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I grew up designing sandcastles on Sunshine Beach, elaborate multi-levelled miniature mansions complete with mock infinity pools and moats, roof top terraces and basement carparks, who knew in a few decades time I would be renovating some of the very coastal homes I’d watch being designed and built as a boy. I was raised at the north end of Sunshine Beach…

For those of us who work in the property and development sector it may be obvious what a DA (Development Approval) is, but for those ‘civilians’ who are not familiar with the built environment and property development terminology A Development Approval, Development Application or “DA” as the common abbreviation refers to an approval required from…

10 ‘Architectural’ concepts gleaned from Dieter Rams book AS LITTLE DESIGN AS POSSIBLE WHICH COULD BE ADAPTED TO ANY NEW HOUSE BEING DESIGNED  ON THE SUNSHINE COAST     Good design is innovative Good design makes a product useful Good design is aesthetic Good design makes a product understandable Good design is unobtrusive Good design is honest…