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Photos of the building collapse at 780-786 New South Head Rd, Rose Bay

‘Freak accident’: Rose Bay villa partially collapses during luxury rebuild

A century-old harbourside villa has been partially reduced to rubble – the latest casualty in a development surge sweeping Sydney’s suburbs.

  • David Barwell

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The first stage of the RBA’s head office upgrade is due to be determined by the City of Sydney Council next week.

Why RBA’s Sydney office rebuild has landed it in trouble with a court

A redevelopment of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s asbestos-ridden headquarters has sparked fears noise and vibrations will affect a nearby courthouse and may lead to mistrials.

  • David Barwell
Barden Ridge clearing GIF

Developer who illegally cleared land to build $3 million mansion forced to replant native bush

After illegally clearing the site, landowners proposed to build a mansion which included a tenpin bowling alley and a man cave.

  • Kayla Olaya
Judith and Brian Preston, chief judge of the Land and Environment Court, and their architect Glenn Murcutt, almost 90 years old, at their house which he designed in the Sydney suburb of St Ives for, which was completed in 1992.

Why exploring this Sydney home is like finding an unplayed Mozart

The 89th birthday of Australia’s most celebrated architect, Glenn Murcutt, has prompted a major celebration of his work and his style of climate-friendly design.

  • Julie Power
Images of the home in 1 Longview Street, Balmain, from the Cobden Hayson online listings.

Court paves way for demolition of Sydney waterfront mansion

Two new homes will be constructed on the site of the 1880s property after the council lost an appeal.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Unknown vandals have drilled multiple holes into a hundred year old fig tree, poisoning it.

Fight to save Hunters Hill trees after ‘calculated act of vandalism’

Injected with poison, razed and drilled with multiple holes. Now the latest in an alleged string of “calculated” attacks against Sydney’s trees has left residents fuming.

  • Cindy Yin
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John Curtis took his neighbour to court over palm trees, shown inset, that he alleged blocked the view from his Darling Point home.

The palm trees, the harbour views and the multimillion-dollar mansion

A former Allianz Australia chairman claimed his neighbour’s trees obstructed views from his Darling Point trophy home.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Property development group Goldmate had about half its land in Luddenham near Badgerys Creek compulsorily acquired by Transport for NSW.

The $33m Sydney block and the supersized price tag

A prime parcel of land near Sydney’s planned second airport is at the centre of a landmark court fight.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Snip, snip: the Land and Environment Court ruled on the neighbourly dispute on Friday.

War of the lilly pillies: Mosman neighbours don’t hedge bets in tree row

Two north shore families called in silks to argue the finer points of law concerning an offending hedge - and whether the law should be applied in the present or past tense.

  • Carrie Fellner
Ku-Ring-Gai Mayor Sam Ngai on Thursday.

This mayor says he’s ‘more YIMBY than NIMBY’, but his council will sue the state over housing

Ku-ring-gai mayor Sam Ngai has come under fire from the planning minister for making a legal challenge to the state’s new laws.

  • Anthony Segaert