Talking Architecture & Design

Founded in Tasmania in 2002, Kate Philips and Thomas Bailey from Room11 have a reputation for creating exemplary architecture, whereby a sensitivity to, and preoccupation with landscape typifies Room11’s architecture.  

As the only Australian architectural practice to be invited as part of the International contingent for the La Biennale di Venezia, Room11 certainly do impress.

Directors Kate Philips and Thomas Bailey reveal their secrets in this exclusive podcast.

Max Rafferty has 20 years’ experience within the construction industry and is currently Master Builders Australia National Technical Policy Manager.

He represents the MBA on the Building Codes Committee which provides Technical advice the Australian Building Codes Board, and a number of Australian Standards Committees including BD 038 Wet Areas In Buildings.
 
He has also worked as a Construction Auditor within Government and has experience in residential and commercial construction, including everything from concreting to site management.

Max explains to Talking Architecture & Design  the issues affecting waterproofing buildings and why our waterproofing standards need to be both current as well as enforceable.

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Emeritus Professor Catherine Bridge has a significant national and international reputation in the area of enabling environments, as evidenced by her invited participation in the International Design Awards as a judge; along with numerous International forums and publications. She is one of Australia’s eminent experts on housing solutions for older people.

Her housing research portfolio includes research on housing and care; housing and health; older people and sustainability; accessibility of the built environment and extensive research on home modification interventions.

In this exclusive interview, she talks about how Australia compares on a global scale when we are talking about designing disability and where we could do better in the future of disability design and planning, especially in the increasingly-critical area of bathroom design.

This podcast is bought to you in association with Caroma LiveWell, proud sponsors of the Aged Care Series of podcasts.  For more information on Caroma LiveWell please go to: https://www.caroma.com.au/livewell

Jorge Chapa is Head of Market Transformation at the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) and who’s role it is to ensure that GBCA’s strategic priorities, partnerships, and product and services, including Green Star, accelerate the transformation of Australia’s built environment – delivering more liveable, resilient, and sustainable places for everyone.

In this exclusive interview, Chapa talks extensively about the features and  benefits of Greenstar ratings, how  the GBCA sees the built environment helping to address the challenges of climate change and the strategies behind tackling upfront carbon in order to achieve Net Zero targets by 2030.

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Former national president of the Australian Institute of Architects and spokesperson for the Hands Off Anzac Hall campaign Clare Cousins is angry with the National Capital Authority (NCA) and its plans for the Australian War Memorial, which will see Anzac Hall demolished and pave the way for a $500 million expansion.

Cousins says that this decision shows that the  “Australia’s regulatory framework has failed Australians at every step of this abomination of an ‘assessment’ process'" and one where, “Expert advice on the significant negative heritage impacts to the AWM from demolishing Anzac Hall, as well as widespread community opposition, have been equally ignored."

In fact, she says that this approval has created a precedent that endangers “every other piece of public architecture in this country”.

She talks exclusively to Talking Architecture & Design on the dismay within the design and wider community over this decision and what this may ultimately mean for heritage decisions in the future.

Situated on picturesque Woolooware Bay in Sydney’s iconic Sutherland Shire, Anglicare's Woolooware Shores offers premium retirement living amidst a vibrant and friendly community.

Damian Barker & Nik Dunoski from Jackson Teece Architects explain what were the steps in designing an entire aged care facility in what is a brownfield site sitting near a popular coastal spot.

Where did they start, what did they look out for and how did these seasoned designers determine what features and inclusions this large and suburban-based aged care facility needed to have?

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Interior Architect Tina Fox, the Sustainability Transformation Group leader for Scott Carver has over 15 years’ experience in the hotel, hospitality & heritage sectors. 

Originally from the UK, Tina is skilled in bringing a clients’ vision to life from concept development to project management on complex and diverse schemes. 

Her creative thinking and eye for detail leads her to create beautiful places that understand the needs of both the client and consumer. 

In this wide-ranging interview, she talks about sustainability, why we need to change not only the way we design things but also how we see our place in the world during a time of climate and pandemic-induced flux.

Ian Moore is the principal of Ian Moore Architects, a multi-disciplinary practice established in 1990. The practice has won numerous national and international awards and has been exhibited in Australia and around the world .

Moore talks about how bathrooms influence or change a building design and how this further influences a structure as well as how the design of a bathroom can effect water usage and the environment in general.

Moore also talks about about some bathroom designs he has done and what makes them stand out.

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Philip Russo is Director of Nursing Research, Cabrini Health and Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University.

He is also President of the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC), and a member of several national infection prevention committees advising the Commonwealth Government.

He talks with us here about the issue of infection control in an aged care setting and how design and technology can be the best weapons we have in the prevention of infectious diseases and viruses in our ever-growing health & aged care sectors.

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Dr Elizabeth Farrelly trained in architecture and philosophy, practiced in Auckland, London and Bristol, holds a PhD in urbanism from the University of Sydney, and is a former Associate Professor (Practice) at the University of NSW Graduate School of Urbanism. 

In this episode, she talks about her latest book, Killing Sydney: The Fight for a City's Soul, as well as her views on over-development, how we are set to live in the future, the problematic relationship between governments and developers and the state of our governance, our cities and our environment.

This is a truly revealing interview from one of Australia's most respected and at times, controversial architects.