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Tone on Tuesday 210: Housing in the Missing Middle - 6 bedrooms, 6 packs, 6 storeys

In recent weeks, Tone on Tuesday has been looking at suburbia: ways to make it more sustainable, how to develop good quality social housing, and addressing homelessness. This week the iceberg issue: How to increase housing density in our suburbs...

News | 28/05/2024

Tone on Tuesday 208: Good social housing delivered, dispersed, diverse, indistinguishable & durable

different approach, a home alone doesn't solve homelessness: it’s the wraparound services that are needed more. The subject of next week's Tone on Tuesday. This is Tone on Tuesday #208, 14 May 2024, written by Tone Wheeler, architect...

News | 14/05/2024

Design notes for week 13/2024 from Tone on Tuesday

alia, its housing crisis. Next week How three storey brick walk-up flats are the past, and the future. Tone Wheeler is an architect /adjunct prof UNSW / president AAA. The views expressed are his. These Design Notes are Tone on Tuesday #201...

News | 26/03/2024

Tone on Tuesday 217: 3 storey walk up flats are the best solution

imitation. We can improve these much-maligned buildings for another eighty or more years, and there are key lessons for the new buildings in the next century. Title image: 1970s 3-storey apartments in Randwick NSW. Image TW This is Tone on Tuesday #217...

News | 02/07/2024

Tone on Tuesday 209: Homes won’t solve homelessness.

middle. Finding out what’s missing in the muddle is the subject of next week's Tone on Tuesday. This is Tone on Tuesday #209, 21 May 2024, written by Tone Wheeler, architect / Adjunct Prof UNSW / President AAA. The views expressed are his...

News | 21/05/2024

Tone on Tuesday 223: The Athlete's Village in Three Australian Olympics

August) of the proposed Brisbane Olympic Village. Image by Queensland Government. Next week: Where to go to see lots of good architecture. This is Tone on Tuesday #223, 6 August 2024. Researched and written by Tone Wheeler, architect / Adjunct Prof...

News | 06/08/2024

Tone on Tuesday 220: Does the public hate architects?

some tomato sauce. Title image: The print version of the offending article. Next week: The towns with the most modern monuments. This is Tone on Tuesday #220, 16 July 2024. Researched and written by Tone Wheeler, architect / Adjunct Prof UNSW...

News | 16/07/2024

Tone on Tuesday 222: The Athletes Village in Two Paris Olympics

Tuesday #222, 30 July 2024. Researched and written by Tone Wheeler, architect / Adjunct Prof UNSW / President AAA. The views expressed are his. Past Tone on Tuesday columns can be found here. You can contact TW at [email protected].

News | 30/07/2024

Tone on Tuesday 219: Learning from three-storey walk-up flats

Last week’s Tone on Tuesday sketched out a prototype three-storey walk-up block of flats, based on the common building type in use from the 20s to the 70s. Last week’s Tone on Tuesday sketched out a prototype three-storey walk-up block of...

News | 09/07/2024

Tone on Tuesday 212: The most sustainable homes

building fabric of the existing, and new services, to make them THE MOST sustainable ever. This is Tone on Tuesday #212, 11 June 2024, Some of this article and diagram was first published in the NSW Architecture Bulletin, Housing for All, Vol 80, No 2...

News | 11/06/2024

Tone on Tuesday 211: A short history of sustainable houses

by TW. Next week: Designing for sustainability in the most sustainable form. This is Tone on Tuesday #211, 4 June 2024, Much of this article was first published in the NSW Architecture Bulletin, Housing for All, Vol 80, No 2, 2023-4. It was...

News | 04/06/2024

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

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Ternary two

Tone on Tuesday 227: How to fix social housing, explained in six diagrams

Tone on Tuesday 226: The social housing crisis explained in six diagrams.

Tone on Tuesday 225: The housing crisis explained in six diagrams.

Ternary Design

Tone on Tuesday 224: The housing minister who didn’t build a single house

Tone on Tuesday 215: Immigration is not a housing issue

Tone on Tuesday 214: Solving the housing crisis without building homes

Tone on Tuesday 210: Housing in the Missing Middle - 6 bedrooms, 6 packs, 6 storeys

Tone on Tuesday 208: Good social housing delivered, dispersed, diverse, indistinguishable & durable

Design notes for week 13/2024 from Tone on Tuesday

Tone on Tuesday 217: 3 storey walk up flats are the best solution

Tone on Tuesday 209: Homes won’t solve homelessness.

Tone on Tuesday 223: The Athlete's Village in Three Australian Olympics

Tone on Tuesday 220: Does the public hate architects?

Tone on Tuesday 222: The Athletes Village in Two Paris Olympics

Tone on Tuesday 219: Learning from three-storey walk-up flats

Tone on Tuesday 212: The most sustainable homes

Tone on Tuesday 211: A short history of sustainable houses

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