Talking Architecture & Design

Architecture & Design

Now celebrating its 8th year (Season 9), Talking Architecture & Design is Australia’s first B2B architecture podcast that regularly talks about a range of issues that affect Australia’s architects, building designers and built environment professionals. Run by Australia’s most popular architecture magazine, Architecture & Design, the Talking Architecture & Design podcast gives a regular bite-sized dose of what is important and sometimes what is just plain old interesting to anyone and everyone in the business of building design.

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Apr 7, 2020 · 25 min
Episode 44: Architect and lecturer Sandra Furtado surveys our new work / life lockdown paradigm
Principal and director of Sydney-based architecture studio Furtado Sullivan Sandra Furtado talks about what it's like working as an architect under a lockdown situation with an economy that's in hibernation and an industry desperately trying to keep going under the most unusual and trying of socio-economic conditions. Furtado gives us an insight into how things are at present and where they may well end up when the situation eventually starts to change back to what we would consider as being much more normal.
Mar 27, 2020 · 44 min
Episode 43: Caroma's Dr. Peter Sweatman talks toilet design, water usage, automation and why toilet paper is on the way out
Dr Peter Sweatman graduated with first class honours in Industrial Design from the University of Canberra Peter started work with Caroma R&D on research to launch the first generation of Smart Flush toilets to the market and is currently completing a PhD in user centred bathroom design for older people at UNSW Built Environment. He talks about creating a new class of bathroom that works as an integrated space that can also be tailored and adapted to individuals to provide convenience, comfort and safety.
Mar 19, 2020 · 35 min
Episode 42: Gensler’s Sustainable Design Leader for A/PAC Nermine Zahran and her journey of architectural discovery
Architect Nermine Zahran talks about how it is vital to continually learn and to educate others in the industry and in the general public about ways to minimise the impact of the built environment on the planet. With a career that started in Egypt and that has now come to one sense of fulfilment in Australia, Nermine Zahran explains her journey from one side of the world to another and how she is currently working to make the world a better place-one sustainable design at a time.
Mar 2, 2020 · 37 min
Episode 41: Architectus Principal Studio Leader, Ruth Wilson on the design and management of large and complex projects
We speak with Ruth Wilson about her diverse and accomplished 30-year career that has seen her manage large, complex projects and direct multidisciplinary teams towards buildings and places that exist at the forefront of innovative design. Wilson's role at Architectus spans being Studio Leader in Melbourne, a member of the Board of Architectus and an active leader of projects in higher education and the public domain. She specialises in projects involving large and complex stakeholder groups and is often sought after to set the strategy for engagement and lead the consultation process. A recurring theme in Wilson's projects is development within large existing precincts – be it university campuses, airports or on significant urban sites such as the State Library Victoria. Working with existing assets, including heritage-listed buildings, and designing for ongoing operation during construction, Wilson has utilised her lateral thinking and well-honed collaborative skills to ensure these complex and sensitive projects come to fruition.
Feb 28, 2020 · 43 min
Episode 40: We talk with landscape architects Kate Luckraft and Bianca Pineda about urban designs, gender roles in design & trees
ASPECT Studios director Kate Luckraft and associate Bianca Pineda share their ideas, views, experiences and thoughts on a range of iconic design projects ASPECT Studios has delivered like One Central Park, Barangaroo South and Quay Quarter in Sydney’s famous Circular Quay. Along the way, we find out about how working on these high-pressure and very much public projects as a woman and a landscape architect has shaped and even changed both the actual projects and also them as highly-sought after and highly-skilled professionals.
Feb 25, 2020 · 32 min
Episode 39: We talk with Penny Fuller, a recent recipient of the AIA’s Emerging Architect Prize, which she was awarded for her first built project in Australia
We speak with architect Penny Fuller from one half of the leadership team of the firm Silvester Fuller which she founded with partner Jad Silvester. Prior to launching Silvester Fuller, Penny’s career included work on Renzo Piano’s Aurora Place and a period at Foster + Partners in London, where she worked as an associate, leading design teams on the development of large-scale projects. For more information, go to: https://www.awsaustralia.com.au/specifyaws/ The firm is responsible for 18 Loftus Street at Circular Quay’s prestigious Quay Quarter and has won the competition for the design of the significant One Sydney Park project for HPG, alongside MHNDU and Sue Barnsley Design.
Jan 28, 2020 · 48 min
Episode 38: Architect and lecturer Tone Wheeler dispels the myths over the reasons for our bushfire crisis
Architect and lecturer Tone Wheeler together with with A+D deputy editor Sarah Buckley dispel the myths over the range of complex yet logical reasons for our bushfire crisis and delve deep into what could and should be done to ensure that we never see a repeat of this Black Summer. With a mixture of many years of acquired knowledge working and designing in the built environment and an acute sense of political cynicism, Wheeler pulls no punches when it comes to apportioning both blame and assigning a range of short and long-term cures to the climate-induced reality Australia now find itself having to deal with. For more information, go to: https://www.awsaustralia.com.au/specifyaws/
Jan 21, 2020 · 45 min
Episode 37: Bushfires and how to negate them. We talk with sustainable building designer and rural fire fighter Dick Clarke
Celebrated building designer, awards judge, vehicle designer, sailor and head of sustainable design firm Envirotecture and also a rural fire fighter, Dick Clarke has spent nearly 40 years designing for and working in the Australian environment. He speaks openly and candidly about the reasons behind the devastation of the recent bushfires across the country, why they happened, how embracing climate science will ensure the severity of any future bushfires will be minimised and how the design community must be at the forefront of changing the way we design and build our homes so that the impact of the next bushfires will hopefully not be anywhere near as catastrophic as these in 2019/2020. For more information, go to: https://www.awsaustralia.com.au/specifyaws/
Dec 16, 2019 · 44 min
Episode 36: JMP's John McAslan & Troy Uleman talk about the Central Station redesign, urban planning and the process of design
In a coup for Talking Architecture & Design, we finally get to speak with the indefatigable Scotsman John McAslan and well-known local architect Troy Uleman from JMP about a wide range of subjects including the Central Station rebuild, the changing work culture in architectural firms and why architects must have a specific procedure when they work. Fresh from Glasgow, McAslan, the 2009 World Architect of the Year shares his insights into what design could and should be and how he intends to apply his unique experiences and ideas to the redesign of Australia's oldest and largest urban railway precinct.
Nov 22, 2019 · 42 min
Episode 35: Tone Wheeler talks about designers, ecology, education, Bali and how Australia became a hotbed of sustainable design
Architect and academic Tone Wheeler takes listeners on a historical journey through both time and space to explain how Australian designers taught themselves all about sustainable design, more often than not, the hard way. A fascinating journey into the history of sustainable design in Australia - a country that is challenged both by distance and climate.
Nov 19, 2019 · 42 min
Episode 34: Talking Architecture & Design talks to Speckel software co-developer Darren O'Dea
Software platform Speckel has been designed to guide users through an often-bewildering maze of ideas and requirements. Co-developer Darren O'Dea talks about simple ways to create better opportunities for building design and construction teams to work together to improve outcomes for the built environment - all via the Speckel platform. For more information, go to: https://www.awsaustralia.com.au/specifyaws/
Nov 12, 2019 · 18 min
Episode 33: Amanda Stanaway from Woods Bagot talks about workplace design and the changing workplace
With over 20 years of design experience working in Brisbane, London and Sydney, Amanda Stanaway has been building Woods Bagot‘s workplace portfolio for 12 years. In this episode of Talking Architecture and Design, Stanaway gets to flex her design knowledge across major projects which has helped her build a strong understanding of the ways that industry and design intertwine. Stanaway brings an awareness of the commercial needs in an ever-changing world of work and workplaces.
Nov 4, 2019 · 18 min
Episode 32: Talking Architecture & Design speaks with PTW Architects director Diane Jones
Director of PTW Architects Diane Jones is committed to evidence-based research and multi-disciplinary collaborations which inform her approach to advancing architecture as a practice and as a discipline intersection. She speaks about her extensive experience in heritage, justice, civic, integrated communities and therapeutic environment projects that are guided by the principle that architectural spaces and settings gain their meaning through the experiences of people and by a strong sense of responsibility to the wider community and environment.
Oct 21, 2019 · 39 min
Episode 31: Ros Moriarty talks about the increasing understanding and appreciation of Indigenous design
Ros Moriarty is managing director and co-founder of both Balarinji and the Moriarty Foundation. Moriarty, who is best known for the Balarinji-Qantas collection of art aircraft featuring Aboriginal designs, talks about why Indigenous design matters and how it is becoming more important for architects and designers alike to understand and appreciate the 65,000-year old culture from where it evolved.
Oct 17, 2019 · 52 min
Episode 30: Koos de Keijzer gives an insight into urban design, what architects should be designing and the future of urban planing
Koos de Keijzer, founding partner and principal of DKO Architecture has both a passion in typology research and an ongoing commitment to architectural integrity, contemporary residential development and the inherent beauty of applying simple design principles. He speaks with Talking Architecture & Design on what it takes to do great design in our ever-expanding urban environments.
Oct 14, 2019 · 23 min
Episode 29: Talking Architecture & Design speaks with Jodie Taylor, International Towers' head of Marketing & Stakeholder Engagement
During FRONT 2019, we sat down with International Towers' head of Marketing & Stakeholder Engagement, Jodie Taylor, to talk about, corporate design, her Indigenous heritage and how the Big End of Town is learning to embrace and promote Australia’s rich and deep Indigenous heritage.
Oct 8, 2019 · 20 min
Episode 28: Talking Architecture & Design speaks with David Kaunitz on disaster architecture and urban design
David Kaunitz co-founded Kaunitz Yeung Architecture with his wife Ka Wai Yeung following his return to Sydney after living seven years in the UK included, five as a director of a large practice running its London studio where he worked on some of the largest projects in Europe, including the Barnsley Interchange and The London Olympic Village for clients such as HSBC, Marks & Spencer and Lend Lease. His long association with the Pacific Islands, and the Solomon Islands in particular, and post disaster experience in South East Asia and the Pacific working for clients such as UNICEF, UNHCR and World Vision has allowed Kaunitz to develop both an outlook and style that is truly unique. Kaunitz speaks with Talking Architecture & Design about working in the UK, his time in the Solomon Islands and the importance of disaster architecture and what his experiences have taught him about designing better urban places
Oct 2, 2019 · 25 min
Episode 27: Talking Architecture & Design talks with Simone Oliver from Architectus about the future of workplace design
“The nature of work has radically changed,” says Simone Oliver, national sector leader – interior architecture at Architectus and Ambassador to FRONT.design 2019. “The rise of technology, automation, globalisation” – these are the big-picture forces driving change. On the ground, we see it play out through rapidly growing markets like the gig economy and co-working. Influenced by a clashing of typologies in which seemingly disparate markets like social media, education and hospitality bring new depth to what was a clearly delineated field of reference. Simone Oliver outlines the defining design influences in workplace design of our time and the role the architecture profession plays within that.
Sep 27, 2019 · 26 min
Episode 26: Talking Architecture & Design talks with Dyson's Will Darvill & Associate Professor Sean Cain from Monash University
In Episode 26 of Talking Architecture & Design, we talk innovation, design, disruption and of course what's the latest cool gadget from the super-innovative engineers at Dyson. Featuring Dyson's Will Darvill & Associate Professor Sean Cain from Monash University, this podcast talks about light technology, circadian lighting, lighting as a recuperative solution and how we are on the cutting edge of a new revolution in new lighting design, lighting usage and the recent launch of Lightcycle, the latest in Dyson technology.
Sep 20, 2019 · 25 min
Episode 25: Robyn Lindsey, Geyer's innovation and thought leader talks retail & urban design, generational change & wellness
Previously a partner of Geyer – a leading independent interior design practice – Robyn Lindsey has worked with some of Australia’s leading organisations, including Westpac Group at International Towers to develop human-centred experiences and environments. She holds an MBA focussing on innovative leadership and strategy for competitive advantage, which together with her creative design background, brings a unique approach to creating new business opportunities and future-focussed outcomes.

Talking Architecture & Design

Episode 44: Architect and lecturer Sandra Furtado surveys our new work / life lockdown paradigm

Episode 43: Caroma's Dr. Peter Sweatman talks toilet design, water usage, automation and why toilet paper is on the way out

Episode 42: Gensler’s Sustainable Design Leader for A/PAC Nermine Zahran and her journey of architectural discovery

Episode 41: Architectus Principal Studio Leader, Ruth Wilson on the design and management of large and complex projects

Episode 40: We talk with landscape architects Kate Luckraft and Bianca Pineda about urban designs, gender roles in design & trees

Episode 39: We talk with Penny Fuller, a recent recipient of the AIA’s Emerging Architect Prize, which she was awarded for her first built project in Australia

Episode 38: Architect and lecturer Tone Wheeler dispels the myths over the reasons for our bushfire crisis

Episode 37: Bushfires and how to negate them. We talk with sustainable building designer and rural fire fighter Dick Clarke

Episode 36: JMP's John McAslan & Troy Uleman talk about the Central Station redesign, urban planning and the process of design

Episode 35: Tone Wheeler talks about designers, ecology, education, Bali and how Australia became a hotbed of sustainable design

Episode 34: Talking Architecture & Design talks to Speckel software co-developer Darren O'Dea

Episode 33: Amanda Stanaway from Woods Bagot talks about workplace design and the changing workplace

Episode 32: Talking Architecture & Design speaks with PTW Architects director Diane Jones

Episode 31: Ros Moriarty talks about the increasing understanding and appreciation of Indigenous design

Episode 30: Koos de Keijzer gives an insight into urban design, what architects should be designing and the future of urban planing

Episode 29: Talking Architecture & Design speaks with Jodie Taylor, International Towers' head of Marketing & Stakeholder Engagement

Episode 28: Talking Architecture & Design speaks with David Kaunitz on disaster architecture and urban design

Episode 27: Talking Architecture & Design talks with Simone Oliver from Architectus about the future of workplace design

Episode 26: Talking Architecture & Design talks with Dyson's Will Darvill & Associate Professor Sean Cain from Monash University

Episode 25: Robyn Lindsey, Geyer's innovation and thought leader talks retail & urban design, generational change & wellness