Design Guide

You know you’re doing something right when Andrew Patterson likes your FB post.

@DesignGuideNZ @CityAklccrg @NzBgc From my architectural design days, solar shading design is a lost art these days. Should be looked at seriously for any highly glazed facade.😍😍😍😍 #gamedesign #Fantasy #Digital3D #game #Architectural

@CityAklccrg Lovely elegant building but I understand the west facing windows are brutal on a sunny afternoon, especially in summer. One for @bobbythekiwi to tackle in his @nzbgc role.

How we build-design, materials, size. We need to reduce our emissions. newsroom.co.nz/wanted-a-build…

As always, it’s important to check the quality of your building materials. This is a sad echo of NZ’s scandalous leaky home disaster. theguardian.com/world/2021/oct…?

"New Form of Engagement The Chungnam Art Museum will provide a new form of interactive engagement between art and the public. It does this by turning the museum inside out... creat[ing] a diverse and vibrant cultural experience." Not Auckland unstudio.com/en/page/15272/…

@joscod @simonbwilson @nzherald If you're going to have a go at Simon, Dennis, then criticise the argument rather than the man.

@simonbwilson @nzherald Really Simon - are you included in your hubris - I don’t know the other ‘actors’ however you seem to shine as the shiniest media moderator on civic matters - I presume you are ‘qualified’ in/on these opinions.

Is congestion charging really the key to solving Akl transport woes? Clue: no but it's complicated. Just filed my column for @nzherald tomorrow, Contains a whole bunch of organisations who said yes to the idea as long as it didn't include them. Hilfuckingarious.

Adelaide! smh.com.au/national/and-t…

One of the things mentioned in @SiouxsieW @TheSpinoffTV article is revisiting ventilation in our built environment. Seems to me the perfect opportunity to look at energy efficiency at the same time and building owners can use @NZGBC tools for this. thespinoff.co.nz/science/27-08-…

We still need a Centre of Contemporary Maori Culture for downtown Auckland. Look at this - in Bulls! @KiwaCentre @ngar1mu @simonbwilson @DarbyatCouncil A taniwha awakes architecturenow.co.nz/articles/a-tan… via @ANow_

Frank Gehry’s Luma Arles will be the literal high point of a new “creative campus” called Luma Arles, a multidisciplinary art and culture complex sprawling over 27 acres. We need a Māori version of this for Auckland. theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Everyone in the New Zealand building industry needs to watch this important documentary on Prime TV this coming week. rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

Little Concrete Beauty designguide.co.nz/little-concret…

Architecture Trend #4 Digitising Construction designguide.co.nz/architecture-t…

Scored an invite! DēLonghi has a new espresso machine and my mate, Giapo, is preparing me lunch! instagram.com/p/CG59bN1F3so/…

Here's yet another (yawn) report into the woes of the Building Industry. @MBIEgovtnz @BRANZlive @NZIArchitects @MasterBuilderNZ and other industry bodies have much to answer for. Poor culture, lack of penalties for poor workmanship, lack of oversight and no consumer education.

This is a distressing and avoidable tragedy for Auckland.

Jungle House Beats a New Drum designguide.co.nz/jungle-house-b…

Anime Superhero Home designguide.co.nz/anime-superher…