David Kaunitz co-founded Kaunitz Yeung Architecture with his wife Ka Wai Yeung following his return to Sydney after living seven years in the UK included, five as a director of a large practice running its London studio where he worked on some of the largest projects in Europe, including the Barnsley Interchange and The London Olympic Village for clients such as HSBC, Marks & Spencer and Lend Lease. His long association with the Pacific Islands, and the Solomon Islands in particular, and post disaster experience in South East Asia and the Pacific working for clients such as UNICEF, UNHCR and World Vision has allowed Kaunitz to develop both an outlook and style that is truly unique.  

Kaunitz speaks with Talking Architecture & Design about working in the UK, his time in the Solomon Islands and the importance of disaster architecture and what his experiences have taught him about designing better urban places

“The nature of work has radically changed,” says Simone Oliver, national sector leader – interior architecture at Architectus and Ambassador to FRONT.design 2019. “The rise of technology, automation, globalisation” – these are the big-picture forces driving change. On the ground, we see it play out through rapidly growing markets like the gig economy and co-working. Influenced by a clashing of typologies in which seemingly disparate markets like social media, education and hospitality bring new depth to what was a clearly delineated field of reference.

Simone Oliver outlines the defining design influences in workplace design of our time and the role the architecture profession plays within that.

In Episode 26 of Talking Architecture & Design, we talk innovation, design, disruption and of course what's the latest cool gadget from the super-innovative engineers at Dyson.

Featuring Dyson's Will Darvill & Associate Professor Sean Cain from Monash University, this podcast talks about light technology, circadian lighting, lighting as a recuperative solution and how we are on the cutting edge of a new revolution in new lighting design, lighting usage and the recent launch of Lightcycle, the latest in Dyson technology.

Previously a partner of Geyer – a leading independent interior design practice – Robyn Lindsey has worked with some of Australia’s leading organisations, including Westpac Group at International Towers to develop human-centred experiences and environments. She holds an MBA focussing on innovative leadership and strategy for competitive advantage, which together with her creative design background, brings a unique approach to creating new business opportunities and future-focussed outcomes.

We look at ageing strategies and ageing in place and how this affects our built environment and investment strategies with special guest Greg Frid of Project Friday.

We delve into the wonderful world of landscape architecture and talk about the evolution of landscape architecture and why it matters to the overall design balance of sustainable spaces with Brett Robinson from Acre.

Two highly-regarded architects – Reade Dixon and Vicki Karavasil from architecture firm Elenberg Fraser delve into the amazing world of biophilic design - what is it, what it isn’t and why it matters to the overall design balance of our public and urban and hopefully, also sustainable spaces.

As an architect Jo Gillies  has been a mainstay at Collaroy for over 20 years, but in 2013 the business further expanded in vision, director and staff, to be re-born as Archisoul Architects in Manly.

She speaks with Talking Architecture and Design about how design, both in its raw as well as in its finished forms has the power to both transform and redeem.

She is a survivor of childhood abuse and shares her journey and her thoughts on life, form, nature, redemption, gender-based design and the transformative powers of very small African insects.
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Lisa Sorrentino is a highly skilled residential development executive with over 20 years of end to end development experience in urban renewal, mixed use, community housing, retirement living, and build to rent sectors within Australia and the United States.

She talks about the differences between affordable and social housing and delves into the challenges of her role and the place of affordable housing has in the rental housing mix.

 Australian Institute of Architects NSW Chapter president Kathlyn Loseby joins former NSW government architect Peter Poulet to speak with Talking Architecture & Design about design, heritage, technology and the gender imbalance in the built environment.