Eilish Barry, a project leader at Hayball, found her passion for architecture through a pivotal conversation with a family friend who emphasised the profound impact architects have on shaping the built environment. This inspiration has guided her professional journey, predominantly focused on social infrastructure projects aimed at enhancing communities. ... Show More
Oct 5
Episode 316: Will Messiter from Sekisui House on housing affordability, prefab and modular houses and some ideas on fixing our house shortage
In our first Shortcast in over two years, we talk with Will Messiter, Chief Operating Officer - Residential Communities and Home Building at Sekisui House Australia, at the company's manufacturing and assembly facility in southwest Sydney, about house building, the bottlenecks in ... Show More
8m 32s
Sep 29
Episode 315: Jono Mountfort on how to reduce the carbon embodied in the materials and products used in the built environment
As operational energy efficiency improves, attention is increasingly turning to embodied carbon—the emissions associated with extracting raw materials, manufacturing products, transporting them, installing them, and, ultimately, dealing with them at the end of their useful life. ... Show More
42m 52s
Sep 22
Episode 314: Tara Veldman, Managing Director & Principal, Billard Leece Partnership (BLP) on how architecture can influence how people feel, heal and connect
Tara Veldman, Managing Director and Principal at Billard Leece Partnership, has played a major role in growing BLP’s health architecture practice and has worked across hospitals, health hubs, research facilities, education precincts, and other complex environments. In 2025, Tara ... Show More
39m 30s
Feb 2024
Climate Salon: A sustainable approach to aesthetics with Kathrin Gimmel, Morten Emil Engel and Andrew Corney
In the final episode of Dezeen and SketchIUp's Climate Salon podcast series, architects discuss why sustainability should guide the aesthetics of a building, as opposed to the reverse. Swiss-Danish architect Kathrin Gimmel, MEE Studio founder Morten Emil Engel and SketchUp's Andr ... Show More
43m 26s
Apr 2021
Zaha Hadid Architects on Bauhaus, Design Leadership and Why Creatives Should Question Everything
<p>Our first guest in our new Leadership Series is Bidisha Sinha, Senior Associate at the legendary Zaha Hadid Architects. We chatted about the need for a new Bauhaus, what it was like to work with Architecture pioneer, Zaha Hadid, and the challenges and rewards of being a design ... Show More
56m 19s
<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariiasmoliakova/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Mariia Smoliakova</a> (Architect & Urban Designer, BAU)</p>
<p><br>we are talking about:<br>- How did Mariia's interest in community building start and grow?<br>- Her " ... Show More
