Episode 245: Will Messiter from Sekisui House on housing affordability, new home design and the Asora Norwest Community Park

We do need to have better infrastructure. Here the problem is we couldn't really refurbish and build upon what we had, we had to put more in. Look at Asia –what Asia did was not build infrastructure based on how much they were going to recoup. In Singapore, you can travel into the CBD before 7.15 or 7.45 constantly. They are not recouping capital expenditure through tickets; it's about moving people around because of the cost on business and the costs on the wider community by not getti...

20 Mars 201945min

Graham, Director of Urbis’ Transport Advisory service, is a transport planner and traffic engineer with over 20 years’ experience in developing and leading innovative transport planning and traffic engineering projects. Graham has deep experience and understanding in the interrelationship between land-use, activity and transport. He has developed innovative designs to enable improved connectivity at a human and city scale, and specialises in cost effective, holistic ...

7 Mars 201945min

In this edition of Talking Architecture and Design, we talk with Bates Smart director Philip Vivian on the sustainable benefits of timber architecture, the urgent need for urban densification, building for the long term, affordable housing and automation in design.

21 Feb 201932min

In this edition of Talking Architecture and Design, Ed Horton, founding director of award-winning property developers, The Stable Group talks about sustainable building, limitations of the legacy approach to building, challenging convention, adaptive reuse of old buildings, the need for councils to incentivise sustainability, the embedded electricity network trend, and the housing market.

18 Jan 201933min

In this edition of Talking Architecture and Design, we speak with Paolo Bevilacqua, general manager, Sustainability and Real Utilities at Frasers Property Australia, on the increased focus on sustainability among developers, residential solar installations, energy security, community microgrids and Fraser’s green power push.

16 Dec 201831min

In this edition of Talking Architecture and Design, Branko Miletic speaks with Tone Wheeler, the principal and director of Environa Studio and a passionate advocate for environmental architecture. He has taught at universities for over 40 years and designed every type of structure conceivable, his sustainability credentials extend way beyond the ordinary, and he is much more than just a designer of things; he's a chronicler of the changing mood of Australian architecture and its many iteratio...

28 Nov 201853min

Episode #7: Talking Architecture & Design speaks with architect Sandra Furtado by Architecture & Design

30 Okt 201846min

We talk to Nick Deeks about urban planning, smart cities and what we are getting wrong with urban design.

7 Okt 201838min