Bill Mc Kay

Bill McKay talks about the problem of isolation and various options to deal with it in the built environment. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the… Audio

Bill McKay thinks Grand Designs gives an unrealistic idea of design and construction - but the Hamilton city centre's new direction is transformative. Audio

Hamilton is up for the prize of New Zealand's most beautiful city - and far from scoffing, one Auckland architecture expert says the crown would be well-deserved.   Audio

Urban issues commentator Bill McKay joins Kathryn to talk about the situation with Auckland's Queen Street, and how work to improve it for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers seems to have ruined it for… Audio

Bill talks to Kathryn about some of New Zealand's First Pandemic Hospitals; The Remarkable Octagonal Buildings of Trentham, Featherston, Rotorua and Hanmer Springs that Coped with the 1919 Influenza… Audio

Urban issues correspondent Bill McKay joins Kathryn to talk about one of his favourite houses, which has just been up for sale. It belongs to Barton Myers, an American architect who used his… Audio, Gallery

Bill talks to Lynn about the National Policy Statement on Urban Development: taller buildings and fewer carparks all around the country, how will this affect our cities and towns? Audio

Senior lecturer from Auckland University's school of Architecture and Planning, Bill McKay, joins The Panel to discuss new planning rules aiming to increase the density of housing in urban centres. Audio

Water, water everywhere - and not a drop to drink. Bill McKay joins Kathryn to talk about how cities use water, amid Auckland's worst water crisis since 1994. How could cities make more of the… Audio

Bill McKay joins Lynn to talk about the 11 "shovel ready" infrastructure and housing projects that will be fast-tracked through the RMA process. Audio

Bill McKay talks to Kathryn about the new types of building work that from August will no longer require a building consent, saving homeowners up to $18 million a year and reducing the number of… Audio

The government has relaxed building consent rules for small projects such as sleepouts, verandahs and carports.  Audio

Shovel-ready and Shortcuts through the RMA. Bill takes a look at government proposals to shorten consent times for major projects and the impact on public input. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the… Audio

The kitchen has become a hive of activity during lockdown. Bill joins Kathryn to talk about how kitchen design has evolved from being out the back of the early settlers cottages to becoming a central… Audio

Two Cents Worth answers two listeners’ questions around how Covid-19 might change the world. Audio

Bill McKay joins Kathryn to talk about the "new normal" of working from home and how it could be made fairer for those with families. Could the current lockdown get businesses and managers to reassess… Audio