This year, post occupancy evaluation has become mandatory criteria as part of the New South Wales Board of Architects continuing professional development. Sue Wittenoom reflects on the scarcity of POEs and their value as a tool for learning, measuring impact, and longer-term improvement.

Image: Photo by Thomas Lipke on Unsplash

July is peak whale watching season on the east coast of Australia. Up to 40,000 humpback whales are on the move to warmer breeding grounds after a summer of feeding on krill in Antarctic waters. This year there’s already been a reported sighting of the all-white humpback whale named Migaloo – “white fella” in the language of the First Nations people of Byron Bay where he was first seen in 1991.

One white whale among tens of thousands – it’s no wonder that he makes the news.

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