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Ask most involved in the construction industry what our building code is and you are likely to receive either a slightly wary look, or...

At this year’s England/New Zealand one-day cricket match in Auckland a man dressed as a rabbit was ejected from the ground for encouraging spectators...

Few members of the design and construction industry involve themselves in the wider political or business world. Is this about false modesty? Or do...

According to the media, today almost anyone can be a star. Appear in a daily soap opera; instant stardom. Read out the weather on...

On returning from London, I spent the 70s, 80s and 90s as a partner in a commercial design practice. As any who were there will...

It’s been said that a good idea is one that can be encapsulated in 10 words or less. The challenge of delivering Building Information...

Fact: The word with most entries in the Oxford Dictionary is “set” — a word able to be used as a noun, adjective or...

By Architect Don Bunting   Lino is a common Latin name roughly meaning praise. Not sure how this morphed into linotype — a 90-character machine for making...

Architect Don Bunting notes that DIY stores are based on the principle that you get the customer in looking for one item and have...

Considering a few of the really bad ideas that happened in our industry, the use of lead in paints and plumbing pipes and using...