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Week 23/23: Better than backyards + balconies / Shameless promotion / Beyonce, Jay Z and Tadao Ando / A Kiwi Leaf story / Bookends: 50 years of shelter / Signs off with a 76 truck

balcony’. This week’s diatribe (from Whingeing Wheeler as my editor has it) lauds the red brick three storey walk-up flats as the most sustainable form of development. A topic that has engendered a fair bit of heat and some light, with several...

News | 09/06/2023

Design notes for this week from Tone on Tuesday

. A must have. Signs off This Saturday the 16th September is Batman Day. This year's poster has equal billing for Batgirl and Batman. But who is that feral winking cat above, about to attack the Batpersons? Tone Wheeler is an architect...

News | 12/09/2023

Episode 210: Tone Wheeler on why immigration is not the reason behind our a housing problems

population growth," AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina said late last year to the ABC. However some people think that this is not the main issue that’s causing our house prices and rentals woes. One of those is Tone Wheeler...

News | 25/06/2024

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

. This is Tone on Tuesday #227, 4 Sept 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 | 04/09/2024

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

. Next week: 6 diagrams that explain how we can solve social housing. This is Tone on Tuesday #226, 27 August 2024. Researched and written by Tone Wheeler, architect / Adjunct Prof UNSW / President AAA. The views expressed are his. Past Tone on Tuesday...

News | 27/08/2024

Week 20/23: Cold comfort / Venice Vernissage / Jean culture / Inaccessible accessibility / Bookends: Green architecture / Signs off

-food outlet, using yellow (and Red Rooster red) as its themed colour. It seems that yellow is also the chosen colour of the road safety designers - I just wonder what they are warning about? Tone Wheeler is an architect / the views expressed are his...

News | 19/05/2023

Week 34/23: A line in the sand / Cities within cities / Six rules for social housing / Bookends: Eighties solar / Signs off: Failingwater

cities. Six rules for social housing In a Tone on Tuesday two week’s ago I opined that there are ‘S’ based rules for public housing, which could equally apply to social and affordable housing, particularly when designed in the...

News | 25/08/2023

Week 19/23: Vale Peter Myers / Architect / Intellectual / Provocateur / Bookends / Signs

, it’s a failure of ambition since WW2. Something Peter Myers spent his working life trying to reform and we must heed his ideas as we turn our heads to infill and higher density housing. Vale Peter Myers. So grateful to learn from you. Tone Wheeler is...

News | 12/05/2023

Week 32/23: Wither the (R)AIA / A faeces focaccia / Green Vans / Bookends: Environmentalism is women’s work / Signs off: Van Quality

branding. Or at least the signs in the van. St Leonards NSW, April 2023. Tone Wheeler is an architect / the views expressed are his. A&D Another Thing, 11 August 2023 (week 32) Long columns are Tone on Tuesday, short shots every...

News | 11/08/2023

Week 33/23: Missing the points / Institutional invisibility / Green-papering and brown outcomes / Bookends: Homelessness / Signs off: Home v Home Loans

vehicle fatalities, and look at the effort we put in there. Signs off: Homes or Home Loans Maybe the sign should say Home Loans, rather than Home, which is what it appears to be temporarily. Tone Wheeler is an architect / the views expressed...

News | 18/08/2023

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

Week 31/23: Giving housing a big wrap / To shade or not to shade / A bouquet made of bricks / May the force be against you / Bookends: Materiality x 2 / Signs off: Brick Dex

winner when the words are spelt phonetically, and the texture is haptically cringeworthy. Here’s where we sign off this week. Tone Wheeler is an architect / the views expressed are his. A&D Another Thing, 4 August 2023 (week 31...

News | 04/08/2023

Week 16/23: Homeless sells / Sydney’s cycling snafus / Westwood Ho / Mini revolution / Bookends: Thermal comfort

, and transforms them into poetic ideas that could equally have sprung from the pages of Gaston Bachelard. Both worth a read. More things next week. Tone Wheeler is an architect / the views expressed are his / contact at [email protected].

News | 14/04/2023

Design notes for week 12/2024 from Tone on Tuesday

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 #200, week 12/2024. Past Tone on Tuesday columns can be found...

News | 19/03/2024

Week 30/23: If you build it, they will fund it / Titan’s failure going round in circles / Shark bait / Shameless promotion / Bookends: John Andrews / Signs off: The last of the ICE fuel

engines), now we install car-chargers in the basement. Tone Wheeler is an architect / the views expressed are his. A&D Another Thing, 28 July 2023 (week 30) Long columns are Tone on Tuesday, short shots every Friday in A&D Another Thing...

News | 28/07/2023

Week 15/23 Austral destroyed / EV Land Rovers / Peter Muller / USyd degrees / Bookends: reality strikes

available on the soon to disappear Book Depositry. More things next week. Tone Wheeler is an architect / the views expressed are his / contact at [email protected].

News | 06/04/2023

Week 14/23 NSW Elections / Infrastructure Victoria / Teslas / Dudes / 70s Housing Bookends

care that was being taken when recognising that modest is a desirable adjective when it comes to housing. More things next week. Tone Wheeler is an architect / the views expressed are his / contact at [email protected].

News | 31/03/2023

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Tone Wheeler featuring on Ecogradia

Design notes for week 51/2023 from Tone on Tuesday

Design notes for week 49/2023 from Tone on Tuesday

Week 23/23: Better than backyards + balconies / Shameless promotion / Beyonce, Jay Z and Tadao Ando / A Kiwi Leaf story / Bookends: 50 years of shelter / Signs off with a 76 truck

Design notes for this week from Tone on Tuesday

Episode 210: Tone Wheeler on why immigration is not the reason behind our a housing problems

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.

Week 20/23: Cold comfort / Venice Vernissage / Jean culture / Inaccessible accessibility / Bookends: Green architecture / Signs off

Week 34/23: A line in the sand / Cities within cities / Six rules for social housing / Bookends: Eighties solar / Signs off: Failingwater

Week 19/23: Vale Peter Myers / Architect / Intellectual / Provocateur / Bookends / Signs

Week 32/23: Wither the (R)AIA / A faeces focaccia / Green Vans / Bookends: Environmentalism is women’s work / Signs off: Van Quality

Week 33/23: Missing the points / Institutional invisibility / Green-papering and brown outcomes / Bookends: Homelessness / Signs off: Home v Home Loans

Design notes for week 13/2024 from Tone on Tuesday

Week 31/23: Giving housing a big wrap / To shade or not to shade / A bouquet made of bricks / May the force be against you / Bookends: Materiality x 2 / Signs off: Brick Dex

Week 16/23: Homeless sells / Sydney’s cycling snafus / Westwood Ho / Mini revolution / Bookends: Thermal comfort

Design notes for week 12/2024 from Tone on Tuesday

Week 30/23: If you build it, they will fund it / Titan’s failure going round in circles / Shark bait / Shameless promotion / Bookends: John Andrews / Signs off: The last of the ICE fuel

Week 15/23 Austral destroyed / EV Land Rovers / Peter Muller / USyd degrees / Bookends: reality strikes

Week 14/23 NSW Elections / Infrastructure Victoria / Teslas / Dudes / 70s Housing Bookends