David Neustein is a co-director of Other Architects, a small research-driven practice he and his partner Grace Mortlock founded in 2012. Other Architects received the 2021 Houses Award for Emerging Architecture Practice, the 2018 INDE Prodigy award for most promising design practice in the Asia-Pacific region, and their work has been exhibited around the world.

In this episode, David and I discussed:

• How the studio has used speculative or unsolicited projects to establish themselves as leaders in interesting and unexpected niches such as cemeteries.
• Why David believes that some of the most valuable ideas, solutions and techniques can often be found in the work of small practices outside Australia, and why connecting with the international architecture community can become a meaningful point of difference in the local market.
• How the studio has developed a clear sense of what they’re about (or not about) as a brand, and how this process of self-reflection has helped them to focus their message, generate clearer ideas, decide on the right projects to focus on, and communicate their ideas with confidence.

If you’d like to learn more about Other Architects, you can visit otherarchitects.com. You can also follow the studio on Instagram @otherarchitects.

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