Talking Architecture & Design

While at Carr, David Brooks worked across many multi-residential projects, as well as the award-winning United Places hotel. In each project, his aim was to bring an effortless, natural characteristic that makes for comfortable, accessible, and liveable spaces. 

Motivated by transforming ideas into an object while balancing art and science, David’s approach is typified by working at the macro and the micro in the early stages of the design process.

In this interview,  David talks about Australia’s changing relationship with apartment living changing and also talks us through the level of detail that goes into luxury apartment design.

The Urban Development Institute of Australia, Victorian Division (UDIA Victoria) CEO Matthew Kandelaars talks about what part of urban development he thinks we get right here in Australia, and what part we get wrong, and will Australians ever fall in love with high density living?

Koos de Keijzer, founding partner and Principal of DKO Architecture, has built a highly regarded role as an urban designer and architect, with particular expertise in residential developments. DKO Architecture is an award-winning design practice with offices in Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam.

In this wide-ranging interview, he talks about  hotel design, the future of office space and the rise of the 'Resimercial' building.

Our continuing conversation with architect, lecturer, social commentator and columnist Tone Wheeler on the history of house designer and builder AV Jennings, some lesser-known Australian architects and the influence of architecture on the growth and maturing of Australian suburbia.

Daniel Smith started Leaf Architecture in 2015 with the intention of creating a practice that has a strong focus and understanding of pedagogy and education design. 

Since then, Daniel  has developed a significant portfolio of public and community projects completed over the last decade, and has been involved in all facets of architectural projects; including client consultation, master planning, detail design, co-ordination of documentation and contract administration. This experience coupled with a natural affinity to building relationships with various stakeholder groups makes Daniel an experienced architect and leader.

Daniel talks about his passions and wishes for the future of school design in Australia .

This podcast was brought to you in association with Interface, proud sponsors of the Sustainability series of podcasts. For more information on Interface, please go to www.architectureanddesign.com.au/suppliers/interface-aust

Melbourne’s Seafarers development embodies sustainable luxury. The former site of the city’s Goods Shed No. 5, Seafarers shapes up as a project that will define Melbourne, with its adaptive reuse and sustainable design methods the embodiment of contemporary architecture and interior design.

For this episode of Talking Architecture & Design, Assistant Editor Jarrod Reedie sits down with Riverlee’s David Lee, the Seafarers developer, and One Design Office (ODO) Director Samson Tiew, tasked with crafting the interiors of the future 1 Hotel, which will be included as part of the Seafarers development.

The pair discuss their own personal journeys to this point, the history the pair share both personally and professionally, and talk about the process of creating a development with as much excitement and intrigue as Seafarers.

Corey Peterson spent 16 years supporting science in Antarctica before emigrating to Tasmania. 

He has worked at the University of Tasmania since 2009 advancing from Sustainability Officer to Chief Sustainability Officer charged with advancing a holistic organisational sustainability agenda.

He was on the University of Tasmania Governing Council from 2012-2020 and is the current President of Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS). 

He has also served on the Board of several community organisations, including Sustainable Living Tasmania for ten years (five as President), is a graduate of the Tasmanian Leaders Program and has joint Masters Degrees in Environmental Science and Public Administration.

In this interview, he talks about how his work in Antarctica equipped him for his lifelong battle to promote sustainability.

This podcast was brought to you in association with Interface, proud sponsors of the Sustainability series of podcasts. For more information on Interface, please go to www.architectureanddesign.com.au/suppliers/interface-aust

Architect, lecturer, columnist and founder of environa studio Tone Wheeler shares his many thoughts about the evolution of architectural teaching in Australia as well as the concept of architectural engineering.

You can also see Tone Wheeler live at the 2022 Sustainability Summit, which will be held at Sydney's Shangri-la hotel on Thursday,  November 10.

For  more information, go to https://www.sustainablebuildingawards.com.au/summit/

Sally Brincat is an architect with over 20 years of experience and is ThomsonAdsett's Victoria Education Sector Lead.

She recently led a large joint venture team on five primary and two secondary schools across mainstream and inclusion streams for the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA).

In this revealing, one-on-one interview, Sally talks about the latest ideas in school design, the move towards  vertical schools and what roles an architect has in design the modern Australian school.

AM-BOSS is the 2022 Sponsor of our Education series of podcasts.

Nick Hill has two decades experience in sustainable enterprise for coastal communities, fundraising and leading teams.

Coast4C is aimed at unlocking the potential of regenerative seaweed farming and the circular economy to deliver benefits for communities, conservation, climate and commerce.

Nick has a PhD in seaweed farming and fishing livelihoods and was also the co-founder of Net-Works and Our Sea Our Life programs.

In this exclusive interview he describes how seaweed can be an answer to our climate change woes.

This podcast was brought to you in association with Interface, proud sponsors of the Sustainability series of podcasts. For more information on Interface, please go to www.architectureanddesign.com.au/suppliers/interface-aust