The City Whisperer

Dr Jon Drane’s article on the State of Contemporary Property Development Theory just received an award for 800 reads on ResearchGate. This article summarises Dr Jon Drane’s practitioner doctorate (the…

Mixed Zoning in Cities has provided town and city planners with the ability to allow or promote different uses on a particular site. But does it always work, is it…

The mental health of cities declines as cities grow and we become disconnected and feel we don’t belong. Cities make us more anxious and disconnected. All are drivers for poor…

Dr Jon Drane wrote the  first practitioner doctorate (worldwide) on city development processes and the way property developers operate in both the private and public sector. The doctorate is titled…

After the horror of Champlain Tower which is shown briefly in the video below we can undertake a history check on your apartment tower. The history check involves a case…

A Decade of Dangerous Defects Since Bankstown 2012 How far have we come nationally and internationally with solving dangerous defects in muti-apartment towers? Please take time to review our chronology…

We welcome early to mid career students and professionals to write a 750 word blog article on the theme of city growth, it’s impact on mental health and your vision…

The Pilot Station, so well known to locals at Dunbogan and surrounds has always held a mystery. The station is a remnant of the light house and pilot era of…

The Pilot Station on The Camden Haven Headland not only holds a colonial history but also a deep indigenous heritage that is found in the middens that are revealed in…

Dr Drane reveals the workings of the Pilot Station on Camden Haven headland and how the boatmen and the Pilot worked hand in hand across the two headlands. The above…