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    Tone on Tuesday asks: What’s up with Palm Beach?
    Tone on Tuesday asks: What’s up with Palm Beach?

    Sydney’s architects and planners have been bemused by a controversy over noise complaints made by residents of the far northern suburb of Palm Beach.


    Luxury hotel design from the ground up - three insights from Sydney's Pullman Penrith
    Luxury hotel design from the ground up - three insights from Sydney's Pullman Penrith

    Paris or Penrith? The 5-star Pullman Penrith opened in August 2023, bringing a luxury hotel experience to Western Sydney for the first time. With its 153 rooms, modern European restaurant and stylish lobby bar, the Pullman Penrith has quickly established itself as a go-to destination for locals and visitors alike.


    Future facing: Architectus on new directions in facade design
    Future facing: Architectus on new directions in facade design

    Over the last two decades, sleek skyscrapers encased in glass have been a common sight on our city skylines. An international trend projecting an element of prestige and power, the façades of these gleaming towers were relatively cost-efficient and straightforward to replicate and so began to proliferate.


    Design notes for early April 2024, by Tone on Tuesday
    Design notes for early April 2024, by Tone on Tuesday

    Ideas and issues on design process, design policy, design and politics.


    Tone Wheeler asks: Is it prefab or pre-drab – the dilemma of factory-made houses
    Tone Wheeler asks: Is it prefab or pre-drab – the dilemma of factory-made houses

    Modular or prefab housing is the latest thought bubble from the Federal Government to help solve the current housing crisis. It’s a beautiful idea, to make a whole house or apartment in a factory, and yet it’s failed to take off for 75 years. Why? First, the upside.


    Design notes for week 13/2024 from Tone on Tuesday
    Design notes for week 13/2024 from Tone on Tuesday

    A column about design process, design policy, design and politics.


    Building beyond broken procurement with data
    Building beyond broken procurement with data

    The construction procurement model is broken.


    Design notes for week 12/2024 from Tone on Tuesday
    Design notes for week 12/2024 from Tone on Tuesday

    A column about design process, design policy, design and politics.


    Yutjuwala Djiwarr Aged Care: Forging new ground in culturally appropriate aged care
    Yutjuwala Djiwarr Aged Care: Forging new ground in culturally appropriate aged care

    Over the last 7 years we (Kaunitz Yeung Architecture) have been quietly working with a wide spectrum of collaborators including: aged care residents, prospective residents, families, elders, community leaders, Aboriginal Corporations, government, perators and aged care experts to develop a new more culturally appropriate approach to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Aged Care.


    The way forward from banned benchtops
    The way forward from banned benchtops

    Architects, designers, home renovators - all fell in love with the inexpensive opulence of engineered stone. It was top of the wish list for every homemaker; we just couldn’t get enough of faux marble.


    Urban planner pushes for trackless trams
    Urban planner pushes for trackless trams

    A leading Australian urban planner is pushing for a rollout of the technology across the country’s congested and car-centric suburbs.


    Is it time to make public transport free?
    Is it time to make public transport free?

    Dr Mike Harris, lecturer in urban design and landscape architecture from the School of Built Environment at UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture, says ditching fares has many benefits for cities and citizens.


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