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How to guide your clients towards achieving sustainable and compliant homes in Australia

Here’s a detailed guide from Bradford Insulation on how you can lead your clients to make optimal choices for year-round comfort and sustainability. How insulation can create sustainable living and year-round comfort in any season With rising...

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Tone on Tuesday: On Bushfire Outcomes

dreadful tragedy and our collective sorrow and anger, let's look for rays of light. Let’s try for a positive future and better outcomes. Indigenous fire management Following on from Australia/Invasion Day we can start with black and white...

News | 28/01/2020

Tone on Tuesday: On clients and the single house ‘feaso’

Last week's column on ‘Wright and Wrong’ elicited more responses than any previous column, which is gratifying. It is evident that many readers are jobbing architects on single homes (not starchitects). Last week's column on ‘Wright and...

News | 29/09/2020

Australia to miss 2029’s 1.2 million housing target by 22%

weakened base, national total building construction is forecast to climb 39% over the four years to FY2029.” About the ABS data on housing completions, Property Council Group executive policy and advocacy Matthew Kandelaars observes that the...

News | 26/07/2024

Tone on Tuesday: On Naming Things

architects, were becoming more prominent. Futuna Chapel of 1958-61, by the enigmatic John Scott, was a complete revelation, (see www.johnscott.net.nz and a recent book on his work). I made friends with Rewi Thompson, a recent graduate making his way...

News | 21/01/2020

Tone on Tuesday: Tri-Arc Troubles

devastation everywhere. I didn’t stay there at that time unfortunately – rather I was sleeping on the science bench in Nightcliff Highschool - but that’s another story for a future column. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa...

News | 23/02/2021

Tone on Tuesday: On Green and Crimson

of Australia (BCA). Secondly, all buildings subject to bushfire should be protected by external sprinklers in accordance with Australian Standard 5414-2012. (see last week's Tone on Tuesday) Thirdly, bushfire shelters (sometimes called...

News | 14/01/2020

Tone on Tuesday: On the third wave of sustainability

The recent articles on passive solar house design, NatHERS and solar water heating elicited a few comments from readers. The recent articles on passive solar house design, NatHERS and solar water heating elicited a few comments from readers. All...

News | 15/09/2020

Tone on Tuesday: On Bushfire Design

ago when the Labor party handed them the 6th rated economy in the world. Now, though their ‘superior economic management’, it’s the 18th rated. Debt and deficit, jobs and growth are all they want us to focus on. Now is not the time...

News | 07/01/2020

Council performance to be ranked to approve more housing

The Minns Government is introducing a range of measures to hold local and State Government accountable for the approval of more housing as New South Wales (NSW) works towards its commitment of 377,000 homes by mid 2029 under the National Housing...

News | 25/07/2024

Handmade bricks add stunning textural contrast to metal and glass in contemporary Caulfield home

recognisable on the street for visitors – for all the right reasons. For Polo House, it began with the magnificent Petersen Kolumba™ (K11) bricks. These handmade bricks are a work of art in themselves and, for this family of art lovers, a firm...

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Tone on Tuesday: Design Matters USA 2

, do U” when she visits a children’s prison in Texas, although she claims it is reference to her hatred of liberal media. Ivanka’s fashion label of glamorous jewellery and ordinary day wear fails to capitalise on daddy’s fame and...

News | 09/02/2021

Discover AIA’s prize and honours for 2024

the entrant submitting an entry form accompanied by various supporting documents. Nominations for the Adrian Ashton Prize close on Tuesday, 8 October. A jury will assess all applicants to decide the winner of the award, which will be...

News | 26/09/2024

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Tone on Tuesday: On the section

Tone on Tuesday: Architecture books to read

Tone on Tuesday: On fire country

Tone on Tuesday: On STEM in STEAD

Sustainability Summit Panel #6: The evolution and adaptation of green roofs

Tone on Tuesday: Design for Aged Care

Tone on Tuesday: On Anzac Daze - A changed role for the military

How to guide your clients towards achieving sustainable and compliant homes in Australia

Tone on Tuesday: On Bushfire Outcomes

Tone on Tuesday: On clients and the single house ‘feaso’

Australia to miss 2029’s 1.2 million housing target by 22%

Tone on Tuesday: On Naming Things

Tone on Tuesday: Tri-Arc Troubles

Tone on Tuesday: On Green and Crimson

Tone on Tuesday: On the third wave of sustainability

Tone on Tuesday: On Bushfire Design

Council performance to be ranked to approve more housing

Handmade bricks add stunning textural contrast to metal and glass in contemporary Caulfield home

Tone on Tuesday: Design Matters USA 2

Discover AIA’s prize and honours for 2024