Talking Architecture & Design

Doug Southwell is an Architect and Director of Scott Carver who has witnessed the increasing demand for hospitality spaces and sensibility across multiple building typologies, including within the growth market of build to rent residential accommodation and commercial repositioning. Tina Fox is the head of Interior Design at Scott Carver with extensive experience in a variety of hospitality work c...

Professor Michael Stacey is an award-winning architect, who combines practice, teaching, research and writing, based in London at the Bartlett / UCL and Michael Stacey Architects. Professor Stacey is the author of a wide range of publications and books including Component Design, 2001, Digital Fabrication, 2004, Concrete: a studio design guide, 2011, Prototyping Architecture, 2013, Aluminium and D...

Burak Dincel left Turkey in 1979 with no English and no professional standing in the Australian market.   Over the next 20 years, the structural engineer developed a patented PVC wall building material.   His business, Dincel Construction ,  is based on an internationally patented, lightweight, hollow form, manufactured from a durable rigid polymer, which when filled with ready mixed concrete, pro...

Cosentino  Oceania Vice President Itay Shimony talks about how the Silicosis crisis in Australia is changing not just what materials we are using for our home builds and renovations, but also what laws will need to be put into place to ensure that home building industry workers are protected while also keeping the sector viable for future growth.

Stuart Braine is the National Specification Manager for Kingspan Insulation. He has over 20 years of experience in the building materials industry and Brent Livy is the National Residential Sales Manager for Kingspan Insulation. In this exclusive interview Stuart and Brent explain why insulation matters, what does the R-value imply and what does it mean for homeowners in practical terms, what are...

Emma Palmer and Gareth Davies star in Benefactors, an Olivier Award-winning architecture comedy set in the late 1960s, where they play Jane & David,  where he’s an idealistic architect and she’s an anthropologist who always stands with him.  Their neighbours Colin and Sheila are by comparison struggling. Colin’s glory days are over, while Sheila is subservient and unfocused. David feels his ne...

Professor Greg Clark is a UK based urban leadership and sustainable urban transition expert who is in Australia to present a free lecture at the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning titled A National Urban Policy for Australia – what can we learn from global experience, is also a recognised authority on cities, urban leadership, and investment in sustainable urb...

Joe Agius has been a Director of COX since 2005.  He sets and guides design direction for many projects in the Sydney studio as Design Director.  Joe has experience across sectors, including public and cultural, education, research, hotels, sports, convention and exhibition as well as urban design and master planning. In this wide-ranging interview, Joe talks about redesigning parts of Taronga Zoo...

Hamid Samavi founded OROSI in 2010 as an architectural company. He soon however found his passion lay in the sustainable development of real estate. Today OROSI develops property in some of Sydney’s most prized suburbs in the Eastern Suburbs and Lower North Shore. Through an acute realisation that he can control the outcome of a project by managing all aspects of the development process OROSI has...

TAD speaks to UK Consul General Louise Cantillon and AAC CEO Kathlyn Loseby on the Mutual Recognition Agreement (UK MRA) and what will it mean for Australian Architects and their future career and professional  development and training prospects.

Hassell Principal Glenn Scott is an internationally recognised specialist in designing and planning city-defining public places like sports and entertainment centres. He’s worked on many major projects in Australia, Europe and Asia, including the development of ICC Sydney – the new convention, exhibition and entertainment venues in Sydney’s pivotal Darling Harbour precinct. He loves the spectacle...

Principal of Envirotecture, Dick Clarke has this year decided he will not function as the Sustainability Awards head Chair. With more than 35 years’ experience,  Clarke has focuses  on ecologically sustainable and culturally appropriate buildings, as well as sustainable design in vehicles and vessels. As Director of Sustainability for Building Designers Australia (BDA) and a founding member of the...

Talking action on Climate Change, 2030 targets and how or if we are going to achieve our goals. It is now 2023 and there is a dawning sense of urgency to drastically cut emissions associated with our built environment. So can we tackle it strategically or is the recent Academy Awards “everything, everywhere, all at once”! We talk with Connie Hensler, Director of Environmental Management and Produc...

Matthias Sauerbruch studied in Berlin and in London and has worked at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in London as project manager for six years and partner for four years.  In 1989 he founded Sauerbruch Hutton together with Louisa Hutton and has been directing the office since then. Recently in Australia to visit the University of Melbourne and to deliver the Faculty of Architecture of B...

Tim Kneebone the National Hospitality Manager at SALTO Systems engages, educates and consults on next-generation access control solutions within the hospitality and accommodation sectors across Oceania. Norman Khan from Yarra Hotel Group. Norman is a hotel veteran for last 30 years, operating hotels in Australia and overseas. Currently a hotel consultant to help owners design the right product. Ti...

Laura Hamilton-O'Hara - CEO, the Living Future Institute of Australia Laura has a Master’s Degree in Social Ecology and two decades of industry experience working in environmental sustainability and social justice in Australia and South Africa.  After several years in strategic roles at Taronga Zoo, Macquarie University and the Centre for Sustainability Leadership, Laura is currently the CEO...

Architect Brian Hooper and Michael Lavery from M3 architecture explain how and why the creation of the Barcaldine Master Plan and subsequent design resulted in a huge increase in tourism off the back of 3 critical projects in the central west Queensland town of Barcaldine.

Dr Sarah Hill, the CEO of the Western Parkland City Authority, talks about delivering her vision for 'a metropolis of three cities’', a vision she co-created as the inaugural CEO of the Greater Sydney Commission, to fundamentally change the way we think and plan for Greater Sydney. Sarah talks about leading the Commission to develop new ways of engaging with citizens, to measure and moni...

Joel Williamson is the National Sales Manager of GH Commercial. In the wide-ranging interview, Joel talks about the major shift in how people use offices or in other words, hotelisation of office design, where the products being used are often driven by softer and warmer colours and products and these spaces are being designed to deliver a better environment for community to develop. Joel also tal...

Terry Lin, Outer’s Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer of Outer shares his thoughts on Outer’s story, as well as f urniture design predictions such as the impact of inflation and economic contraction on our furniture choices, to the backyard design trends we’ll be loving this year as well as giving us a h ow-to guide on making sustainable furniture choices and how to find and understand more eco-f...

Troy Creighton has been the Managing Director of Stormtech since 2003. In this episode, Troy talks about the many new and exciting  ideas, solutions and technologies that we are now seeing in the bathrooms of clubs, pubs, hotels, bars and restaurants. With a wealth of industry knowledge, experience and an eye for the latest ideas in water sustainability, Troy explains how the hospitality sector is...

Tim Phillips is a highly regarded Industrial Designer specialising in design for Architects, Creatives and the construction Industry. He has extensive experience in architectural projects, with a passion for using the latest technologies, materials and manufacturing techniques to bring the creative ideas of his clients to life without the constraints of traditional construction methods.  As the ow...

Hamish Lyon is Director of Architecture and Design at NH Architecture and leads the firm’s design thinking and direction. He is involved in projects of all scales and typologies, and is responsible for coordinating the design continuity of the NH studio.  Hamish began his architectural career with the national Robin Boyd Medal, awarded under the chairmanship of pre-eminent Australian architect Gle...

Richard Francis-Jones was born in 1960 in Hertfordshire, England and is a highly awarded Australian architect. He is the design director of the Multidisciplinary design practice Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (FJMT).  He is a Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects, an honorary fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. His...

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...