Hearing Architecture

In this episode, we're catching up with Matthias Hollenstein of Studio Hollenstein based in Sydney. His practice essentially began off the back of winning the architecture competition for Green Square in Sydney. The brief was to design a public square with extensive amenities to serve an area of inner-city Sydney that is slowly being developed into a modern high density precinct. The stakes for th...

This episode of Hearing Architecture is part of our continued collaboration with the Asia Pacific Architecture Festival otherwise known as APAF. The theme of the festival this year is "co-operate, co-design, and co-exist". In this episode, we're focusing on the word "co-exist" and how architects are bringing their clients and communities into the design process with them. Our guest in this episode...

This episode of Hearing Architecture is part of our continued collaboration with the Asia Pacific Architecture Festival otherwise known as APAF. The theme of the festival this year is "co-operate, co-design, and co-exist". In this episode, we're focusing on the word "co-design" and some of the spaces being produced when architects collaborate with creatives from various backgrounds to revitalise p...

Hearing Architecture is back! We're going to start off this season of the podcast by continuing our collaboration with the Asia Pacific Architecture Festival otherwise known as APAF. The theme of the festival this year is "Co-operate, co-design, and co-exist". In this episode, we're focusing on the word "co-operate" and how architects can work well with their clients, project team and even the gov...

In this mini-episode, you're going to be hearing from Stephen Geason director of the Hobart-based firm, Cykel Architecture. Stephen has started to specialise in aged care living for people with dementia and is the fireside architect, or man-on-the-ground, for Tasmanian projects that need to achieve a high level of performance.

We don't often think about it but where do you think you'll live after you turn 70? Aged care design considers people's connection to their community, allows for physical limitations, and also helps express people's individual characters when their memories need a helping hand. In this episode of Hearing Architecture, we're talking to Y E Ng, James Thompson, and Ana Nolasco about senior living des...

In this mini-episode, you're going to be hearing from Dr. Josephine Vaughan speaking with EmAGN committee member Kalyna Sparks. Jo is a lecturer at the University of Newcastle and teaches Construction Ecology and also researches building materials and their impact whether positive or negative on the natural environment and human health. Jo is also a specialist in the living building challenge cert...

Every new building is made up of lots of products that someone chose throughout the design process. Not only do these products need to perform well to protect us but where they came from and the way they were made also has a knock-on effect. In this episode of Hearing Architecture, we're talking to Andrew Geeves, Clare Kennedy, and David Schultis about the importance of designing responsibly and h...

In this mini-episode, you're going to be hearing from Melanie Binks with EmAGN committee member Jess Beaver. Melanie is a registered architect who now works in the construction industry. She is currently the digital engineering manager as part of the Evolve Bayswater Alliance Team working on the Bayswater train station in Western Australia. Melanie shares her experience working in digital engineer...

Technology is present in nearly every aspect of architectural practice, whether it be digital sketches, building information modeling, or even simply keeping timesheets. Along with the technology in architecture studios, the tools that builders and fabricators use are getting more advanced. In this episode of Hearing Architecture, we're talking to Associate Prof. Glenda Caldwell, Associate Prof. R...

In this mini-episode, you're going to be hearing from Georgia Birks. Georgia is an indigenous practicing graduate architect and co-curator of the Asia Pacific Architecture Festival aka APAF. At the time of this recording, Georgia was working as an Associate with Meyers Elliott in Brisbane and since then started a new position at Architecture Media. Georgia speaks about co-curating APAF and the exp...

While it might seem like some of the most clinical, prescriptive, or old fashioned architecture work, working on heritage and conservation projects can help connect us with some of the strongest collective emotions of a community. In this episode of Hearing Architecture, we're talking to Susan Philips, Eric Martin, and Sophie Bence about working on heritage projects and the place for conservation...

In this mini-episode, you're going to be hearing from Sarah Lebner. Sarah is the principal architect at Light House Architecture and Science, author of "101 Things I didn't Learn in Architecture School" and the 2020 ACT and National Emerging Architect Prize winner. Sarah speaks about her book and the process of putting together an extremely useful reference for architects.

When it comes to getting design inspiration, magazines have always been a gold mine for designers and the public alike. Since design blogs, websites and social media took off, there has been an explosion of different ways to get a design fix. In this episode of Hearing Architecture, we're talking to Gemma Savio, Fernando Jerez, and Amelia Lee about how architects are engaging with an array of medi...

In this mini-episode, you're going to be hearing from Jeremy Schluter. Jeremy is a senior associate with Hassell Studio and when we recorded this Jeremy was a member of the committee developing a Code of Novation guideline for the Australian Institute of Architects. Through his work with Hassell, Jeremy has an in-depth understanding of how Novation contracts can be beneficially used on high-profil...

To get a building built there needs to be a contract between the builder and client. Novation contracts are a new model of contract that some architects say may impact build quality. Others say when these risks are managed correctly, there's less to worry about than first thought. In this episode of Hearing Architecture, we're talking to Nick Lorenz, Sean McGivern, and Tom Heneker about the advant...

In this Hearing Architecture mini-episode you're going to be hearing from the architect, teacher, and "Buildings on Air" host Keefer Dunn. This episode was coordinated by SONA, the Student Organised Network for Architecture, and the interview was conducted by SONA Vice-president Nicole Mesquita Mendes.

Making the choice to study architecture at university is a big one because so few people have any exposure to what studying architecture is until you actually start studying it. In this episode of Hearing Architecture, we're talking to Kyle Sinko, Yoana Doleva, and Bobbie Bayley about how they've approached their architectural education and what they've done to get the most out of their learning e...

In this Hearing Architecture mini episode you're going to be hearing  EmAGN committee member Kalyna Sparks speaking with Tom Dufficy who was a 2019 Multidisciplinary Australian Danish Exchange or MADE Scholarship winner. Tom was working in Hamburg Germany when this was recorded in 2020.

There's no doubt that Australian architects do most of their work at home in Australia, but there are so many working on projects and in practices all around the world. It doesn't matter what school you graduate from in Australia, the skills Australian architects learn are being used in every country and context to achieve great results wherever architect's skills are needed. In this episode of He...

In this mini-episode, you're going to be hearing from Bek Verrier. Bek is an award-winning Project Architect at the Hobart based practice Bence Mulcahy and also heavily involved in community projects throughout the architecture professional.   Bek shares how she developed her career as an emerging architect on the beautiful island state of Tasmania.

In this episode, we're talking to Erin Crowden, Monique Woodward, and Warren Haasnoot about how they're doing so much incredible work as emerging architects when just the normal amount of work can result in very little time at home and with family and friends.

In this mini episode of Hearing Architecture you're going to be hearing from Nic Brunsdon speaking with EmAGN committee member Jess Beaver about the value of architecture.

In this episode of Hearing Architecture we're talking to architects Clare Cousins and John Wardle about the value of architecture.

This is a special episode of the Hearing Architecture podcast made in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Architecture Festival. In keeping with the APAF 2021 theme "How New Is Now?", in this episode we're speaking about Architectural Entrepreneurism and how career progression is changing in design now that few careers appear to linear.