Talking Architecture & Design

Hector Abrahams Architects is a local, innovative firm that has been shaped by the experiences of its Founder, Hector Abrahams. In this episode of Talking Architecture & Design, Jarrod Reedie and Abrahams talk about the practice's highly commended entry for the Sustainability Awards' Adaptive Reuse category, Sue Hutton's Stephensons Mill. The discussion ranges from the heritage and history of the building, the unique zoning rules which Abrahams used to his advantage, and the overa...

6 Feb 202341min

Chris Nunn is the former Head of Sustainability at AMP Capital Real Estate, which has a portfolio valued at approximately $28 billion, consisting of approximately 100 shopping centres, offices and industrial assets. He is also the winner of the Lifetime Achievement award at the 2022 Sustainability Awards and a man who's whole working career has been about promoting the concept of sustainable growth across Australia's corporate sector. He talks with us about how the idea of sustainabi...

30 Jan 202337min

Winner of the 2022 Emerging Sustainable Architect Award, Marni Reti is a proud Palawa and Ngātiwai woman, born and raised on Gadigal land. She graduated from the Masters of Architecture from UTS where she was one of the first recipients of the inaugural Droga Indigenous Architecture Scholarship, a prestigious scholarship aimed at fostering new Indigenous talent in the world of architecture. Marni works at award-winning firm, Kaunitz Yeung Architecture, where she has dedicated her prof...

23 Jan 202338min

Alexander Symes founded his eponymous architecture firm in 2014 with a mission to advance sustainable architecture. The winner of numerous awards, including the Single Dwelling (new) and Best of the Best awards at the 2022 Sustainability awards, Alex has specialist training in the design and delivery of passive houses which we believe offer a pathway towards exceptionally comfortable and healthy homes. In this rather noisy interview, Alex explains the reasons for his continual su...

9 Jan 202322min

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 ...

2 Jan 202330min

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?

19 Des 202239min

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.

12 Des 202224min

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.

5 Des 202228min