Talking Architecture & Design

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Talking Architecture & Design

by Architecture & Design

Now celebrating its 8th year (Season 9), Talking Architecture & Design is Australia’s first B2B architecture podcast that regularly talks about a range of issues that affect Australia’s architects, building designers and built environment professionals. Run by Australia’s most popular architecture magazine, Architecture & Design, the Talking Architecture & Design podcast gives a regular bite-sized dose of what is important and sometimes what is just plain old interesting to anyone and everyone in the business of building design.

100 episodes

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All Episodes

1

Episode 286: Reviewing 40 Years of Architecture with Ed Lippmann

30:21 Mar 9, 2026

2

Episode 285: Talking sustainability with 2025 Sustainability Awards Lifetime Achievement Winner, Distinguished Professor Deo Prasad

57:08 Mar 2, 2026

3

Episode 284: COX Executive Chair Patrick Ness and BLP Principal Mark Mitchell on designing the ‘People’s Hospital’ in Footscray

38:03 Feb 23, 2026

4

Episode 283: Dr. Kavita Gonsalves & Brayden Goodwin from Populous on Beyond the Games: How circular design and sustainability are transforming sports infrastructure

42:46 Feb 16, 2026

5

Episode 282: Talking about the unique design of Sydney's brand new Fish Market with BVN, 3XN GXN & ASPECT Studios

17:51 Feb 9, 2026

6

Episode 281: Shaping Melbourne’s cultural future with Director and CEO of the Melbourne Arts Precinct Katrina Sedgwick

49:13 Feb 2, 2026

7

Episode 280: Suzanne Toumbourou, Australian Council of Recycling CEO, on why waste reduction is actually a revenue stream

40:02 Jan 26, 2026

8

Episode 279: 2025 Brisbane Lord Mayor’s Business Awards Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Rayner on urban design & his 'what else' philosophy

41:51 Jan 19, 2026

9

Episode 278: David Henderson from COX on how architects can make smarter & lower-carbon decisions without compromising on design

34:15 Dec 15, 2025

10

Episode 277: Nic Hughan from Hames Sharley on the design & delivery challenges of hospitals, schools, and community buildings

50:44 Dec 8, 2025

11

Episode 276: The Ellinikon - one of Europe’s most ambitious urban regeneration projects is taking shape

20:33 Dec 1, 2025

12

Episode 275: Arup CEO Jerome Frost on shaping Brisbane’s legacy & how good planning ensures Olympic investment benefits communities

19:05 Nov 24, 2025

13

Episode 274: Sarah Butler on the changing role of intellectual property laws & moral rights in construction contracts

29:20 Nov 17, 2025

14

Episode 273: Ellen Rosengren-Johnson on why good hospitality design should matter to us all

22:00 Nov 10, 2025

15

Episode 272: Designing community-defining precincts with Gray Puksand Senior Associate, John Czechowski

39:13 Nov 3, 2025

16

Episode 271: Dr Caroline Noller on the end of greenwashing and the twilight of unsustainable products in the building industry

1:04:18 Oct 27, 2025

17

Episode 270: Damien Crough & Martin Fenn on the huge opportunities available from Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)

59:22 Oct 20, 2025

18

Episode 269: Hassell's Moonshot - Xavier De Kestelier, Principal, Hassell Studio, on designing on the moon

26:45 Oct 13, 2025

19

Episode 268: City West Housing CEO Leonie King on affordable homes, funding, planning approvals and how to solve our housing crisis

40:32 Oct 6, 2025

20

Episode 267: Think Brick CEO Cathy Inglis & Architect Tone Wheeler on achieving greater urban density without compromising liveability while using low-carbon materials

48:07 Sep 29, 2025

21

Episode 266: HDR's Alison Potter & Simon Fleet talk about Opacity, their annual global design review, collaborative design and data centres

20:51 Sep 22, 2025

22

Episode 265: Samantha Peart, Hassell’s Global Head of Sustainability & Prue Pascoe, Associate Interior Designer at Hassell on Closing the Loop

45:35 Sep 15, 2025

23

Episode 264: Metricon National Design Director Adrian Popple on why houses are not designed like cars

29:03 Sep 8, 2025

24

Episode 263: Phillip Rossington and Richard Francis-Jones on the the design philosophy, challenges, and vision that shaped Sydney House

34:55 Sep 1, 2025

25

Episode 262: Designing for Hope with Design Psychologist Kylie Sandland

33:44 Aug 25, 2025

26

Episode 261: New designs, cladding & facade trends and the value of Stratco's local manufacturing base with Eric Lien and Andrew Steele

37:55 Aug 18, 2025

27

Episode 260: Ray White’s Chief Economist and one of Australia’s leading property experts, Nerida Conisbee on fixing Australia's housing crisis

24:42 Aug 11, 2025

28

Episode 259: Autex's Jono Mountford on circularity, regenerative design and why Closing the Loop is now more important than ever

33:45 Aug 4, 2025

29

Episode 258: Holding Redlich Special Counsel Katharine Huxley on the EPBC Act Amendment & its impact on future land use

19:51 Jul 28, 2025

30

Episode 257: Paul Scully, New South Wales Minister for Planning and Public Spaces explains all about the NSW Housing Pattern Book

18:09 Jul 21, 2025

31

Episode 256: Why weatherproofing at the system level rather than through individual components is key to delivering code-compliant buildings

43:55 Jul 14, 2025

32

Episode 255: Graphisoft goes full circle & renews its focus on Australia's built environment. So why does this matter for architects?

35:56 Jul 7, 2025

33

Episode 254: Kukame McPierzie, Principal at Woods Bagot talks about Perth’s METRONET Morley-Ellenbrook Line

54:29 Jun 30, 2025

34

Episode 253: Architecture, storytelling and AI with Bowerbird Co-Founders Nic Granleese and Ben Morgan

29:19 Jun 16, 2025

35

Episode 252: The Brave New World of Data-Driven Design with HDR's Computational Design Director, Jeremy Graham

32:04 Jun 9, 2025

36

Episode 251: Jefa Greenaway on the true meaning and value of Designing for Country

35:45 Jun 2, 2025

37

Episode 250: Project Management Institute (PMI), Global director, Construction and Vice President APAC, Ben Breen on how to fix our skills shortages

23:40 May 26, 2025

38

Episode 249: Llewellyn Regler & Mario Mey on cladding, the NCC, the facade market, Project Remediate and why waterproofing matters

49:11 May 12, 2025

39

Episode 248: Drawing parallels between France and Australia when it comes to sustainability in the built environment with HIP V HYPE's Alexandra Faure

55:54 May 5, 2025

40

Episode 247: Moddex CEO Alvin Rowland on his company's journey to become an icon of Australia's handrail-making industries

28:30 Apr 28, 2025

41

Episode 246: 2025 Powerhouse Photography Architectural Commission winner Tasha Tylee on light, space & the beauty of architectural photography

21:10 Apr 21, 2025

42

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

6:35 Apr 14, 2025

43

Episode 244: COX Architecture National Head of Sustainability Mathias Irger on circularity, regenerative design & carbon counts

30:28 Apr 7, 2025

44

Episode 243: The straight and narrow on all things circular economy with Lisa McLean, CEO of Circular Australia

9:55 Mar 31, 2025

45

Episode 242: Davina Rooney, GBCA CEO explains why we have falling circular economy rates, the value of sustainability and TRANSFORM 2025

15:02 Mar 24, 2025

46

Episode 241: Tackling urban density, rediscovering the beauty of 1960s walk-up unit blocks & remembering Mulholland Drive with Tone Wheeler

43:53 Mar 17, 2025

47

Episode 240: Gerald Matthews on modern education design, heritage-rage and why doughnut-shaped planets can't exist

41:54 Mar 10, 2025

48

Episode 239: Breaking barriers - Gray Puksand’s Maria Correia on women in architecture and leadership

23:26 Mar 3, 2025

49

Episode 238: NSW Minister Rose Jackson and her plans to help our most vulnerable citizens with housing affordability

14:55 Feb 24, 2025

50

Episode 237: US architect Jessica Saravia on design trends, sustainability, fireproofing homes and AI in the Trump era

25:34 Feb 17, 2025

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