Our Top 10 Podcasts for 2022

Launched in 2017 as part of the Architecture & Design publishing and news network, Talking Architecture & Design podcast interviews industry leaders, innovators, personalities and a range of industry movers and shakers.

With no subject that is off-limits, we talk to those that not only make change happen, but also those that turn that change into industry norms and trends. Now that we’ve launched Season 7 of our well-known podcast series, Talking Architecture & Design, we decided to celebrate the top 10 podcasts of 2022. So here they are in order from 1 to 10.

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EPISODE 98: CAROMA INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS LUKE DI MICHIEL & ANDY GRIGOR TALK TOILET DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY, WATER SAVINGS AND SUSTAINABILITY

Caroma Senior Industrial Designer Luke di Michiel is at the forefront of product design and innovation, contributing to numerous award-winning products for GWA Bathrooms and Kitchens and their leading Caroma brand.

Andy Grigor, the Head of Design and Innovation at GWA for the Caroma, Methven, Clark and Dorf brands have lead the design and innovation team for Methven since 2016 and GWA/Caroma design team since 2020, bringing with him a wealth of design and product development experience.

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EPISODE 99: ROB BRYANT TALKS ABOUT DIGITAL TWIN TECHNOLOGY AND HOW IT RELATES TO SUSTAINABILITY

Rob Bryant, Executive Vice President of APAC, InEight explains how emerging technologies such as digital twin concepts can minimise carbon emissions for existing and future projects, improve Australia’s sustainability efforts and encourage sustainable behaviours and can also ultimately lead to the built sector achieving net zero faster.

Bryant also explains what these new technologies mean for the future of the architecture profession in Australia.

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EPISODE 100:

LUKE JOHNSON FROM ARCHITECTUS TALKS ABOUT DESIGN, SUSTAINABILITY, AND THE BRUTALISM OF MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY

Luke Johnson from Architectus is a highly skilled designer who has worked throughout Australia, Japan and Europe on arts and cultural, education, residential, transport, health and workplace sector projects.

In this wide-ranging interview, Luke talks about where design is going, how education design has become his passion and why we need embrace sustainable design sooner rather than later.

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EPISODE 101:

JAYNE HARRISON ON INSPIRATION, EDUCATION DESIGN AND THE UNIQUE QUALITIES WOMEN BRING TO THE PROFESSION

Jayne Harrison is Founding Director of JDH Architects and has been at the helm since its inception in 2003. Through her leadership, and pioneering vision, JDH has delivered an extensive portfolio of education and community projects and a hard-earned reputation as one of Australia’s most creative and dynamic architecture firms.

As a leading voice advocating resilient and responsible architecture and building methodologies, Jayne explains why she believes in a better way to practice her profession, where people and the environment are the cornerstones of good design, and why she looks towards long lasting solutions that support a responsible and resilient thriving future, the built environment, and the communities they serve.

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EPISODE 104: AUSTRALIA'S FOREMOST COLOUR EXPERT KIM CHADWICK ON WHAT IS COLOUR AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE WAY WE DESIGN

Kim Chadwick is the Director of Australian Trend Forecast and the creator of the Designer Colour Wheel.

During 30 years in the design industry, Kim has chosen the colours of the inherently Australian corrugated roofs for Colorbond, hand selected colours for Wattyl and Dulux, created bathrooms for Laminex, curated complete house solutions for Brickworks Building Products, developed product style guides for Officeworks, and trends for Australia.

Kim has written trend columns the Paint Quality Institute, published trend forecasts for Colourways, won best stand at Designex for Caesarstone and best overall renovation and addition, HIA Victoria, for her own home.

Kim talks with us about what exactly is colour, how it affects our designs and how it affects us in our homes and places of work. 06.

EPISODE 105: THE INDEFATIGABLE DR. DAVINA JACKSON ON HER NEW BOOK AND THE REALITY OF AUSTRALIAN DESIGN

Dr Davina Jackson is an international writer and promoter of creative applications of postinternet technology for urban development, and pan-Pacific architecture, geography and history.

Her latest book is Australian Architecture: A History (Allen & Unwin, 2022).

In this revealing interview, Dr. Jackson talks about Australian architecture and its history, the intrinsic value of Indigenous architecture, where she thinks sustainability is really going and what her latest book on the built environment is all about.

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EPISODE 107: HOW KRIS SPANN IS REIMAGINING AUSTRALIA'S PUBLIC RETAIL SPACES

The People Parkers recycled plastic mobile parklet facilitates the rapid, sustainable and considered reimagining of car parking spaces and roadways into temporary outdoor dining quarters. Roadways are public space and this product is a tactical mechanism to temporarily relocate this space and inform options for long term changes of use.

In 2015 People Parkers was born out of Glebe Point Road Trial Parklet Program which was a case study of how parklets could be used to improve amenity, community and business outcomes along Glebe point road.

The aim was to provide a suite of products that could be employed anywhere to demonstrate how a street could be more than a place to park a vehicle which is and be an essential question as we progress to car-share and shared autonomous vehicles in the future.

We talk to Kris Spann, president of the Glebe Chamber of Commerce, winner of the NSW Business Chamber Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and founder of People Parkers, who we've dubbed the 'Banksy of Australia's public retail spaces' for his amazing work in the congested streets of Sydney's inner-west.

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EPISODE 108: BUILDER, DESIGNER AND SUSTAINABILITY ADVOCATE DAVID COATES GIVES THE HARD TRUTH ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY

Winner of the Emerging Architect/ Designer category at the 2021 Sustainability Awards David Coates lives and breathes sustainability and has been delivering beautiful buildings that perform to an exemplar level in both sustainability and practicality.

David, who founded and runs Sustainable Building and Design Pty Ltd, specialises in sustainable renovations, but has a keen eye for design and detail creating his brilliant dwellings all from scratch.

David’s vision is all about efficiency of performance and reusing and upcycling. His projects achieve high end energy efficiency ratings in the NatHERs score system, and as well as energy efficiency, his projects regularly contain old building materials upcycled form their former dwellings.

In this broad-ranging and frank interview, he talks about where we are with building sustainability and how we as a country need to ramp things up if we want a better world for our children.

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EPISODE 111: RUTH MCKENZIE FROM NORTHBYNORTH TALKS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, THE MODERN COMMERCIAL SPACE & THE PATH TOWARDS ZERO NET EMISSIONS

Ruth McKenzie established North by North Interior Architecture in early 2020, specializing in sustainable commercial fitouts and small scale residential. She is a registered architect in NSW and Ireland, has worked as a design journalist for national newspapers and is experienced in a number of project typologies from education to aged care.

Ruth holds Masters in Sustainability from the University of Sydney and particular interest in the adaptation of existing buildings. In this episode, Ruth talks about Sustainability and the Modern Commercial Space: The Path Towards Zero Net Emissions.

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EPISODE 122: WATERPROOFING EXPERT PAUL RATCLIFF EXPLAINS WHAT WE ARE DOING ALL WRONG WHEN WATERPROOFING OUR BUILDINGS

Paul Ratcliff is a building consultant with over 30 years’ experience, with an onsite building background, and a strong foundation in understanding how structures are built and why they fail. Involved in building litigation in all jurisdictions, written litigation reports on residential houses, multi-level residential buildings, commercial buildings, hotels and public buildings, Paul understands the importance of good straight advice in building litigation matters. In this exclusive interview, he explains what we are doing wrong with our waterproofing and why this needs to be fixed and fixed quickly.

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MAKING HOME AUTOMATION EASIER THAN EVER WITH ABB-FREE@HOME®

Simply smart. ABB-free@home® transforms the house or the apartment into an intelligent home. Whether blinds, lights, heating, air conditioning, door communication or scenes. Easy to control via a switch on the wall, with the TouchScreen, smartphone or tablet, wherever you are in the world.

POLARIS – IT FEELS AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS!

An innovative matt laminate, perfect for interior design — Big River Polaris is smooth and velvety to the touch, with a unique edge detail that is unlike anything on the market.

Polaris is a plywood sheet with a European birch edge detail and a solid 1 mm through-colour matt laminate top. It is suitable for interior applications such as benchtops, tabletops and cabinetry at cafes, homes, schools and other commercial spaces.

Polaris features low-light reflectivity, thermal healing properties, an anti-fingerprint surface and is resistant to scratches and abrasions. Polaris’ innovative thermal healing technology allows micro scratches to be repaired easily. Due to a cross-linked structure, Polaris’s food-safe surface is compact, non-porous and resistant to bacteria, fungi and microorganisms. Tests conducted to measure the antibacterial performance in accordance with ISO 22196 and JIS Z 2801 demonstrated that the bacterial load was reduced by 99.9% after 24 hours. Available in matt black or white, it is supplied in a sheet 3 m in length, 1.25 m in width and 19 mm or 25 mm in depth, making it an ideal product for benchtops. The hard-wearing, scratch resistant surface is low maintenance and easy to clean.

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NEWTECHWOOD CASTELLATION CLADDING: A VERSATILE SOLUTION FOR EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL DECORATIVE WALLS

NewTechWood fully capped weather-UV-and stain-resistant cladding boards have a longer lifespan than natural timber and competing composite products and they are great alternative to timber for external cladding and inside feature walls.

PERMALITE®: ALUMINIUM CLADDING & STRUCTURAL PRODUCTS

PERMALITE® aluminium building products from Lysaght offer exceptional resistance to corrosion in aggressive marine, commercial and industrial environments.

PERMALITE® roofing, walling and rainwater products are shaped from 5251/5052 marinegrade aluminium.

REDUCE THERMAL HEAT GAIN BY UP TO 93%

Horiso Australian made Specialty Venetian Blinds reduce thermal heat gain by up to 93% by minimising HVAC usage, maintaining effective airflow and minimising the need for artificial lighting, making them an energy-efficient, environmentally friendly shading option.

COLORBOND® STEEL IN A CLASSIC FINISH

COLORBOND® steel is inspired by our unique Australian landscape. Designed to weather the unique Australian land, COLORBOND® steel in a Classic finish provides a low sheen aesthetic that is celebrated in striking architecture, providing longevity and durability for the design.

WARM EXPERIENCES – NAB MELBOURNE HQ FEATURING DESIGNERPLY®

With the use of DesignerPly® panel products from ForestOne, Hassell has created a contemporary workplace filled with warm hues, natural light and materiality that cater to the wellbeing and health of workers.

SIKATILE®: 0% CRYSTALLINE SILICA TILE ADHESIVE

SikaTile® is an innovative tile and stone installation product range. From an efflorescence inhibiting primer with crystalline technology to a fibre reinforced membrane for superior strength to a safer, environmentally friendly, Dustless® dry mix adhesive, your tiling is secure with SikaTile®.

STYROTHERM

Containing up to 75% recycled material, StyroTherm® are the only extruded polystyrene sheets made in Australia. Highly compressive, durable, and easy to install, StyroTherm® is the preferred choice by architects and engineers across residential and commercial buildings for a robust slab edge insulation system, under concrete slabs, as well as insulation for coolrooms.

TEMPERSHIELD® - PREMIUM BENT & FLAT TOUGHENED & LAMINATED GLASS

Glasshape® offer a comprehensive portfolio of certified internal and external architectural glass for commercial or residential settings. Glasshape® has the capabilities to bend, toughen and laminate its Glass in many shapes, and sizes, providing a limitless array of options for custom curves.

REAL-TIME VISUALISATION TOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, & CONSTRUCTION MADE EASY

Enscape is a real-time visualisation and virtual reality tool for architecture, engineering, and construction professionals with more than 500,000 monthly users worldwide. It's fast, easy, and the only visualisation plugin that fully integrates into Revit, SketchUp, Rhino, Archicad, and Vectorworks.

MONDOCLAD®: NONCOMBUSTIBLE PREMIUM SOLID ALUMINIUM PANELS

Utilising a highly corrosive resistant marine grade alloy, MondoClad® is ideal for installation in the harsh Australian environment. The superior PVDF architectural paint finish of this aluminium cladding system ensures UV stability, colour retention and a product that will stand the test of time.

AN OUTDOOR ALFRESCO KITCHEN IDEAL FOR AUSTRALIA'S CLIMATE

Alfresco kitchens are a growing trend in residential design, expanding usable space and adding aesthetic appeal and value to a property. With Hettich's durable cabinetry hardware fittings, your outdoor kitchen will function well for years to come, withstanding the harsh Australian sun, wind, and rain.

COVET TIMBER-LOOK ALUMINIUM BATTENS & PANELS

A non-combustible alternative to timber, our cladding delivers the natural aesthetic and textured feel of real grain timber, while leveraging the benefits of aluminium. Covet’s Japanese-made, architectural cladding possess excellent exterior grade properties making them suitable for even aggressive coastal environments.

Made from certified plantation pine that sequesters carbon from the atmosphere, NeXTimber provides the biophilic and environmental benefits of timber, but with the strength to support taller and more complex structures.

INTRIM HOSPITAL & HEALTHCARE HANDRAIL & WALL PROTECTION SOLUTIONS

Creating a healthcare or hospital interior does not need to feel stark and clinical. Incorporating Biophilic design principles Intrim timber handrails and bump rails feature triple-coated anti-microbial lacquer, are AS1428. 1-2009 compliant and have a unique fixing system.

SEFAR® ARCHITECTURAL MESH LAMINATED GLASS

SEFAR Architecture Vision is a quality aluminium mesh laminated between two panes of glass resulting in decorative laminated panels like no other. The mesh comes in Aluminium, Printed Gold and Printed Copper and can be teamed up with regular glass, low iron or on the mirror back for the most striking splashbacks.

The Ebsa Fixed Louvre Bracket

The EBSA Fixed Louvre Bracket compliments our range of operable glass louvres providing an elegant solution for designers wishing to incorporate fixed glass louvres into their projects. The system accommodates from 8mm to 12mm glass allowing for wide spans in accordance with AS1288 and blade heights that can be adapted to the project requirements.

Belling Design Collection 60cm Readycook Oven

Discover the future of cooking with the Belling Design Collection ReadyCook™ 60cm Oven. Choose from one of the 150 preprogrammed ReadyCook recipes and enjoy perfect cooking results every time.

MIAMI

Miami Stainless is the premier supplier of stainless steel products for shade sails. We supply high-quality fittings specifically designed to withstand and ensure durability. We are a member of the Specialised Textiles Association and work closely with others in the industry to ensure that all our products meet and outperform industry standards.

MITSUBISHI ALPOLIC™/FR IS THE PERFECT CHOICE FOR RESIDENTIAL FACADES

Compliant for Type C construction, Mitsubishi ALPOLIC™/fr is a rigorously tested Aluminium Composite Panel which boasts a CodeMark Certification to BCA Standards, a 20-year full cover warranty, and a wide range of stocked colours.

ALPOLIC™/fr is the fire-safe cladding you can trust.

PORTA CONTOURS: TIMBER LINING BOARDS

Porta Contours timber lining boards are perfect for adding natural texture to enhance interior spaces. Featuring a warm light brown colour with a consistent grain for a reliable finish, Porta launches Engineered American Oak Contours.

Gutter Guard Franchises

Grayson's Gutter Guard is a proven franchise system offering unique opportunities to enter the roof gutter cleaning industry. Grayson's was established in 2001 and provides in-depth training and support to its happy franchisees!

Portable Or Permanent Staging System

Our most popular staging solution, our portable stage solutions, are built to be installed in schools, community halls, churches and event spaces. Manufactured in Melbourne, all projects can be customised and configured to suit your needs. Whether that be curved stages, specific heights, custom finishes etc.

The Next Generation Of Linear Drainage

Lauxes Grates NXT range is a modern linear drainage solution with an easy roll-out feature for cleaning. Made of durable anodised aluminium, it is available in various depths and colours for versatile use in both indoor and outdoor applications. Customisable on site with a 25-year guarantee against colour fading and a lifetime rustproof warranty.

Yellowbox Smart Locker

Yellowbox is your smart locker system, made simple. Delightful to use with phone, card or screen and effortless to manage through automated onboarding and management. A powerful solution that adapts to the way the organisation works. Locks can be installed onto and specified with any locker, joinery, or cabinet.

Two Quiet Achievers

Two distinct yet complementary products comprise the comprehensive GenuineHush™ acoustic performance range –QLam Hush™ and ComfortHush™. QLamHush™ provides enhanced protection from UV light, while ComfortHush™ additionally includes a Low E coating providing enhanced thermal insulation.

PROMATECT®

PROMATECT® 100 is a single layer lightweight, fire & acoustic tested board system for creating fire resistant walls and ceilings. PROMATECT® 100 has a smooth finished surface, able to receive almost any form of architectural finish. Most applications only require a single layer applied to each face making installation quick and easy.

Technika 60cm Pyrolytic Oven With Airfry

Discover the convenience and health benefits of in-built AirFry technology, available on the Technika 60cm TO615AFBX built-in oven. With the included AirFry basket and dedicated AirFry function you’ll be serving up crispier, healthier meals for the whole family. Not to mention getting rid of the bulky benchtop air-fryer.

Global Leaders In Solar Control Solutions

SilverScreen by Verosol. Verosol’s ground breaking SilverScreen roller blind fabrics reflect up to 85% of solar radiation. To ensure wellbeing, creativity & productivity are maintained, it’s essential to create an environment with good visual & occupant comfort.

Concrete Veneer

Our lightweight Concrete Veneer is a high-performing, versatile product ideal for internal and external applications in both residential and commercial settings. It looks like real concrete because it is real concrete, with added benefits.

LICHEN COMMUNITY COLLECTION, INSPIRED BY MULTI-HUED, MULTITEXTURED LICHENS

Inspired by expansive communities of lichens that grow together on bark and rock formations, playing a role in our ecosystems, the Lichen Community collection has been designed to provide a refined solution for creating collaborative environments, bringing people together.

SAYFA’S

Raptor Rigid Rail

SAYFA’s RAPTOR Rigid Rail is manufactured in Australia to the latest Australian Standards, with high grade aluminium and stainless steel components. Its lightweight, quick to install and easy to use design ensures our Rigid Rail is completely customisable to suit any building façade whilst not compromising on the building’s aesthetic.

Benefits Of Brass

The Lockwood Brass Core Range introduces a large array of compliant lever styles, to comply with Australian regulations for access mobility. Breaking the paradigm that compliance opposes style, the Brass Core range merges purity of form with function, providing inclusive design to suit all aspects of architectural and user needs.

Evolution 250

The most powerful model in the range, the Evolution 250 features three-stage grind technology and ultra-quiet operation. It offers a quick and easy way to dispose of any food waste. Food scraps are ground into fine particles and flushed safely through the sewerage system to a wastewater treatment plant.

HAVWOODS PREMIUM ENGINEERED TIMBER FLOORING RANGE

This engineered timber range has over 50 variations of colour, pattern, width and thickness. With third party sustainability certification being a prominent feature with majority of the Venture Plank range and suitable for installation over underfloor heating, it is ideal for residential and commercial applications.

ME TRIM IS A UNIQUE & EXCELLENT TILE TRIM SOLUTION FOR FINISHING TILING AROUND DOORS AND WINDOWS.

We take pride on delivering an Australian Made Tile Trim Product that not only reduces time and cost to install by removing the need timber architrave but it guarantees a luxurious look to any bathroom project.