Billy Maynard is an architect who has served as a volunteer bush firefighter since 2020, worked as a designer at Neeson Murcutt Architects and as a Senior spatial designer at the Art Gallery of NSW. Billy Maynard was also the winner for the Kevin Borland Masonry Award in the Think Brick Awards 2022 for his project, House at Flat Rock. A project that uses irregular bonds and cuts of concrete masonry allowing plays of light and darkness to reveal the textured exterior walls. 

 

In this episode, your host Elizabeth McIntyre and special guest, Billy Maynard have an interesting conversation covering topics such as:

• The process behind the design of the House at Flat Rock and why concrete masony was used when building in bushfire prone areas;
• How his background in art, photography, and film, help enhance his approach as an architect;
• His approach to design that that focus on cmplimenting natural landscapes;
• What drew him to using concrete masonry and why he builds in Bushfire prone areas;
• and much more

 

This episode and many others can be found on all major platforms, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to Rate & Subscribe to our podcast to never miss out a new episode. You can also let us know who you want to hear next and what topics we should talk about by leaving us a Review on Apple Podcasts.