Cities
The Future of Asphalt
Bill McKay discusses cars in the future urban environment, how will electric and driver-less cars change our cities? Bill McKay is Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the… Audio
Urban issues with Bill McKay?
Bill McKay speaks with Kathryn Ryan about solutions to the country's housing crisis. Bill is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland. Audio
Where to hold the America's cup?
Bill McKay looks at arguments over the Americas Cup base in Auckland and what else is happening around the country's ports. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning… Audio
Urbanist Bill McKay
Bill McKay discusses urban issues in the South Pacific's towns and cities. Audio
Open plan offices
Extreme open plan offices, where you don't even have a desk, are trendy now but does that mean they will work for everyone? Bill McKay is Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at… Audio
Urbanist Bill McKay
Life is getting faster and more complicated but how easy are we making it to navigate the urban environment? Bill McKay is Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University… Audio
Architecture academic Bill McKay
Bill McKay looks at the surprising history of prefabrication in New Zealand and what it promises for the future Audio
Urbanist Bill McKay
Renting and the political parties policies. More people than we think rent their homes, soon half the population will. Why serious thought about the issue is needed to bring rental policy into the… Audio
Housing policy: who's promising what??
Bill McKay, Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland, discusses the different political parties' housing policies, as we head towards the general… Audio
Satellite cities & motorways – do they fit in the modern world?
Bill McKay discusses the old ideas of satellite cities and motorways and where they fit in the modern world. Audio
Urbanist Bill McKay
There are an increasing number of terrace houses and apartments in our cities. Bill McKay continues to discuss what to look for in design when renting or buying, especially when buying off the plans. Audio
Urbanist Bill McKay
Bill McKay discusses whether bedrooms are required to have windows and illuminates us on how New Zealand's Building Code works. Audio
The Grenfell Tower Fire – Could it Happen Here?
Bill McKay discusses the fire risk to your home in a medium or high-rise building. Bill McKay is a senior lecturer in the School of Architecture at University of Auckland. Audio
Urban issues with Bill McKay
Bill McKay is Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland. Audio
The design of workplaces and schools
In big offices the environment is becoming more casual/flexible/free-form and café-like. They go beyond the open plan and hot desking: interior design isn't about nice, comfortable spaces anymore but… Audio
Urbanist Bill McKay
Bill McKay talks to Kathryn Ryan about co-living and co-housing - once associated with hippies and alternative lifestylers - now they have gone mainstream, offering affordable housing solutions and a… Audio
What can be done to make housing more affordable?
Bill McKay is Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland. Audio
Urbanist Bill McKay
Recently the BNZ's chief economist gave advice on doing up houses to get on the property ladder - but just how much do-it-yourself building are you allowed to do these days? Bill McKay is Senior… Audio
The Human City
Kathryn Ryan talks to Joel Kotkin, an expert in urban studies at Chapman University in Orange, California. His latest book The Human City challenges what he calls a "cult of densification" in modern… Audio
Urbanist Bill McKay
Bill McKay discusses the government's proposal for Urban Development Authorities in cities with housing shortages. Can they work? Audio
