What does happen after your phone rings…?
Unless you are in a very small office, where one of the senior people ends up answering, you probably don’t know – and even then…
Our IDEAS
Interesting Insights into an amazing historical neighbourhood - The Yates Street Heritage District
There are many things to learn from this bit of urban structure.
The Future Includes Venice
The apocalypse might not come accompanied by massive bangs, but with widespread yawning - or worse.
Why Not Colour In Architecture?
Exterior colour might be one of the big enigmas in architecture. C. Howard Walker, architect and teacher at MIT (in 1893), pointed out that colour has long been a part of architecture, and gave numerous examples, but "...that it has always played an inferior part..." and offers the opinion that where it has been used extensively, the results have often been "grotesque".
SUSTAINABILITY – Part 1: THE QUEST
Sustainability is a complex topic, and open to many misconceptions and over-simplifications.
Architects and the Facilitation of Development Meetings
An often-overlooked element of creating and renovating buildings is the facilitation of processes.
Understanding Ugly: Human Responses
Why do some buildings beguile us, others bewilder, and others repel? This downloadable book explores the complex relationships between people and the built environments we inhabit.
The Modern and the Perceptions of the Wider Populace
Initiatives to evaluate and manage many aspects of the built environment are often undertaken by building and conservation professionals without reference to the wider societal attitudes and perceptions. Yet repeated studies have confirmed that the wider population perceives and evaluates the built environment in a manner which can be very different than that of building professionals.
The Main Points of Mentoring
In education, mentoring often plays an important role. Sometimes the role of a mentor never ends, and might span the generations.