Episode 37: Bushfires and how to negate them. We talk with sustainable building designer and rural fire fighter Dick Clarke
Celebrated building designer, awards judge, vehicle designer, sailor and head of sustainable design firm Envirotecture and also a rural fire fighter, Dick Clarke has spent nearly 40 years designing for and working in the Australian environment. He speaks openly and candidly about the reasons behind the devastation of the recent bushfires across the country, why they happened, how embracing climate science will ensure the severity of any future bushfires will be minimised and how the design co...
21 Jan 202045min
Episode 36: JMP's John McAslan & Troy Uleman talk about the Central Station redesign, urban planning and the process of design
In a coup for Talking Architecture & Design, we finally get to speak with the indefatigable Scotsman John McAslan and well-known local architect Troy Uleman from JMP about a wide range of subjects including the Central Station rebuild, the changing work culture in architectural firms and why architects must have a specific procedure when they work. Fresh from Glasgow, McAslan, the 2009 World Architect of the Year shares his insights into what design could and should be and how he intends ...
16 Dec 201944min
Episode 35: Tone Wheeler talks about designers, ecology, education, Bali and how Australia became a hotbed of sustainable design
Architect and academic Tone Wheeler takes listeners on a historical journey through both time and space to explain how Australian designers taught themselves all about sustainable design, more often than not, the hard way.A fascinating journey into the history of sustainable design in Australia - a country that is challenged both by distance and climate.
22 Nov 201942min
Episode 34: Talking Architecture & Design talks to Speckel software co-developer Darren O'Dea
Software platform Speckel has been designed to guide users through an often-bewildering maze of ideas and requirements. Co-developer Darren O'Dea talks about simple ways to create better opportunities for building design and construction teams to work together to improve outcomes for the built environment - all via the Speckel platform.For more information, go to: https://www.awsaustralia.com.au/specifyaws/
19 Nov 201942min
Episode 33: Amanda Stanaway from Woods Bagot talks about workplace design and the changing workplace
With over 20 years of design experience working in Brisbane, London and Sydney, Amanda Stanaway has been building Woods Bagot‘s workplace portfolio for 12 years. In this episode of Talking Architecture and Design, Stanaway gets to flex her design knowledge across major projects which has helped her build a strong understanding of the ways that industry and design intertwine.Stanaway brings an awareness of the commercial needs in an ever-changing world of work and workplaces.
12 Nov 201918min
Episode 32: Talking Architecture & Design speaks with PTW Architects director Diane Jones
Director of PTW Architects Diane Jones is committed to evidence-based research and multi-disciplinary collaborations which inform her approach to advancing architecture as a practice and as a discipline intersection. She speaks about her extensive experience in heritage, justice, civic, integrated communities and therapeutic environment projects that are guided by the principle that architectural spaces and settings gain their meaning through the experiences of people and by a strong se...
4 Nov 201918min
Episode 31: Ros Moriarty talks about the increasing understanding and appreciation of Indigenous design
Ros Moriarty is managing director and co-founder of both Balarinji and the Moriarty Foundation.Moriarty, who is best known for the Balarinji-Qantas collection of art aircraft featuring Aboriginal designs, talks about why Indigenous design matters and how it is becoming more important for architects and designers alike to understand and appreciate the 65,000-year old culture from where it evolved.
21 Okt 201939min
Episode 30: Koos de Keijzer gives an insight into urban design, what architects should be designing and the future of urban planing
Koos de Keijzer, founding partner and principal of DKO Architecture has both a passion in typology research and an ongoing commitment to architectural integrity, contemporary residential development and the inherent beauty of applying simple design principles.He speaks with Talking Architecture & Design on what it takes to do great design in our ever-expanding urban environments.
17 Okt 201952min
