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17 suggestions to help make designing with architecturally exposed structural steel an enjoyable, interactive process.
2012 gold medallist Lawrence Nield highlights four critical techniques for architecture.
How glass can be strategically used as a key device in environmentally sustainable design.
US approaches to community outreach in architectural practice and how they could relate to Australia.
There are clear financial and environmental benefits for businesses switching to energy efficient lighting.
Blair McKolskey considers the attributes required to achieve productivity.
David Johns investigates how sitting for prolonged hours is not just an unhealthy practice, it may in fact be killing us.
Keeping warm - insulation, ventilation and heating homes.
In making every part of a project sustainable we can overlook the fact that the strategy of designing less can achieve more.
![Typological [r]evolution of the workplace](https://cdn.architecturenow.co.nz/site_media/media/cache/73/ea/73ea86362be95f9ea24c4cfde80c0ee9.jpg)
Philip Vivian charts the various typologies of the workplace and asks, ‘What’s next?’
Natalie Slessor expounds the importance of understanding psychology and human behaviour in creating workplace interiors.
We spend 70% of our time in our homes, yet many New Zealand homes are up to 6 degrees below the WHO’s minimum of 18 degrees.
When the time to retire comes, relinquishing control of a life-time’s work can be extremely challenging.
Getting maximum productivity out of staff on a daily basis can be problematic on construction sites.
Blair McKolskey of Finewood proposes that furniture will be at the forefront of office innovation in the future.
LED technology has only recently started to gain traction as a lighting solution in both commercial and residential projects.
This article looks at recent research on the sustainability of western red cedar with examples of its application in projects.
Scott Osborne of Total Synergy discusses the challenges of managing a busy practice – invoicing, budgets, backups – and how a strategic approach can smooth the way.