Leanne Hardwicke and Tim Leslie – Advocacy and Politics – Season 3 Episode 12
Tim and Leanne share with us the important work the Institute does to place greater importance on the climate emergency and the representation of indigenous architects, the production of guidelines and research that all architects benefit from, and the advocacy for architects to local, state, and federal government.
Malcolm Middleton – Advocacy and Politics – Season 3 Episode 11
Malcolm shares why it’s so important to talk to the right people in the right places, what the role of the government architect is, and how design guidelines in Queensland have encouraged the construction of better infrastructure.
John Ellway – Architect’s Own Home – Season 3 Episode 10
John shares how living in Japan and working on building sites influenced his unique home, learning how to extend a tight budget without sacrificing design outcome, and why getting away from the computer and learning how things actually get made served him well when working with builders and subcontractors.
Douglas Wan – Architect’s Own Home – Season 3 Episode 9
Douglas shares with us why he decided to take on his own apartment renovation, deciding why a small apartment project was the right choice for him, and shaping his apartment to suit the unique way he wants to live versus what we see in mass-produced apartments.
Paul Brace – Designers’ Own Homes – Season 3 Episode 8
Paul shares with us how he designed his house to be personal and in connection to nature, everyone he tried to consider in the design of his own home, and what he learned from living in the houses he renovated.
The City of Mitcham is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced members of the community who would like to be a part of the City of Mitcham Council Assessment Panel (CAP) for a two-year term commencing in June 2022.
Jessie Fowler and Tara Ward – Architects’ Own Homes – Season 3 Episode 7
Our guests in this episode are Jessie Fowler and Tara Ward from Fowler and Ward based in Melbourne. In this episode we hear about Jessie and Tara’s experience working with trades, appreciating what can fit in a small space, and how the experience on their own projects has benefitted their clients when weighing up the value of different design options.
Gill Garner – Architecture Competitions – Season 3 Episode 6
Our guest in this episode is Jill Garner who is at the time of recording the Victorian Government Architect. In this interview, Jill shares how the government uses architecture competitions, design champions in government, how architecture practices take on major competitions, the culture of competitions in Australia and abroad, and what Jill went through when she ran the Future Homes Competition.
Aaron Peters and Andrew Scott – Architecture Competitions – Season 3 Episode 5
Our guests in this episode are Aaron Peters from the Queensland based firm Vokes and Peters, and Andrew Scott from the New South Wales based firm Panovscott. They share with us the benefits of collaboration, working on a 2 stage competition, and how working on competitions can feed other work even when a practice doesn’t win.
Matthias Hollenstein – Architecture Competitions – Season 3 Episode 4
In this episode, we speak with Matthias Hollenstein of Studio Hollenstein. His practice began off the back of winning the architecture competition for Green Square in Sydney.
The stakes for the competition were high and the outcomes have pushed the bar higher for great urban design and architecture.