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What is pattern book development and how can it help ease the housing crisis?

  • Written by David Kroll, Senior Lecturer in Architecture, University of Adelaide
What is pattern book development and how can it help ease the housing crisis?Sydney terrace housing.David Kroll

Australian cities are grappling with ways to increase housing supply and make it more affordable. One suggested solution is “pattern book” development. The idea made headlines when proposed recently by Housing Now, an alliance of businesses and lobby groups in New South Wales.

The problem, they argue,...

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