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Jan 26
Episode 280: Suzanne Toumbourou, Australian Council of Recycling CEO, on why waste reduction is actually a revenue stream
Suzanne Toumbourou, CEO of the Australian Council of Recycling, shares her insights and helps us understand on the challenges the enormous opportunities that recycling and circular thinking present for Australia’s built environment. She also explains how architects, designers, bu ... Show More
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Jan 19
Episode 279: 2025 Brisbane Lord Mayor’s Business Awards Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Rayner on urban design & his 'what else' philosophy
Michael Rayner is a Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects, co-founder of Blight Rayner Architecture and the 2025 recipient of the Brisbane Lord Mayor’s Business Awards Lifetime Achievement Award.This prestigious honour — presented only six times in the Awards’ two ... Show More
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Dec 15
Episode 278: David Henderson from COX on how architects can make smarter & lower-carbon decisions without compromising on design
An experienced architect and leader within COX’s sustainability team in Melbourne, David Henderson is one of the creators of Product Aware, and in this final episode for 2025, David takes us on a deep dive into the sustainable materials maze and how architects can make smarter, l ... Show More
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Sep 2024
Why cultural heritage is more than good architecture
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May 2025
Owen Hopkins: Home made manifestos.
In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, author, curator and currently director of the Farrell Centre at Newcastle University, Owen Hopkins discuss his recent book, The Manifesto House: Buildings that Changed the Future of Architecture, published by Yale University P ... Show More
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Oct 2024
580: Architects vs. Contractors: Who Really Calls the Shots? with Chris Butler of Walter Lilly
<p>Architects often struggle with balancing leadership roles, managing design integrity, and navigating the complexities of construction development. As project demands increase, they face the challenge of maintaining control while collaborating with contractors who often take on ... Show More
59m 37s
Feb 2024
Pushing Boundaries
Known for seamlessly interweaving sustainable landscapes, art, and architecture, Andrea Cochran is the founding partner of Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture and a recipient of numerous awards, including the 2023 Design Futures Council Lifetime Achievement Award. On this editi ... Show More
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Nov 2023
324: Construction Classroom to Job-site Best Practices
"If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance a lot less."
Brad Leavitt is President and Founder of “A Finer Touch Construction” - a Scottsdale based luxury residential and commercial builder. AFT Construction, as known throughout the industry, is an award-winning c ... Show More
35m 53s
Mar 2025
#440 - Christine Williamson, AIA, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Virginia Tech
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Aug 2023
Flora Samuel, "Housing for Hope and Wellbeing" (Routledge, 2022)
Housing and neighborhoods have an important contribution to make to our wellbeing and our sense of our place in the world. Housing for Hope and Wellbeing (Routledge, 2023), written for a lay audience (with policy makers firmly in mind) offers a useful and intelligible overview of ... Show More
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Nov 2019
Thaisa Way, "The Landscape Architecture of Richard Haag: From Modern Space to Urban Ecological Design" (U Washington Press, 2019)
Today I talked to Thaisa Way about her new books The Landscape Architecture of Richard Haag: From Modern Space to Urban Ecological Design (University of Washington Press, 2019). Haag is best known for his rehabilitation of Gas Works Park in Seattle and for a series of remarkable ... Show More
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Dec 2024
602: The Problem With Sustainability Pt 1 with Colin Davis & Suzanne Davenport of Studio Partington
<p>Studio Partington has made a name for itself in sustainable design and retrofit architecture, but how did this small team achieve such big results? In this episode, Rion Willard sits down with Colin Davis and Suzanne Davenport to explore their journey from humble beginnings to ... Show More
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Dec 2023
How to transform buildings with no waste
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T3 Collingwood won the Commercial Architecture – Large category and the Best of the Best category at the recently-held Sustainability Awards, that were hosted in Sydney by Architecture and Design. According to the architects behind this project, T3 Collingwood is the firm’s first project in Asia Pacific to adopt the T3 strategy - Timber, Transit and Technol ... Show More
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<p>This week David and Marin<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">a of <a href="https://www.famearchitects.com/">FAME Architecture & Design</a></span> are joined by <a href= "https://www.christine-williamson.com/">Christine Williamson</a>, AIA, Assistant Professor of Architecture, V ... Show More
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