This month I discuss roof garden design + we're giving you another chance to WIN with the Medium Quick-Fire Quiz.

This month I discuss brick façades + we're giving you another chance to WIN with the Medium Quick-Fire Quiz.

While concrete floors on grade are a common choice for new homes, there are negative characteristics which only become evident in extraordinary circumstances, at which times the outcomes are usually disastrous.

Lawrie Saegers of Rawlinsons talks to us about how the industry has fared over the past few years and the challenges and opportunities we face as we look ahead. 

This month I discuss lift design + we're giving you another chance to WIN with the Medium Quick-Fire Quiz!

Ewan Brown of Tennent Brown talks to us about the challenges the industry is facing as we step towards including carbon data in all projects.

Balconies give life not only to the occupants but to the building facade as well.

I have full sympathy for the households and businesses affected by the recent floods in the upper and eastern North Island. I wish them well for the difficult and long task of recovery which must not be left to them alone. It is up to, and has been so for many decades, the Politicians and Built Environment Professionals to take our heads out of the sand and diligently look to a different long-term.

This month I discuss floor design for townhouses + we're giving you another chance to WIN with the Medium Quick-Fire Quiz!

This month, November 2022, COP27 is being held in Egypt and yet again countries are admitting that their targets have not been met. Presumably this is because it is more important for the politician, and their advisors, to secure current short-term positions rather than look out beyond to consider the inevitable lesser world this inaction will bring. This narrow-view approach often results in unintended consequences which can negate the initial intention.