resources
Building Biology and Ecology Institute
“The New Zealand Building Biology & Ecology Institute (BBE) provides information on how buildings affect the health of people and the environment, and ways of building healthier and more sustainable homes.”
3000
A weekly guide to what’s going on in the less obvious places in Melbourne. This link will take you straight through to the design and art happenings.
Your Home Design Guide
This government and buiding industry web site has been around for a while, and is often updated. The technical section contains basic advice about designing a house sustainably. You will be lucky to find mention of an architect anywhere.
MIMOA
This is a great resource for contemporary european buildings – photos, maps, and most importantly, addresses.
Unitec
An Auckland university offering architecture and landscape degrees.
GIB
Gibraltar board for internal linings. PDF guides, CAD details, and calculators.
SIAL - RMIT
“The Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory (SIAL) is a facility for innovation in transdisciplinary design research and education.”
Robin Boyd tour 2004
A review by Norman Day of the National Trust’s day of Boyd open homes.
Monocle
“Edited by Wallpaper* founder and International Herald Tribune columnist Tyler Brûlé, Monocle offers a comprehensive global briefing under a single editorial brand.”
Digilib Architecture Image Library
700 odd photograhs of the work of contmporary Queensland architects.
Auckland Guide
This looks handy. This fine pile of PDF guides to the work of some of Auckland’s top architects originally appeared in NZIA’s BLOCK publication. They are rather well written by the likes of Andrew Barrie and Julia Gatley. The growing list includes tours for:
Marion Cultural Centre
Sean Pickersgill’s 2002 review of Ashton Raggat McDougall + Phillips/Pilkington’s Marion Cultural Centre in South Australia.
In The Mind Of The Architect
An ABC TV production in 2000 that surveyed contemporary architects and architecture. The site contains a few slideshows an illustrated transcipts.