


The dance for climate change action
So here we are on the 1st of February 2021... We can finally exhale - just a bit. After a gruelling US election complete with a botched...
Don Albert
Feb 1, 20214 min read


NOW WE KNOW - In conversation with Don Albert, a decade after his seminal essay, NOT KNOWING.
As the most important climate election unfolds in the USA, University of Cape Town Associate Professor of Architecture Nic Coetzer chats...

Robyn L Harding
Nov 2, 202025 min read


Covid-19: Let's make this the microbe that saved the world.
The apparent paradox of closing borders yet returning to science and inevitably Keynesian economics is liberating for both left and right. I
Don Albert
Apr 10, 20209 min read


Hot desking in hell: The workplace in the age of emergencies
Before digital nomadism and coworking became a thing, and years before the climate crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic forced us to start rethi
Don Albert
Mar 19, 20209 min read


Facing the fires
Resilience is not just about building codes; it’s about social cohesion and a reason to stay, indeed for some, a reason to live.
Don Albert
Mar 5, 202010 min read


Meet Stevo, SA's friendly 'firey', now on his 4th Kangaroo Island bushfire deployment this season...
We speak with CFS volunteer Stephen Brewster about what it's like to fight in Australia's most unprecedented fire season.
Don Albert
Jan 17, 20207 min read


AFTER THE FIRES...Australia must stop and think.
Rural living needs resilience through collective built-form, innovative town-planning and better resource management. It's not 1950.
Don Albert
Jan 6, 20206 min read


Fighting Fire with Fire...or damp squib?
Oh what a different rally Sydney's "NSW is Burning, Sydney is Choking - Climate Emergency Rally!” was compared to the...
Don Albert
Dec 12, 20195 min read


Yes, we've gone meta...
We are excited to launch a new addition to the Climate Change Cities website, the CCC Research Database. Yes, we've gone meta… After...
Don Albert
Dec 9, 20192 min read


A new Australia began today.
Did a new Australia begin today? Was today's climate strike more jamboree than shout to the top? Or are we getting somewhere?
Don Albert
Sep 20, 20193 min read


REFUGE CITY : The city of now!
In the climate emergency, radical solutions to accommodate the tide of both domestic and international refugees are on cue
Don Albert
Jul 27, 20195 min read


Proud Heritage Clothing Campus
The incestuous relationship between fashion, music and architecture in the form of pop music videos, forms the cultural context for the...
Don Albert
Jul 12, 20192 min read


The Organic House
This north-facing site slopes steeply towards the stream that forms its western boundary, and a dramatic backdrop of Table Mountain rises...
Don Albert
Jul 12, 20191 min read


The Grey House
Designed on three levels, this bold beach house is inspired by the Palm Beach homes of Paul Rudolph, and the symmetrical and interwowen...
Don Albert
Jul 11, 20191 min read


Victoria Embankment Urban Design
A vision for the Victoria Embankment Urban Design study by using a new process of analysis and contemporary trans-discursive planning method
Don Albert
Jul 11, 20192 min read


World's Largest Observation Wheel
The Sudarshan Wheel is a comprehensively designed multivalent icon for modern India.
Don Albert
Jul 11, 20191 min read


"Know what you’re voting for, let’s make this the climate election."
The call for action by striking school students at the Bondi Beach Climate Rally in Sydney on Friday 3rd May was crystal clear: Stop the Ada
Don Albert
May 4, 20193 min read
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