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Tone on Tuesday: On Prefab

every unit has been craned into place, for instance in motels developed in Sydney by MBS (Modular Building Systems). Theoretically they can have linen on the beds and cutlery and crockery in the drawers: the entire room is ready to use once installed...

News | 03/12/2019

Bespoke woven carpet provides luxurious comfort underfoot at Capitol Hotel Sydney

The Capitol Hotel Sydney features our woven carpets throughout each level creating a distinct yet cohesive design across each floor. Nestled in the heart of Haymarket, this newly unveiled hotel boasts 95 exquisite guest rooms, each a testament to...

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Bildspec operable wall creates adaptable meeting spaces at Abacus Group’s Sydney office

office building at 99 Walker Street, North Sydney. The acoustic office partition wall was installed on behalf of builder Girvan Group and based on the design specification stipulated by interior architecture and design firm Hot Black. Bildspec was...

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Tone On Tuesday 148: If public housing is the question, community housing is the answer

, and a piece in the NSW AIA Newsletter actually praised it, albeit with similar motherhood statements. “Make housing a verb.” The message from Col James on the answer phone of the I.B. Fell Housing Research Unit at Sydney University. The...

News | 08/11/2022

Acoustically controlled meeting areas created from large meeting space with operable walls

at IC’s Surry Hills, Sydney office in a T-intersecting format, thus allowing light transfer through the glass wall and creating the potential divide between meeting rooms with the solid wall. Apart from creating a flexible space, operable...

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Tone On Tuesday 147: The Failure of Housing in the Federal Budget

Sydney and not Jervis Bay? We could better utilise well located land with huge potential. Win Win. The other plans There are a series of eight ‘plans’ on the last page. They are so non-sensical I can barely begin to describe their...

News | 01/11/2022

Tone On Tuesday 146: The Federal Budget: Forget design, cities and housing

measured by the ‘Tax to GDP ratio’, or Tax/GDP, in other words how much of the wealth created each year in the economy is for use by the government, on the common or public good. Our Tax/GDP of 27% is very low in comparison to all other OECD...

News | 25/10/2022

Design notes for week 45/2023 from Tone on Tuesday

are the lessons from LA that are not immediately apparent? Tone Wheeler is an architect /adjunct prof UNSW / president AAA The views expressed are his. These Design Notes are Tone on Tuesday #187. Past Tone on Tuesday columns can be found...

News | 07/11/2023

Tone On Tuesday 124: Architecture of Inequality

I wrote that three months ago on palindrome day, 22/02/2022, in palindrome column 111, discussing political hope in ‘The Tipping Point of Sustainability’. I think it’s a more accurate prediction than any professional pollster I’ve seen; I’m adding...

News | 24/05/2022

Sustainability Summit 2024 in review

Having taken place at The Fullerton Hotel in Martin Place, Sydney on 14th November, the Sustainability Summit has wrapped up for another year. Having taken place at The Fullerton Hotel in Martin Place, Sydney on 14th November, the...

News | 19/11/2024

Tone on Tuesday 134: The Reincarnated McMansion

ageing house from the last 25 or so years, saving all the materials on site and then reusing them to construct two or three multi-family homes. The materials wouldn’t go to the tip or a waste ‘down-cycler’ but would be reused on a site...

News | 02/08/2022

White Elephants Vs Unicorns – Designing stadiums to be a good neighbour

Matt Reynolds, architect and senior associate at Woods Bagot’s Sydney studio, weighs in on the stadium typology and why stadiums need to be designed to be better neighbours. Matt Reynolds, architect and senior associate at Woods Bagot’s Sydney...

News | 03/07/2024

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Tone on Tuesday: On Prefab

Bespoke woven carpet provides luxurious comfort underfoot at Capitol Hotel Sydney

Bildspec operable wall creates adaptable meeting spaces at Abacus Group’s Sydney office

Tone On Tuesday 153: The New Planet of the APEs – Designing Sustainability

Tone on Tuesday: On autonomy

Tone Wheeler featuring on Ecogradia

Design notes for week 48/2023 from Tone on Tuesday

Kooltherm soffit insulation at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium

Design notes for week 47/2023 from Tone on Tuesday

Tone On Tuesday 141: King Charles III – Property Developer

SJ Espacer louvre earns coveted Good Design award recognition

Tone On Tuesday 148: If public housing is the question, community housing is the answer

Acoustically controlled meeting areas created from large meeting space with operable walls

Tone On Tuesday 147: The Failure of Housing in the Federal Budget

Tone On Tuesday 146: The Federal Budget: Forget design, cities and housing

Design notes for week 45/2023 from Tone on Tuesday

Tone On Tuesday 124: Architecture of Inequality

Sustainability Summit 2024 in review

Tone on Tuesday 134: The Reincarnated McMansion

White Elephants Vs Unicorns – Designing stadiums to be a good neighbour