Now celebrating its 8th year (Season 9), Talking Architecture & Design is Australia’s first B2B architecture podcast that regularly talks about a range of issues that affect Australia’s architects, building designers and built environment professionals. Run by Australia’s most popular architecture magazine, Architecture & Design, the Talking Architecture & Design podcast gives a regular bite-sized dose of what is important and sometimes what is just plain old interesting to anyone and everyone in the business of building design.
Episode 287: Gabrielle Pavicic, GBCA's emerging leader in sustainable design on reshaping how the built environment approaches sustainability
👤 Episode 1Episode 286: Reviewing 40 Years of Architecture with Ed Lippmann
👤 Episode 2Episode 285: Talking sustainability with 2025 Sustainability Awards Lifetime Achievement Winner, Distinguished Professor Deo Prasad
👤 Episode 3Episode 284: COX Executive Chair Patrick Ness and BLP Principal Mark Mitchell on designing the ‘People’s Hospital’ in Footscray
👤 Episode 4Episode 283: Dr. Kavita Gonsalves & Brayden Goodwin from Populous on Beyond the Games: How circular design and sustainability are transforming sports infrastructure
👤 Episode 5Episode 282: Talking about the unique design of Sydney's brand new Fish Market with BVN, 3XN GXN & ASPECT Studios
👤 Episode 6Episode 281: Shaping Melbourne’s cultural future with Director and CEO of the Melbourne Arts Precinct Katrina Sedgwick
👤 Episode 7Episode 280: Suzanne Toumbourou, Australian Council of Recycling CEO, on why waste reduction is actually a revenue stream
👤 Episode 8Episode 279: 2025 Brisbane Lord Mayor’s Business Awards Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Rayner on urban design & his 'what else' philosophy
👤 Episode 9Episode 278: David Henderson from COX on how architects can make smarter & lower-carbon decisions without compromising on design
👤 Episode 10Episode 277: Nic Hughan from Hames Sharley on the design & delivery challenges of hospitals, schools, and community buildings
👤 Episode 11Episode 276: The Ellinikon - one of Europe’s most ambitious urban regeneration projects is taking shape
👤 Episode 12Episode 275: Arup CEO Jerome Frost on shaping Brisbane’s legacy & how good planning ensures Olympic investment benefits communities
👤 Episode 13Episode 274: Sarah Butler on the changing role of intellectual property laws & moral rights in construction contracts
👤 Episode 14Episode 273: Ellen Rosengren-Johnson on why good hospitality design should matter to us all
👤 Episode 15Episode 272: Designing community-defining precincts with Gray Puksand Senior Associate, John Czechowski
👤 Episode 16Episode 271: Dr Caroline Noller on the end of greenwashing and the twilight of unsustainable products in the building industry
👤 Episode 17Episode 270: Damien Crough & Martin Fenn on the huge opportunities available from Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)
👤 Episode 18Episode 269: Hassell's Moonshot - Xavier De Kestelier, Principal, Hassell Studio, on designing on the moon
👤 Episode 19Episode 268: City West Housing CEO Leonie King on affordable homes, funding, planning approvals and how to solve our housing crisis
👤 Episode 20Episode 267: Think Brick CEO Cathy Inglis & Architect Tone Wheeler on achieving greater urban density without compromising liveability while using low-carbon materials
👤 Episode 21Episode 266: HDR's Alison Potter & Simon Fleet talk about Opacity, their annual global design review, collaborative design and data centres
👤 Episode 22Episode 265: Samantha Peart, Hassell’s Global Head of Sustainability & Prue Pascoe, Associate Interior Designer at Hassell on Closing the Loop
👤 Episode 23Episode 264: Metricon National Design Director Adrian Popple on why houses are not designed like cars
👤 Episode 24Episode 263: Phillip Rossington and Richard Francis-Jones on the the design philosophy, challenges, and vision that shaped Sydney House
👤 Episode 25Episode 262: Designing for Hope with Design Psychologist Kylie Sandland
👤 Episode 26Episode 261: New designs, cladding & facade trends and the value of Stratco's local manufacturing base with Eric Lien and Andrew Steele
👤 Episode 27Episode 260: Ray White’s Chief Economist and one of Australia’s leading property experts, Nerida Conisbee on fixing Australia's housing crisis
👤 Episode 28Episode 259: Autex's Jono Mountford on circularity, regenerative design and why Closing the Loop is now more important than ever
👤 Episode 29Episode 258: Holding Redlich Special Counsel Katharine Huxley on the EPBC Act Amendment & its impact on future land use
👤 Episode 30Episode 257: Paul Scully, New South Wales Minister for Planning and Public Spaces explains all about the NSW Housing Pattern Book
👤 Episode 31Episode 256: Why weatherproofing at the system level rather than through individual components is key to delivering code-compliant buildings
👤 Episode 32Episode 255: Graphisoft goes full circle & renews its focus on Australia's built environment. So why does this matter for architects?
👤 Episode 33Episode 254: Kukame McPierzie, Principal at Woods Bagot talks about Perth’s METRONET Morley-Ellenbrook Line
👤 Episode 34Episode 253: Architecture, storytelling and AI with Bowerbird Co-Founders Nic Granleese and Ben Morgan
👤 Episode 35Episode 252: The Brave New World of Data-Driven Design with HDR's Computational Design Director, Jeremy Graham
👤 Episode 36Episode 251: Jefa Greenaway on the true meaning and value of Designing for Country
👤 Episode 37Episode 250: Project Management Institute (PMI), Global director, Construction and Vice President APAC, Ben Breen on how to fix our skills shortages
👤 Episode 38Episode 249: Llewellyn Regler & Mario Mey on cladding, the NCC, the facade market, Project Remediate and why waterproofing matters
👤 Episode 39Episode 248: Drawing parallels between France and Australia when it comes to sustainability in the built environment with HIP V HYPE's Alexandra Faure
👤 Episode 40Episode 247: Moddex CEO Alvin Rowland on his company's journey to become an icon of Australia's handrail-making industries
👤 Episode 41Episode 246: 2025 Powerhouse Photography Architectural Commission winner Tasha Tylee on light, space & the beauty of architectural photography
👤 Episode 42
Episode 245: Will Messiter from Sekisui House on housing affordability, new home design and the Asora Norwest Community Park
👤 Episode 43Episode 244: COX Architecture National Head of Sustainability Mathias Irger on circularity, regenerative design & carbon counts
👤 Episode 44