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 ...

A push to make classic home patterns available for budding developers could increase the number of multi-family units constructed across the state, adding new housing and more density as new ...

Last year the New South Wales (NSW) government in south-eastern Australia launched an international competition seeking designs for a new ‘pattern book’ providing ready-made terrace and small-scale ...

Poring over floor plans can easily become an old house lover’s obsession. Where was the kitchen when the house was built? Was there originally a fireplace in the front parlor? If row houses are your ...

Back in November 2024, the NSW Government announced the winners of the NSW Pattern Book Design Competition – six housing designs confirmed as the future of fast-build, affordable, and sustainable ...

Derided in some quarters for being the preserve of the volume housebuilder, pattern books have a rich history and could yet play a part in the government’s new housing drive Pattern books might seem a ...

Thirteen new housing designs have been commissioned for the New South Wales Housing Pattern Book, as per the state government, with the aim to make the delivery of homes faster. Some architects say it ...

Premier Chris Minns launched the state government’s New Housing Pattern Book on Wednesday morning with eight terrace, townhouse, and manor house designs. Mr Minns said the homes, designs for which ...