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Sustainability

Episode 66: Aidan Mullan, Sustainability and Lean Manager for Interface talks about the road to carbon negativity

Interface has always been a forward-thinking and highly-innovative flooring company, but its latest initiative is very-much industry leading in every sense of the phrase. Read More

Sustainability

Episode 65: Veena Sahajwalla from UNSW & Diana Sarcasmo from Mirvac explain how building new apartments from waste is the next big thing

Professor Veena Sahajwalla (right) and Mirvac’s General Manager Design, Marketing & Sales, Diana Sarcasmo (left). An apartment featuring flooring, wall tiles, kitchen and lighting features, and furniture and artworks, all made entirely from waste glass... Read More

Episode 64: Alexander Symes on how a practical and poetic understanding of crafting a building is crucial

Alexander Symes Architects was founded in 2014 with a mission to advance sustainable architecture. The world’s climate is changing and as Alex notes, he believes that architecture must lead the way in changing how we... Read More

Sustainability

Episode 63: Chris McCue from Carr on New Brutalism, Biophilic design and his new project at Brunswick Yard

Chris McCue, the managing director of Carr, with extensive experience and speciality within the architecture and interior design of high-end residential, multi-residential and hospitality work, is now focusing on redesigning former industrial sites like that at... Read More

Episode 62: Dr. Steve Cummings from Caroma talks about the importance of designing for dignity in aged care

Dr. Steve Cummings Director Innovation, GWA Group, owners of the Caroma brand of bathroom products, a brand just about everyone in Australia is familiar with. Dr. Cummings talks about designing with the consumer’s dignity in... Read More

Episode 61: Troy Creighton, MD of Stormtech on why lowering our water usage is now more crucial than ever

The managing director of Stormtech, Troy Creighton, talks about Stormtech’s history – its humble beginnings and the interesting back-story of the NSW South Coast company’s stellar growth. Troy also covers a number of other areas... Read More

Commercial

Episode 60: K2LD director Tisha Lee explains how the design world is adapting to our new normal

Before joining K2LD in 2007, Tisha was previously a Senior Associate with HASSELL where she was responsible for the management of a dedicated team working on educational and community projects for both the State Government and the Private sector. Read More

Sustainability

Episode 59: HY William Chan talks about how architecture and the design sector are vital to tackling both climate and social change

HY William Chan is an urbanist, architect, and designer dedicated to creating resilient and inclusive places for people. A UNICEF Young Ambassador during the 25th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child,... Read More

Commercial

Episode 58: Aidan Mullan from Interface talks about floors, floor design, building waste, sustainability, and is there such a thing as smart flooring?

Aidan Mullan, the Interface Engineering and Sustainability Manager about company initiatives, processes and methods, and where the evolution of technology is headed. With sustainability being at the core of everything that Interfacer does, Mullan describes... Read More

Sustainability

Episode 57: Christian Hampson, Co-founder of Yerrabingin, on urban rooftop farms, Indigenous bushfire mitigation & sustainability

Christian Hampson is a Woiwurrung and Maneroo Aboriginal man interweaving Indigenous tacit knowledge and collaborative design thinking to walk a new path, away from conventional approaches, and create new opportunities for intergenerational capital to allow... Read More

Episode 66: Aidan Mullan, Sustainability and Lean Manager for Interface talks about the road to carbon negativity

Episode 66: Aidan Mullan, Sustainability and Lean Manager for Interface talks about the road to carbon negativity

Episode 65: Veena Sahajwalla from UNSW & Diana Sarcasmo from Mirvac explain how building new apartments from waste is the next big thing

Episode 64: Alexander Symes on how a practical and poetic understanding of crafting a building is crucial

Episode 63: Chris McCue from Carr on New Brutalism, Biophilic design and his new project at Brunswick Yard

Episode 62: Dr. Steve Cummings from Caroma talks about the importance of designing for dignity in aged care

Episode 61: Troy Creighton, MD of Stormtech on why lowering our water usage is now more crucial than ever

Episode 60: K2LD director Tisha Lee explains how the design world is adapting to our new normal

Episode 59: HY William Chan talks about how architecture and the design sector are vital to tackling both climate and social change

Episode 58: Aidan Mullan from Interface talks about floors, floor design, building waste, sustainability, and is there such a thing as smart flooring?

Episode 57: Christian Hampson, Co-founder of Yerrabingin, on urban rooftop farms, Indigenous bushfire mitigation & sustainability

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