Bill Mc Kay

The heritage building debate: A balance between saving our history and building our future. Audio

Today, Bill argues that it is cheaper and more sustainable to reuse old buildings rather than demolish them. He looks at how the University of Auckland has just done that - and ended up with the… Audio

Does urban densification mean heritage buildings have to go? Audio

As more people work remotely New Zealand is seeing a hollowing out of inner cities which poses questions over how to sustain central area populations and the use of commercial buildings and carparking… Audio

Bill McKay toured a few Australasian cities over summer; and shares his thoughts from the log industry to public transport. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning… Audio

The new Government is canning Labour's RMA reforms, but has vowed to cut red tape. So change is coming - but what form could it take? Bill will talk about the options. Audio

Bill discusses a new exhibition at Auckland's Objectspace gallery called 'The Chair; a story of design and making in Aotearoa'. It showcases more then 110 New Zealand designed and made chairs spanning… Audio

Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland. Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

How did a vision to make cities more liveable become twisted into a totalitarian dystopia? Audio

Bill McKay discusses Te Matawai, Kainga Ora's new 276 apartment complex in central Auckland. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland. Audio

Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland. Audio

A few days ago at an Auckland event senior people from Labour, National and the Greens each signed a pledge to build a 1000 more houses a year in Auckland. Bill McKay joins Susie Ferguson to explain… Audio

Urban issues correspondent Bill McKay looks at how the built environment isn't as neutral as you'd think - it can be racist, sexist, elitist, ageist and ableist - and subtly and frequently… Audio

We now know the shape of the Government's plan for a second harbour crossing in Auckland: car and truck tunnels similar to the Waterview tunnel, with a separate tunneled light rail route to Belmont… Audio

Urban issues correspondent Bill McKay joins Susie to talk about the differences between the use of concrete and timber in the building industry and the carbon footprint created by their use. Bill… Audio

Urban issues correspondent Bill McKay joins Kathryn to talk about two events that see communities getting together to sort out their own issues from housing to urban design - with or without central… Audio

Urban issues correspondent Bill McKay jumps back in history to a time when the Railways Department ran a successful building programme in the 1920s that ensured its employees had somewhere to stay… Audio