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Episode 236: ASA founder Alex Symes on sustainability, winning awards and how design can help alleviate our housing woes

According to Alex Symes, the founder of ASA, has picked up the Commercial Architecture – Small with Coconut Crab as well as Single Dwelling -Alteration award at the 2024 Sustainability Awards with his Fun Haus... Read More

Residential

Episode 235: Tina Tziallas on energy-efficient building design, sustainable materials and promoting behavioural change to promote sustainability

Recently elevated to Fellow by the Institute of Architects, Tina Tziallas graduated from Sydney University in 2003 and underwent registration with the NSW Architects Registration Board soon after. In 2013, she launched her own practice, Tziallas Architects in... Read More

Urban Planning

Episode 234: The advantages of using metal ceilings in transport infrastructure hubs

Transport infrastructure projects, such as airports and railway stations, are complex buildings with demanding requirements for functionality, longevity, and durability. Most transport hubs operate around the clock and are expected to last for decades while... Read More

Urban Planning

Episode 233: Australia’s Jansen Che, winner of a competition to help redesign Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city

As part of the new concept masterplan being developed for Ukraine’s 2nd largest city, Kharkiv, whoch is home to some 1.4 million people. The Norman Foster Foundation along with the City Council, UNECE and Arup... Read More

Sustainability

Episode 232: Sam Morris on mass timber design and why Architectus’ Barker College Maths Hub won the Editors Choice Award at the 2024 Sustainability Awards

Sam Morris (left), a multi-award-winning architect and Senior Associate and Public Sector Sustainability Lead at Architectus drives sustainable design solutions and is uniquely positioned to understand the social and environmental challenges facing the architectural profession.... Read More

Urban Planning

Episode 231: Nuanu Creative City – A mirage in the jungle or a vision of the future?

Nuanu Creative City is a creative city spanning 44 hectares set on a lush tropical site in Bali, Indonesia. Designed as an integrated ecosystem, the city features dedicated spaces for education, art & culture, wellness, experience,... Read More

Sustainability

Jimmy Walker from JCB Architects reflects on the practice’s big wins at the 2024 Sustainability Awards

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,... Read More

Residential

Episode 229: Improving the thermal performance and reducing heat loss risk of roofs

Jeremy Robb (Right) is the National BDM for Kingspan Insulation. He has over 15 years’ experience in Business Development within the Construction Industry, specialising in solutions focused roles liaising with a range of stakeholders including Architects,... Read More

Wellbeing

Episode 228: Water, so fundamental to life, yet so complex

So, water, the lifeblood of wellness, an essential yet often invisible force that shapes the health of every ecosystem, community, and individual on Earth. In a single drop, water carries the promise of life, bearing... Read More

Residential

Episode 227: Dominic Gaetani, the DKO lead architect on the trials & tribulations of the Pentridge Prison urban rehabilitation project

Dominic Gaetani (left), is a senior associate from DKO Architecture, who as a Tasmanian-born architect, left the sleepy Apple Isle more than 10 years ago to pursue his dream of shaping Melbourne’s skyline. One of... Read More

Episode 236: ASA founder Alex Symes on sustainability, winning awards and how design can help alleviate our housing woes

Episode 236: ASA founder Alex Symes on sustainability, winning awards and how design can help alleviate our housing woes

Episode 235: Tina Tziallas on energy-efficient building design, sustainable materials and promoting behavioural change to promote sustainability

Episode 234: The advantages of using metal ceilings in transport infrastructure hubs

Episode 233: Australia’s Jansen Che, winner of a competition to help redesign Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city

Episode 232: Sam Morris on mass timber design and why Architectus’ Barker College Maths Hub won the Editors Choice Award at the 2024 Sustainability Awards

Episode 231: Nuanu Creative City – A mirage in the jungle or a vision of the future?

Jimmy Walker from JCB Architects reflects on the practice’s big wins at the 2024 Sustainability Awards

Episode 229: Improving the thermal performance and reducing heat loss risk of roofs

Episode 228: Water, so fundamental to life, yet so complex

Episode 227: Dominic Gaetani, the DKO lead architect on the trials & tribulations of the Pentridge Prison urban rehabilitation project

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