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
Sep 2025
237: Is demolition the biggest mistake in architecture? | Anne-Marie Galmstrup & Enlai Hooi
This week, I’m joined by Anne-Marie Galmstrup, architect and Obel Award jury member, and Enlai Hooi, Head of Innovation at Schmidt Hammer Lassen and part of House Europe. They share a visionary yet practical take on how retrofitting, not tearing down, can reshape Europe’s urban f ... Show More
42m 25s
Feb 2023
#329 - The Livability of Designer Homes
<p>This week David and Marina of <a href= "https://www.famearchitects.com/">FAME Architecture & Design</a> discuss the livability of designer homes. The two cover designing for function and aesthetics, material resilience, lifestyle changes, space efficiency, designing based on r ... Show More
43m 17s
On our 7th anniversary, in this episode of Talking Architecture & Design, we explore the evolving landscape of our cities and the ideas shaping how we live. Today, we’re tackling urban density and taking a fresh look at an often-overlooked housing model—the humble 1960s walk-up unit block. Architect, author, lecturer and urban thinker Tone Wheeler joins ... Show More
