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Engineers Australia Excellence Awards Project of the Year nominations extended to 2 July

Nominations for the Engineers Australia Excellence Awards Project of the Year have now been extended until Tuesday 2 July. Nominations for the Engineers Australia Excellence Awards Project of the Year have now been extended until Tuesday 2 July...

News | 11/06/2024

Tone on Tuesday: Architecture schools Part 3 / Design studio curriculum

design studio. We can address these criticisms by developing a more rigorous design process, which is the subject of next week's column, our final on architectural education. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa Studio, Adjunct...

News | 14/07/2020

MAURICE AND I: The genesis of Warren and Mahoney

Christchurch had their lives turned upside down, when a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck at 12.53pm on a Tuesday. It was shallow, incredibly powerful and centred close to the city's CBD. Almost the entire built legacy of Warren and Mahoney was destroyed in...

News | 29/08/2024

Feedback on Friday with Tone Wheeler

Tone on Tuesday columns often elicit comments, which I’d like to share in an occasional Friday missive. Tone on Tuesday columns often elicit comments, which I’d like to share in an occasional Friday missive. OPUS MUSIVUM BG (one of...

News | 09/07/2021

Tone on Tuesday: The declining quality of our buildings

construction industry across Australia” would answer those questions. Commonly known as the Shergold-Weir report, for the two lawyers who authored it, it was comprehensive, relying as the authors pointed out on a mass of existing reports. It had...

News | 15/10/2019

“Gentle luxury”: La Strada explained by Fiona Lynch

beneath, including a restaurant to revive the site’s Italian hospitality legacy. He purchased the site in 2021 from Toppi. Maurice Terzini was the last to operate on the site with a wine bar that recently closed in preparation for build to commence...

News | 27/08/2024

Tone on Tuesday: Shoddy apartments? Blame the banks

Australia”. This report never found the real source of shoddy building because they were directed to look in all the wrong places. More on that in next week’s Tone on Tuesday. Tone Wheeler / environa studio The views expressed are solely those...

News | 08/10/2019

Tone on Friday: Charlie Watts, Graphic Designer too

Reaction to Tone on Tuesday’s column about the late Charlie Watts’ influence on the Rolling Stones graphics was so positive that we’ve got some more album covers for you (instead of the scheduled Feedback Friday). Reaction to Tone on Tuesday’s...

News | 03/09/2021

Federal intervention in UNSW and NIDA student housing dispute

evaluate large or controversial developments, is now tasked with resolving the issue. Tone on Tuesday recently emphasised the possibility - or rather the necessity - of solving the housing crisis without building homes. Australia’s housing...

News | 08/08/2024

Tone on Tuesday: The climate strike was a waste of energy

. Led by school students and supported by groups such as ‘Architects Declare Climate Emergency’ (launched two months ago) 300,000 people came on to the streets with banners, megaphones and chants. Hugely entertaining for participants...

News | 01/10/2019

INDE Awards 2024: A celebration of architecture and design and the people who make it happen

A swirl of grace and style. Hundreds of architecture and design professionals gathered at the Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne, on Thursday night to share a few Veuve Clicquot flutes and to celebrate the winning and shortlisted projects of the Indo...

News | 02/08/2024

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Tone on Tuesday: NatHERS – Part 2

Tone on Tuesday: NatHERS Part 1

Catering for students at Scape Kingsford with PTW

Tone on Tuesday: Design failure USA: The Automobile

Tone on Tuesday: Social housing as the new pink batts

Friday Feedback #3

Tone in Tuesday: On thermal comfort in homes

Tone on Tuesday: The Sydney Football Stadium

Tone on Tuesday 25: On design for COVID-19 – Part 2

Engineers Australia Excellence Awards Project of the Year nominations extended to 2 July

Tone on Tuesday: Architecture schools Part 3 / Design studio curriculum

MAURICE AND I: The genesis of Warren and Mahoney

Feedback on Friday with Tone Wheeler

Tone on Tuesday: The declining quality of our buildings

“Gentle luxury”: La Strada explained by Fiona Lynch

Tone on Tuesday: Shoddy apartments? Blame the banks

Tone on Friday: Charlie Watts, Graphic Designer too

Federal intervention in UNSW and NIDA student housing dispute

Tone on Tuesday: The climate strike was a waste of energy

INDE Awards 2024: A celebration of architecture and design and the people who make it happen