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Tone On Tuesday 111: The tipping point of sustainability

architect, is standing for the Greens. Good luck to both. 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 solely those of the...

News | 22/02/2022

Design Notes: Ideas, issues and idiocies from the last fortnight

solar panel on top of the machine taking the coin and card. Wrong way at the Wright Lane Carpark in Newcastle (on Hunter). Design Notes 31 is researched and written by Tone Wheeler, architect /Adjunct Prof UNSW /President AAA. The views expressed are...

News | 05/07/2024

Tone on Tuesday: Design Matters USA 2

fashion design matters to parse in the future. 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 solely those of the author and are...

News | 09/02/2021

The 23rd Biennale of Sydney opens to the public this weekend

Exchange, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, National Art School in partnership with Artspace and Pier 2/3 at Walsh Bay Arts Precinct. The largest contemporary art event of its kind in Australia, the Biennale of Sydney will be open to the public from...

News | 11/03/2022

Design Notes: Ideas, issues and idiocies from the last fortnight

quantity of recycling has not been as successful as the universal symbol would suggest. Design Notes is researched and written by Tone Wheeler, architect /Adjunct Prof UNSW /President AAA. The views expressed are his. Past Design Notes and Tone on...

News | 28/06/2024

Tone on Tuesday 101: An index to all the articles

knew: Brian Klopper, Dirk Bolt, Marr Grounds (so good I wrote twice) and the remarkable Derek Wrigley. Happy reading, I’m off to do a little catch up myself, there’s a pile of new works to devour. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at...

News | 02/11/2021

Tone on Tuesday 100: Technologies not Tax

massive fossil fuel reserves). I could talk endlessly about the technologies of the future (but I am so lucky that I won't ever have to do anything about it). Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa Studio, Adjunct Professor at UNSW and is...

News | 26/10/2021

Tone on Tuesday 95: The World Trade Centre now

. The WTC has become the Rockefeller Centre you have when you don’t have a Rockefeller. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa Studio, Adjunct Professor at UNSW and is President of the Australian Architecture Association. The views...

News | 21/09/2021

Electric utes can now power the weekend and the work week

two million strong tradie workforce to take materials and tools to jobs. Ute drivers are more likely to drive longer distances, making range anxiety an obstacle. The answer is yes, though it may take longer than for cars. Only last week Melbourne...

News | 21/02/2023

On architecture schools Part 2: What is architecture?

Last week's column looked at the triple threat facing the 23 architecture schools in Australia. Last week's column looked at the triple threat facing the 23 architecture schools in Australia: · underfunded...

News | 07/07/2020

Tone on Tuesday: History in 100 objects

. And now, with our growing understanding of indigenous issues, we desperately need 'A History of Indigenous Australia in 100 Objects'. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa Studio, Adjunct Professor at UNSW and is President of the...

News | 17/08/2021

Tone On Tuesday: Opus Musivum 2

the Bauhaus for first year students. But by this process, these nine exercises, architecture is placed in the context of the built environment, and crucially the nature of spaces and places for people. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa...

News | 06/07/2021

Towering Bates Smart student accommodation plans opposed by locals and Council

Council last year, comprised five buildings of varying heights ranging from 4 storeys to 23 storeys, with a total GFA of 31,749m² and housing 1066 premium student accommodation rooms. In addition to student housing, the development would also offer...

News | 11/06/2024

Design Notes: Ideas, issues and idiocies from the last fortnight

. Ribald, good humoured. Long way from the deadly serious protests about the deadly war in Palestine / Israel we have now. Design Notes is researched and written by Tone Wheeler, architect /Adjunct Prof UNSW /President AAA. The views expressed are his...

News | 07/06/2024

Tone on Tuesday 154: Index to the 150 articles

design and politics, social housing and sustainability. In this last week of A&D for 2022, I am pleased to publish an index, with links, to all those articles as encouragement for some provocative reading over the coming holidays. Tone on Tuesday...

News | 20/12/2022

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

releasing engineers from their role as ‘design police’. In short, we require a complete rethink of how APEs can help save the planet. Tone Wheeler is an architect / the views expressed are his / contact at [email protected]. He...

News | 13/12/2022

Tone on Tuesday: On Christo

Australian cultural life. 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 solely those of the author and are not held or endorsed by...

News | 02/06/2020

Tone On Tuesday 152: The AIA changes its awards – better, but not good enough

creative innovation. I will try to use my Life Fellowship advocating for that change. Tone Wheeler is an architect / the views expressed are his / contact at [email protected]. He is also the proud recipient of the 2014 AIA NSW Milo Dunphy Award. ...

News | 06/12/2022

The housing crisis hits Queensland hard

-COVID housing stress has been especially intense in Queensland. Brisbane property prices have climbed by 65% since the pandemic began. That’s almost double the Australian capital city average (34%). According to new data released by CoreLogic this week...

News | 05/06/2024

Tone on Tuesday: Design for Aged Care

, and to retrofit existing facilities, to improve their re-direction back towards being a nursing home, with the emphasis on the word home. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa Studio, Adjunct Professor at UNSW and is President of the...

News | 09/03/2021

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