For all those peddling density at any cost, see here things that need to be considered, together; “map & fund everything that makes a neighbourhood liveable: parks, tree-lined streets, schools & libraries” A cluster bomb of towers alone no good aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

They did in Auckland with the Unitary Plan (Mostly)

Unfortunately, almost everything in this report is wrong. 3 storey units might be OK, but attached houses are cheaper to build. 6 storey units are expensive to build and the construction cost alone is probably unaffordable. If we’re serious about affordability, then we need to build social housing.

Huzzah! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

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If you want some insights into contemporary concepts of Country, read this insightful & challenging article by one of our leading 1st Nations thinkers #Danielehromek architectureau.com/articles/on-...

Essential read on D&C. “How can any architect in their right mind claim to know what’s been installed on a building when others routinely change specification without regard to the documentation setting out what needs to be done?” @russellcurtis www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/opinion...

I’m happy to keep adding to it!

Parlour launches second edition of Guides to Equitable Practice

Excellent article on our housing conundrum by @roryhyde.bsky.social, challenging all but especially Govts to really engage with improving our housing - by actually leading policy & building exemplar projects architectureau.com/articles/exp...

He argued the point saying we needed to know *the facts*, suggesting what we have currently from Gaza is not reliable. Every time someone says this they should be reminded that Palestinian journalists get killed, sometimes deliberately, and Israel won’t allow access to International press.

Interestingly, permissibility of the housing types is tied to permissibility in the underlying LEP. This presents a significant issue given that most councils extinguished permissibility of ‘Multi Dwelling Housing’ in R2 areas with the introduction of the NSW Low Rise Housing Diversity Code in 2018!

An interesting overview of the issues surrounding permissibility of the NSW Pattern Book solutions. Suggests that Torrens Title is permissible as complying development. 1/2

Our #substation175 in Surry Hills afternoon light. 20 years on from its construction, the city around has changed; Light rail up Devonshire St, street trees lost, new square in front & neighbour beside. Red external Blinds on west facade still operating, zinc facade good. On 45m2 site, all facade

Nations like Canada, NZ, Finland show how universal, adaptable, participatory human rights laws avoid targeting specific groups by embedding equality into their legal DNA Australia to adopt best practice needs a national human rights charter informed by public dialogue that protects all citizens

Just read a CSIRO study showing a marked increase over 10 yrs in job ads seeking people with interpersonal skills. If architects want uni's to produce job ready grads, maybe there needs to be more focus on teaching human (soft) skills, than just codes and BIMability.

It's constantly amazing to me that someone who speaks like a 5 year old bully is the President, that half of Americans actually like this shit AND that the whole world has to grovel to this childish moron.

The Australian Design Centre has had its funding cut. Design is so critically important, and so under appreciated and unsupported in Australian culture. ADC is looking for partners, sponsors, or people who can help them keep supporting designers and makers. Please share.

Tech shouldn’t feel like a burden. If it does, you’re probably using the wrong tech. Or techniques.

When you give people space to grow... they'll surprise you. Then your whole practice grows too.

Don’t hire for fit. Hire for stretch.

Boy multimillionaires are good at getting media when they feel sad about government tax policy Imagine if we reported on the feelings of young people who are worried coal and gas expansion will cause catastrophic climate change the way we reported on the crocodile tears of the wealthiest 0.5%…

Want more work? Be easier to trust. Listen. Adapt. Stay in touch.

Clients don’t refer great architectural design. They refer great experiences.

If your practice income is dependant on one project type, You don’t have a good practice model. You have a gamble.

Here’s one we prepared earlier.

A broken architecture practice can’t be courageous. Establish reserves so you can take risks.

Architects, your team isn’t a machine. They're a jazz ensemble. Let them improvise.

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Rigid process = fragile architecture practice. Experiment. Rethink. Adapt.

Knowledge only has value when it’s reusable. Make it easily found, and useful.

If your architecture practice forgets what it learns, you’ll keep repeating the same mistakes. Capture it. Share it. Use it.

Clients hire outcomes. Not services.

Architects don’t just describe what you do. Describe... Who you're for. and What you'll change for them.

Planning isn’t knowing. It’s asking... “What changed?” “What’s next?” “What if?”

Adaptability isn't a reaction. It's a system you build. With purpose. On purpose.

Stable is overrated. The future belongs to architecture practices designed to move.

If your architecture practice was a building... would it survive an earthquake? Most aren't built to flex.

The best architecture practices won’t be the ones with the best designs. They’ll be the ones best at learning.

The architecture profession isn’t in crisis. But the assumption that what worked before will work tomorrow... That’s the real risk.

Adaptability isn’t a pivot. It’s a discipline.

If you're not experimenting out at the edge, you're reinforcing the centre . That’s how architecture practices become irrelevant... quietly.

Your practice isn’t a machine. It’s a human system. You can evolve it, or defend it until it breaks.

Fiction: We’ll figure it out when we need to. Truth: You won’t. Panic is not a strategy.

Architects sell innovation in their work. But fear it in their business.

A good architecture practice isn’t built once and maintained as is. It requires iteration like your designs. Prototype... test... refine... Repeat.

Success doesn’t guarantee that you're heading the right way. It just means where you’re going hasn’t become a sidetrack… yet.

Bluesky won’t recreate peak Twitter. Twitter won’t recreate peak Twitter. Instagram isn’t going to go back to good Instagram. All this handwringing seems to yearning for a moment in social media history that isn’t ever coming back. Get used to it, figure out new things, build real community.

Your systems are either working for you or against you. Most quietly do both. Review them.

The most dangerous words you'll hear in any architecture practice: “We’ve always done it this way.” Red flag. Do not frame it. Change it.