Talking Architecture & Design

Hamid Samavi founded OROSI in 2010 as an architectural company. He soon however found his passion lay in the sustainable development of real estate.

Today OROSI develops property in some of Sydney’s most prized suburbs in the Eastern Suburbs and Lower North Shore.

Through an acute realisation that he can control the outcome of a project by managing all aspects of the development process OROSI has become a true vertically integrated development company.

Samavi explains how he handles the architecture, construction, development delivery as well as marketing and sales, and how all this is done to ensure that nothing interrupts OROSI’s primary focus, that is sustainable residential design.

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TAD speaks to UK Consul General Louise Cantillon and AAC CEO Kathlyn Loseby on the Mutual Recognition Agreement (UK MRA) and what will it mean for Australian Architects and their future career and professional  development and training prospects.

Hassell Principal Glenn Scott is an internationally recognised specialist in designing and planning city-defining public places like sports and entertainment centres.

He’s worked on many major projects in Australia, Europe and Asia, including the development of ICC Sydney – the new convention, exhibition and entertainment venues in Sydney’s pivotal Darling Harbour precinct.

He loves the spectacle of live events – large or small – and his passionate about designing entertainment and sports destinations that will excite visitors and thrill fans, each and every time.

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Principal of Envirotecture, Dick Clarke has this year decided he will not function as the Sustainability Awards head Chair.

With more than 35 years’ experience,  Clarke has focuses  on ecologically sustainable and culturally appropriate buildings, as well as sustainable design in vehicles and vessels.

As Director of Sustainability for Building Designers Australia (BDA) and a founding member of the Association of Building Sustainability Assessors (ABSA) and the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC), Clarke says that has many other projects he needs to complete.

In this short interview, he explains where he is going and what will it take to succeed in the 2023 Sustainability Awards.

Talking action on Climate Change, 2030 targets and how or if we are going to achieve our goals.

It is now 2023 and there is a dawning sense of urgency to drastically cut emissions associated with our built environment.

So can we tackle it strategically or is the recent Academy Awards “everything, everywhere, all at once”!

We talk with Connie Hensler, Director of Environmental Management and Product Stewardship at Interface and John Davis, Director APAC, South Pole.

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Matthias Sauerbruch studied in Berlin and in London and has worked at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in London as project manager for six years and partner for four years.  In 1989 he founded Sauerbruch Hutton together with Louisa Hutton and has been directing the office since then.

Recently in Australia to visit the University of Melbourne and to deliver the Faculty of Architecture of Building Planning first Dean’s Lecture on Tuesday 21 March, ‘BAUWENDE – Architecture in the climatic turn’  Sauerbruch spoke to Talking Architecture & Design about on the changes in societies perception of urban spaces, the importance of environmental change and the need for architects to be at the vanguard of what he considers to be some of humanity's greatest challenges in at least the past century.

Tim Kneebone the National Hospitality Manager at SALTO Systems engages, educates and consults on next-generation access control solutions within the hospitality and accommodation sectors across Oceania.

Norman Khan from Yarra Hotel Group. Norman is a hotel veteran for last 30 years, operating hotels in Australia and overseas. Currently a hotel consultant to help owners design the right product.

Tim & Norman discuss access control in the built environment, and in particular in the hotel and hospitality sector.

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Laura Hamilton-O'Hara - CEO, the Living Future Institute of Australia

Laura has a Master’s Degree in Social Ecology and two decades of industry experience working in environmental sustainability and social justice in Australia and South Africa. 

After several years in strategic roles at Taronga Zoo, Macquarie University and the Centre for Sustainability Leadership, Laura is currently the CEO of the Living Future Institute of Australia (LFIA). LFIA harnesses the built environment as a powerful vehicle to create a world that is socially just, culturally rich, and ecologically restorative.

She talks with us about the importance of biophilia, fractals and why the Living Building Challenge is important to the built environment.

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Architect Brian Hooper and Michael Lavery from M3 architecture explain how and why the creation of the Barcaldine Master Plan and subsequent design resulted in a huge increase in tourism off the back of 3 critical projects in the central west Queensland town of Barcaldine.

Dr Sarah Hill, the CEO of the Western Parkland City Authority, talks about delivering her vision for 'a metropolis of three cities’', a vision she co-created as the inaugural CEO of the Greater Sydney Commission, to fundamentally change the way we think and plan for Greater Sydney.

Sarah talks about leading the Commission to develop new ways of engaging with citizens, to measure and monitor key planning outcomes and to better align growth with infrastructure through new methods such as Australia’s first Place-Based Infrastructure Compact.