A failed marriage
They tiptoe around each other like partners in a failed marriage.
Relationships among members of the design and construction industries have never been as poor...
Life’s a bach
With 150 sq m seen as the bare minimum size and 200 sq m+ as much more typical, it’s no surprise that modern housing...
Déjà Vu again
It was Yogi Berra, former manager of the New York Yankees baseball team, who first said: It’s like déjà vu all over again —...
Lino-typing
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...
The difficulty of providing affordable housing in New Zealand
In his final column for Building Today, architect Don Bunting muses upon the apparent difficulty of providing affordable housing in New Zealand.
What is wrong...
Smart cities
Napoleon was talking about the tactics of warfare. However, the same can be said about amateur politicians putting the tactics of political expediency —...
A black hole
Architect Don Bunting seeks out our lost construction industry.It might have sounded like April Fool’s Day but, in fact, it was April 11 this...
The Glass House
Just north of New York State is Connecticut, the most southern of the New England States. Famed as the country home of New York’s...
Home sweet home?
Public housing built in the UK in the 30 years from 1950 was a mix of two-storey terraces, maisonettes (2/2 storey units above each...
From desire to necessity: Why do we always want more?
Building Today columnist and Architect Don Bunting wonders if we feel better and more successful if we own the best and largest house we...