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Tone on Tuesday 126: How design can help political journalism

based on economics: right wing ‘dries’ wanting small government and lower taxes and the left wing ‘wets’ wanting greater government intervention and spending, and money to pay for it. The one dimension is wholly inadequate in...

News | 07/06/2022

Tone on Tuesday 123: Innovation, Manufacturing and Politics

/ warehouse facility. Corplex hired their usual architects (Watson Young) to detail up the construction documentation. Going green Given that the product to be made, insulation, is at the center of building sustainability, Gibson was insisting on a...

News | 17/05/2022

Tone on Tuesday: On Klopper’s Fremantle

In a seminal essay in 1983, Frampton proposed that ‘critical regionalism’ should adopt modern architecture critically for its universal progressive qualities, but at the same time value should be placed on the geographical context of the building...

News | 19/01/2021

Tone on Tuesday 122: Design and the Federal Election

well as the usual national causes of health, education, defense, aid and so on. Australia? Tax/GDP of 27.67%; the Morrison Government capped the federal part at 23.9%. Hence the continual ugly arguments about cutting services instead of improving...

News | 10/05/2022

Design notes for week 47/2023 from Tone on Tuesday

/ president AAA and has MC’d 5 Sustainability Summits so far. The views expressed are his. These Design Notes are Tone on Tuesday #189, week 47/2023. Past Tone on Tuesday columns can be found here Past A&D Another Thing columns...

News | 21/11/2023

Tone on Tuesday: On being objectionable

framework. Policy, then policing. The public wants to have a say, which is entirely reasonable, a democratic right. And it should be at the front end, the macro scale where policies are formulated, and Councils often invite submissions on masterplans from...

News | 08/12/2020

Tone on Tuesday 117: Adaptation and regional regeneration

carbon positive buildings. All things that designers and architects can be expert at; particularly in asserting design qualities as a determining factor. As well-meaning as &lsquo;Architects Declaring’ may be on climate change, our core activity can...

News | 05/04/2022

Tone on Tuesday: NatHERS – Part 2

assumptions about the house: how many people in it; how they use it; when they open and close doors and windows; when they turn the air conditioning on and what temperature they want. Individuality versus standardisation Architects disputed the settings...

News | 25/08/2020

Greener perspectives with Phoebe Settle

equipped with the most up-to-date knowledge on industry best practices. Within our studio we also consult the Australian Architects Declare platform – a materials database that makes it easier and more intuitive to choose the most sustainable...

Autex Acoustics

Tone on Tuesday: On Wright and Wrong

reading last October 2019, this is Tone on Tuesday #50, a year’s worth! Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa Studio, Adjunct Professor at UNSW and is President of the Australian Architecture Association. The views expressed here are...

News | 22/09/2020

Caroma: Leading the industry in lead-free tapware

valves. But in 2018, the ABCB commissioned a comprehensive literature review by Macquarie University that sought to understand the impact of plumbing products on lead levels, particularly concerning the stringent standards set by the Australian Drinking...

Brick inlay facade connects Crows Nest Station to place and community

Station’s modulated brickwork facade of Namoi Valley Coolibah Cream bricks grounds the building within the local community. The brick’s earthy richness connects the station to place, while its pale colour beautifully takes on the shadows and tone when...

Robertson Facade Systems

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 111: The tipping point of sustainability

karma, have seemed ineffectual against this tsunami of climate change haters. But all that changed this week, when half a dozen events showed that the tide has turned: coal, gas and oil are finally on the way out. We can now chart how Australia is on a...

News | 22/02/2022

Tone on Tuesday 125: Homes: One Policy to Rule Them All

, better shading, more PVs are 100% tax deductible (perhaps they would be the only deductions allowed on investment homes). ‘Homes’ is indeed one policy to rule them all. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa Studio, Adjunct...

News | 31/05/2022

Tone on Tuesday 97: Housing Policies

, particularly those on low or welfare incomes, there is an extreme shortage of social housing. We urgently need policies to address these intertwined situations. The federal Parliamentary Library makes a linguistic divination between the stress for owners as...

News | 05/10/2021

Tone on Tuesday 106: Steve King, Architectural Scientist

architects was extraordinary, dismissing outright an expertly designed program using real weather data to model a huge number of factors such as insulation, thermal mass, orientation, glazing, shading and so on, in order to analyse thermal comfort within a...

News | 18/01/2022

Vent-A-Roof® wins at the 2024 Australian Good Design Awards

Design Awards have a rich history dating back to 1958. As the country's most prestigious design accolade, they celebrate the pivotal role design plays in shaping a more sustainable future. This year, the Awards focused on "The Design...

Design notes for week 43/2023 from Tone on Tuesday

presentation at the current exhibition at the Museum of Sydney. Next week What to do with building bad? Tone Wheeler is an architect /adjunct prof UNSW / president AAA The views expressed are his. These Design Notes are Tone on Tuesday #185...

News | 24/10/2023

Tone on Tuesday: Charlie Watts - Stage Designer

asked me what I did: on hearing I was an architect he said, “I've got three of you”. Meaning he had a team of architects designing his next stage show. And he wasn't happy. The steel grille floor they wanted to be lit from below would...

News | 07/09/2021

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