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Tone on Tuesday: On Social Housing Part 2

those innovative typologies next week. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa Studio, which has designed apartment buildings for large and small developers and for 5 different CHP’s and not-for-profits. The numbers are drawn from the...

News | 16/06/2020

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

it did last 20 years, so it wasn’t the faulty sign that did it in (more likely Covid). Next week Tone on Tuesday looks at what might save suburbia. Design Notes is researched and written by Tone Wheeler, architect /Adjunct Prof UNSW...

News | 02/05/2024

Tone on Tuesday: On crafts, trades & subbies

the way. To reverse that direction and concentrate on quality is a massive task. But one we must start on now. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa Studio, Adjunct Professor at UNSW and is President of the Australian Architecture...

News | 12/05/2020

Tone on Tuesday 132: The Project Home of Today

project homes? This, and other issues, will be covered in next week's discussion Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa Studio, Adjunct Professor at UNSW and is President of the Australian Architecture Association. The views expressed here...

News | 19/07/2022

Friday Feedback #3

the profession would not be in the mess it is today.” Philip Thalis on Twitter “And to better understand this fantastic man, here is such a warm & appreciative valedictory by architect & teacher Tone Wheeler, who knew Jack...

News | 30/09/2022

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

ourselves with a diverse industry that could lead us out of the depression caused by Covid-19. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa Studio, Adjunct Professor at UNSW and is President of the Australian Architecture Association. The views...

News | 31/03/2020

Hawkesbury opposes local Council coalition’s affordable housing plan

A Hawkesbury Council meeting last week saw a number of local members oppose the Western Sydney Planning Partnership’s (WSPP) affordable housing strategy in its entirety, claiming that it does not provide adequate affordable housing lots across the...

News | 07/02/2024

Tone On Tuesday 124: Architecture of Inequality

, undeserving and unappreciative clients). 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...

News | 24/05/2022

Tone on Tuesday 123: Innovation, Manufacturing and Politics

will have a job in our federal parliament. And Anthony Albonese, and his Minister for Industry and Innovation, Ed Husic, will embark on reviving Australian manufacturing. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa Studio, Adjunct Professor at...

News | 17/05/2022

Tone on Tuesday 120: Anzac daze & a changed role for the military

, for the existing military is required. 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...

News | 26/04/2022

Tone on Tuesday 116: Big plans: the Snowy Mountains Scheme and the NBN

needs to be discussed in this election is ‘Regional Regeneration’, a reconfiguring of how we adapt the regional areas of Australia to make them resilient to climate change. That’s the subject of next week's Tone on Tuesday Tone...

News | 29/03/2022

Tone on Tuesday 113: Ten Femmes and their Policies

subs for equipment that would be useful in flood and fire (next week’s column). My IWD wish is for the ‘Ten Femmes’ to be fatal to the old politics, introducing new ideas and new policies. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at...

News | 08/03/2022

Tone on Tuesday: Olympic Objects

just for that, was the key object of the games. 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...

News | 10/08/2021

Tone on Tuesday 114: Designing defence material

good to design and build some helicopters and landing craft in Australia to meet the challenge. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa Studio, Adjunct Professor at UNSW and is President of the Australian Architecture Association. The views...

News | 15/03/2022

Tone on Tuesday: Opus Musivum

, and wander east along the shore, the lights of the city glowing in the enveloping dusk. End. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa Studio, Adjunct Professor at UNSW and is President of the Australian Architecture Association. The...

News | 29/06/2021

Tone On Tuesday 110: On Davina Jackson writing Australian Architecture

odd one out in four contests, with a swing to the Liberals. Preferential voting with strong women challenging Liberal members in the Federal election may have quite a different outcome. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa Studio, Adjunct...

News | 15/02/2022

Tone on Tuesday: Good Goods

good design. But I'm not hopeful that those changes will happen any time soon. Rather, I think we'll continue on to be a nation whose consumer goods are cheap, cheerful, and crappy. Tone Wheeler is principal architect at Environa Studio...

News | 08/06/2021

Council planning Part two: Approvals

malfeasance and corruption. Can it work? Absolutely YES, but for that we will need to wait until next week. Tone on Tuesday #170: Council planning - part two: approvals. Published 10 July (week 27) 2023 Tone Wheeler is an architect / the views...

News | 11/07/2023

Tone on Tuesday 98: State Social Housing Policies

. Architects in NSW will now have to pursue sensible policies for social housing through the not-for-profits like the Community Housing Providers and Churches Housing; and look wistfully at the SH progression in other states and territories. Tone Wheeler is...

News | 12/10/2021

Tone on Tuesday 97: Housing Policies

than a token offering. 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...

News | 05/10/2021

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