Thinking Big

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Kingsley Amis was once quoted as saying: “If you can’t annoy somebody, there’s little point in writing.” What he meant was that you...

Good, better, best

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At the time of a personal career change in the late 1990s, when I moved from architecture to working with industry organisations and government...

A lot of hot air?

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More concerning — and the article was headed “working with nature” — was that among a number of highlighted features were “the installation of...

A convention

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Is there an unwritten convention that large shopping centres have to be unattractive? I couldn’t name even one such centre that looks like anything...

Celebrity

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One of the mysteries of modern life is that a TV weather announcer can become an instant celebrity — assuming they are prepared to...

Never happened

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With scientific and social change occurring at an ever increasing rate, it’s surprising what technology has failed to produce — and what has never...

Speaking Frankly

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Architect Don Bunting reflects on a 20th Century architectural icon, and some recent issues affecting today’s design and construction industry. 2015 represents 100 years since...

Where did we go wrong?

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Too many members of the construction industry don’t understand how the Building Code works, and that is a real concern. I noticed a...

What really went wrong?

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There has also been a lack of qualitative research, and even today there is no clear analysis of: • how many buildings of...

Game of two halves

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Christchurch. Still battered and bruised nearly two years after the first earthquake. But as a visit in late 2011 showed, there are some signs...