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2 Minutes to Understand NSW’s Latest Housing Policy

The Housing Delivery Authority (HDA) is reshaping how major residential projects move through the NSW planning system.

In just 2 minutes, learn:

✅ What the HDA pathway is
✅ How eligible sites may access the State Significant Development (SSD) process
✅ Why some commercial or constrained sites could become housing opportunities
✅ What the latest policy updates mean for developers and landowners
✅ Why acting early matters as assessment criteria continue to evolve

If you own or control land with redevelopment potential, understanding the HDA pathway could make a significant difference to your project’s future.

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Choose wisely: mapo tofu or chow mein.
Your answer may reveal how Chinese you are 😭

“Why did you want to be a part of this project?”

We asked the team behind MOCA Haymarket one simple question — and their answers say everything about the vision, passion, and people shaping the project.

Stay tuned as MOCA continues to take shape in Haymarket.


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今日，澳洲華人博物館（Museum of Chinese in Australia, MOCA）正式向城市開放。

這是一個里程碑時刻。
它標誌著澳洲華人文化在城市公共版圖中的確立與延續。

MOCA 的落成，不只是建築的完成，而是一個文化平台的誕生。它承載歷史記憶，同時面向未來世代。這是一場屬於社群的慶典，也是一個屬於城市的新篇章。

作為 MOCA 的建築師團隊，我們從概念到落成全程參與。建築體量的城市對話、動線的組織邏輯、光影與材質的精準控制——每一個決策，都是為了讓建築成為文化承傳的基礎設施。

在馬年新春之際，象徵前行與動能的時刻，我們與 Anthony Albanese、Tanya Plibersek、Clover Moore 共同見證這歷史時刻。

這不僅是一座建築。
這是一個文化被正式寫入城市未來的起點。

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Today, the Museum of Chinese in Australia (MOCA) opens to the city.

This is a milestone.

It marks the formal establishment of Chinese-Australian cultural heritage within Sydney’s civic landscape.

MOCA is not merely the completion of a building. It is the creation of a cultural platform — one that carries memory while projecting confidently into the future. It is both a community celebration and the beginning of a new civic chapter.

As architects, we were engaged from inception through to delivery. The dialogue between built form and city, the orchestration of movement, the disciplined articulation of light and material — every decision was made to ensure the architecture functions as cultural infrastructure.

Opening in the Year of the Horse — a symbol of momentum and forward motion — the occasion carries particular resonance. Together with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Minister Tanya Plibersek and Lord Mayor Clover Moore, we mark a defining moment.

This is not simply a building.
It is a beginning.

MOCA site update, strong progress and solid teamwork driving things forward this week.

Exciting milestones taking shape.

More updates coming soon.

Progress Update …. Coming Soon

We wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year. Here is our guide on how to do it 😝😂

Culture in the making

Should we make presentations a weekly thing 🤔 any suggestions