Mirvac School of Sustainable Development

Message from the Head of School 

Sustainable development is not just about minimising environmental impacts. 

With the current worldwide growth of city populations and the expansion of rural and coastal centres, the challenge for today’s architects, urban planners, developers and government authorities is to create communities that will provide long-term quality of life for the future generations that will make their home there.

This ‘quality of life’ is a complex formula defined by a living environment that offers affordable housing, easy access to healthcare, education and a myriad of other services, efficient transport and a sense of community, all within the parameters of environmentally efficient design.

New building codes and government legislation have established foundational guidelines, while emerging technologies and planning philosophies will provide the building blocks of those future communities.

Bond University’s Mirvac School of Sustainable Development is the first designated planning and design institute in Australia to develop a new approach to architectural, planning, real estate and development education that fully integrates these variant elements.

Positioned within Bond University’s Institute of Sustainable Development and Architecture the School offers a comprehensive suite of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, developed from the ground up to embrace the very latest environmental, master planning and design guidelines.

Designed and delivered by the best minds in the business, these programs are dedicated to fostering a new breed of innovative, imaginative and inventive professionals, fired with the ambition to create buildings, towns and, most importantly, communities that will serve as a lasting legacy for future generations. 

Professor George Earl PhD
Head of School
Mirvac School of Sustainable Development