Building and Urban Design in the Tropics

A resource for building and urban design professionals with an emphasis on North Queensland, Australia.

Consultancy and Design Services Services I provide, PDF file.
Standard Terms Standard terms of engagement, PDF file
Designing for Climate (Building and Urban Design in the Tropics) is available as a PDF file, last updated 14/07/2012.
Portal Frame Dwelling Steel portal frame as a basis for affordable housing. Drawings and details for an owner/builder project. Zip archive.
Dwelling in a shipping container Unfinished. PDF files in a Zip archive.
Small affordable dwellings General guide, PDF file.
Concept drawings for a small dwelling Work in progress, Zip archive.
Rainwater tanks - Townsville Region Results of simulation August '04 to May '12, PDF file.
(Summary of evidence that the mandatory provision of rainwater tanks would be a huge waste of resources.)

Opinions on AGW, climate change, climate alarmism.
Resources Includes sun position calculator (my Sunpath program), acoustic calculator etc.
Links  related to CRD (climate-responsive design), CAD, Planning & Architecture.
Includes comments on AutoCAD and Draftsight (free 2D CAD).
Starbusters (energy efficiency assessment)

Building Designer
QBSA Licence No. 31268

Greensmart Logo
Accreditation Number 259

I can be contacted by email on troppo19@gmail.com


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Last updated 11/01/2013

(If you think this website looks a little "dated" you are right. It has existed since 1993, when it was hosted at JCUNQ and accessible over AARNet.)