Foolscap Sydney Studio Director Ellen Rosengren-Johnson brings a unique international perspective to Australian design, having spent a decade in Norway delivering award-winning hospitality and residential projects before returning home. 

Her work is defined by a deep commitment to collaboration with local makers, craftspeople, and suppliers – a skill she’s currently bringing to life in the boutique retail fit-out for Alpha60 in Sydney (due to be completed in spring 2025).

In this interview, Ellen explains the sheer importance and enduring legacy of hospitality design done well.

The latest episode of Talking Architecture & Design features John Czechowski, Senior Associtae at Gray Puksand, whose career spans more than three decades of shaping public and multi-use precincts across Australia. 

Born in Canada and trained at the University of Toronto, with formative studies in Florence and Paris, his practice has stretched from infrastructure and stadia to high-rise living and large-scale master planning.

In this conversation, Czechowski reflects on how precincts have evolved from purely functional places into community-defining spaces. He explains the delicate balance between commercial viability, accessibility and cultural identity, stressing the importance of listening to community voices rather than treating consultation as an afterthought. 

The discussion also explores the unseen decisions that shape the built environment, from long-term material performance and compliance to the role of pathways and in-between spaces that guide how people experience a precinct.

Technology, climate resilience and cultural diversity are all pressing forces in design, and Czechowski offers insight into how these will influence the next generation of projects. 

This podcast is brought to you in association with Moddex, proud sponsors of our 2025 Commercial series of podcasts.

This is the story of Sydney House, a transformative mixed-use development that redefines luxury living while honouring over 130 years of built legacy. 

Rising above the historic facades of the former City Tattersalls Club, this elegant composition is more than just a building—it’s a conversation between past and present. 

From the scalloped rhythms of the tower to the carefully restored Victorian and Art Deco details, Sydney House embodies sensitive addition and contemporary expression. 

In this podcast, Phillip Rossington, Principal of BVN and Richard Francis-Jones, Design Director of FJC Studio, share some of the key creative forces behind the project and unpack the design philosophy, challenges, and vision that shaped one of Sydney’s most refined architectural ensembles.

As the founder of the Design Partnership, Callie van der Merwe began his career as an architect in the early 1990’s before changing over to hospitality architecture in the early 2000’s.

Since then, he has completed multiple award winning and successful hotel and hospitality interior spaces all over the world with a signature philosophical approach of design for predictive behaviour.

In this interview, he reveals the secrets of designing a successful & vibrant restaurant.

This podcast is brought to you in association with GH Commercial proud sponsors of our 2023 Commercial series of podcasts.

 

In the wake of their recent architectural alliance in a bid to deliver a number of mixed-use projects throughout Australia, Farrells' Stanley Krummeck and CM+'s Dick Nugent sit down with Jarrod Reedie for Episode 170 of  Talking Architecture & Design.

They talk backgrounds, expertise in various sectors and their plans for the future, namely the various metro systems in state capitals and subsequent over-station developments.

Craig Baudin, is a highly credentialed and experienced contemporary architect and also a principal at Fender Katsalidis.

Craig has had an active role in the development of some of Australia’s most significant city-shaping projects projects that revitalise entire neighbourhoods – breathing new life into a forgotten or under-utilised area through new mixed-use precincts.

As the lead Australian Architect for Central Place Sydney, Craig’s design introduce more than 130,000 square metres of commercial floor space to the surrounding area offering the largest premium-grade workplace available in Tech Central.

He explains how the buildings will boast world-leading sustainable design in a location with and unrivalled connectivity with direct transport links to Sydney and surrounds.

This podcast is brought to you in association with AWS, proud sponsors of our 2023  Sustainable series of podcasts.

Karen Primmer grew up the daughter of an architect and fostered a passion for great spaces, effective design and construction. 
  
Karen Primmer has over 20 years of experience as a senior leader in Corporate Real Estate, with a focus on property strategy and creating workspaces that improve individual performance and bring people together. 

Karen’s extensive expertise and multi-faceted industry knowledge covers transactions, design, project delivery, property operations, and client services. 

Primmer's deep understanding of how these streams overlap and impact each other enables her to help clients develop bespoke workplace strategies that enhance company culture and empower productivity, collaboration, and innovation.

She talks about modern office design and how office design is evolving in Australia.

Jules Di Bartolomeo is the Verosol (Australia) Managing Director, with an MBA from Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia who has built a solid reputation for company 'turnarounds’ and building sustainable businesses.

Jules has 25+ years experience in profitably growing multisite, complex businesses across Australia, Asia and New Zealand and his experience spans both B2B and B2C environments in Financial Services, Retail and Manufacturing.

He explains the concept behind Verosol's Net Zero Manufacturing facility and how as well as why Verosol is now a leader in window coverings and performance fabrics and why it's not only focussed on the sustainability but also more and more focussing on ideas such as True Green Awareness and the company's  Future State concept.

This podcast was proudly sponsored by Verosol, global leaders in solar control fabrics.

Doug Southwell is an Architect and Director of Scott Carver who has witnessed the increasing demand for hospitality spaces and sensibility across multiple building typologies, including within the growth market of build to rent residential accommodation and commercial repositioning.

Tina Fox is the head of Interior Design at Scott Carver with extensive experience in a variety of hospitality work cross the UK, Europe and Australia NZ from Casinos and cabaret to food and beverage venues.

Together, they headed the Scott Carver team that refurbished the Sydney's iconic Theatre Royal.

In this exclusive interview, they go through the process of modernising this decades old, Harry Seidler-designed entertainment venue.

This podcast is brought to you in association with Stormtech  proud sponsors of our 2023 Hospitality & Retail series of podcasts.

Professor Michael Stacey is an award-winning architect, who combines practice, teaching, research and writing, based in London at the Bartlett / UCL and Michael Stacey Architects.

Professor Stacey is the author of a wide range of publications and books including Component Design, 2001, Digital Fabrication, 2004, Concrete: a studio design guide, 2011, Prototyping Architecture, 2013, Aluminium and Durability, 2014, second edition 2015, Aluminium Recyclability and Recycling, 2015, Aluminium: Flexible and Light, 2016, and Aluminium: Sympathetic and Powerful, 2020.

In this exclusive and wide-ranging interview, Prof Stacey explains why Aluminium is an amazing and underrated building material and why in many ways, we are now well and truly in the 'Aluminium Age'.

This podcast was sponsored by DECO Australia who specialise in a range of quality aluminium building products and durable decorative finishes for effortless, beautiful living.

Burak Dincel left Turkey in 1979 with no English and no professional standing in the Australian market.
 
Over the next 20 years, the structural engineer developed a patented PVC wall building material.
 
His business, Dincel Construction,  is based on an internationally patented, lightweight, hollow form, manufactured from a durable rigid polymer, which when filled with ready mixed concrete, produces a load bearing, fire resistant structural element. 

It now turns over more than $60 million a year. 

He explains the secret to his success and what is behind the success of his company's signature structural walling products.

Cosentino  Oceania Vice President Itay Shimony talks about how the Silicosis crisis in Australia is changing not just what materials we are using for our home builds and renovations, but also what laws will need to be put into place to ensure that home building industry workers are protected while also keeping the sector viable for future growth.

Stuart Braine is the National Specification Manager for Kingspan Insulation. He has over 20 years of experience in the building materials industry and Brent Livy is the National Residential Sales Manager for Kingspan Insulation.

In this exclusive interview Stuart and Brent explain why insulation matters, what does the R-value imply and what does it mean for homeowners in practical terms, what are the benefits of insulating a home, why do floors need insulation, which types of floors need it more than others and what the new building code changes for insulation and how will they impact architects and designers.

This podcast was brought to you by Kingspan, the world-leading manufacturer of innovative, high performance insulation products which help reduce the carbon footprint of the built environment.

In this episode of Talking Architecture & Design, we speak with Kylie Sandland, Design Psychologist and Co-Founder of Design for Hope, a social enterprise creating trauma-informed spaces for recovery and well-being. 

With three decades of experience in psychology and organisational consulting, Sandland brings a unique, evidence-based approach to the way environments affect our mental health. 

From domestic violence shelters to rehabilitation centres, her work focuses on designing spaces that foster safety, dignity, and emotional healing. 

Sandland shares the personal story that inspired her career shift into design and introduces her Hope Hierarchy, a framework that translates psychological needs into practical design strategies. 

She explains how elements like lighting, layout, and colour can support trauma recovery, and why staff well-being must also be a design priority. 

Projects like Erin’s Place and Jarrah House illustrate how thoughtful design choices can change lives, not through luxury, but through care and intention. As Sandland says, “spaces can either trigger trauma or help people heal.” 

Listen to learn how trauma-informed design is reshaping not only crisis care environments but also workplaces, schools, and community spaces. 

Emma Palmer and Gareth Davies star in Benefactors, an Olivier Award-winning architecture comedy set in the late 1960s, where they play Jane & David,  where he’s an idealistic architect and she’s an anthropologist who always stands with him. 

Their neighbours Colin and Sheila are by comparison struggling. Colin’s glory days are over, while Sheila is subservient and unfocused.

David feels his new architectural dream, the redevelopment of an inner-city housing project, will be the answer to future home building. However, as Sheila settles into her neighbours’ way of life, Colin starts to oppose David’s bright new view of the future.

In this exclusive interview, Emma & Gareth talk about what architecture means to them, what it should mean to all of us, the value of social housing and what it was like getting into the heads of their respective and complex characters.

Benefactors is on from the 21 June-22 July at the Ensemble Theatre in Sydney, which is it 78 McDougall St, Kirribilli. So got out and enjoy the play starring  Emma Palmer and Gareth Davies. Go to https://www.ensemble.com.au/ for more details. 

Professor Greg Clark is a UK based urban leadership and sustainable urban transition expert who is in Australia to present a free lecture at the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning titled A National Urban Policy for Australia – what can we learn from global experience, is also a recognised authority on cities, urban leadership, and investment in sustainable urban transition.

He has also worked with more than 300 cities, 40 national governments, 20 multilateral institutions, and multiple global corporates & investors across the world.

In this interview, he answers questions about how national policy in Australia might best respond to the post pandemic challenge of a rapidly increasing urban population.

Joe Agius has been a Director of COX since 2005. 

He sets and guides design direction for many projects in the Sydney studio as Design Director. 

Joe has experience across sectors, including public and cultural, education, research, hotels, sports, convention and exhibition as well as urban design and master planning.

In this wide-ranging interview, Joe talks about redesigning parts of Taronga Zoo, the master planning of Sydney brand new airport and how Cox is leading the way for a more inclusive and diverse workplace for architects and designers.

This podcast is brought to you in association with Stormtech  proud sponsors of our 2023 Hospitality & Retail series of podcasts.

Hamid Samavi founded OROSI in 2010 as an architectural company. He soon however found his passion lay in the sustainable development of real estate.

Today OROSI develops property in some of Sydney’s most prized suburbs in the Eastern Suburbs and Lower North Shore.

Through an acute realisation that he can control the outcome of a project by managing all aspects of the development process OROSI has become a true vertically integrated development company.

Samavi explains how he handles the architecture, construction, development delivery as well as marketing and sales, and how all this is done to ensure that nothing interrupts OROSI’s primary focus, that is sustainable residential design.

This podcast is brought to you in association with AWS, proud sponsors of our 2023  Sustainable series of podcasts.

TAD speaks to UK Consul General Louise Cantillon and AAC CEO Kathlyn Loseby on the Mutual Recognition Agreement (UK MRA) and what will it mean for Australian Architects and their future career and professional  development and training prospects.

Hassell Principal Glenn Scott is an internationally recognised specialist in designing and planning city-defining public places like sports and entertainment centres.

He’s worked on many major projects in Australia, Europe and Asia, including the development of ICC Sydney – the new convention, exhibition and entertainment venues in Sydney’s pivotal Darling Harbour precinct.

He loves the spectacle of live events – large or small – and his passionate about designing entertainment and sports destinations that will excite visitors and thrill fans, each and every time.

This podcast is brought to you in association with Stormtech  proud sponsors of our 2023 Hospitality & Retail series of podcasts.

Principal of Envirotecture, Dick Clarke has this year decided he will not function as the Sustainability Awards head Chair.

With more than 35 years’ experience,  Clarke has focuses  on ecologically sustainable and culturally appropriate buildings, as well as sustainable design in vehicles and vessels.

As Director of Sustainability for Building Designers Australia (BDA) and a founding member of the Association of Building Sustainability Assessors (ABSA) and the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC), Clarke says that has many other projects he needs to complete.

In this short interview, he explains where he is going and what will it take to succeed in the 2023 Sustainability Awards.

Talking action on Climate Change, 2030 targets and how or if we are going to achieve our goals.

It is now 2023 and there is a dawning sense of urgency to drastically cut emissions associated with our built environment.

So can we tackle it strategically or is the recent Academy Awards “everything, everywhere, all at once”!

We talk with Connie Hensler, Director of Environmental Management and Product Stewardship at Interface and John Davis, Director APAC, South Pole.

This podcast was brought to you in association with Interface, proud sponsors of this podcasts. For more information on Interface, please go to www.architectureanddesign.com.au/suppliers/interface-aust

Matthias Sauerbruch studied in Berlin and in London and has worked at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in London as project manager for six years and partner for four years.  In 1989 he founded Sauerbruch Hutton together with Louisa Hutton and has been directing the office since then.

Recently in Australia to visit the University of Melbourne and to deliver the Faculty of Architecture of Building Planning first Dean’s Lecture on Tuesday 21 March, ‘BAUWENDE – Architecture in the climatic turn’  Sauerbruch spoke to Talking Architecture & Design about on the changes in societies perception of urban spaces, the importance of environmental change and the need for architects to be at the vanguard of what he considers to be some of humanity's greatest challenges in at least the past century.

Tim Kneebone the National Hospitality Manager at SALTO Systems engages, educates and consults on next-generation access control solutions within the hospitality and accommodation sectors across Oceania.

Norman Khan from Yarra Hotel Group. Norman is a hotel veteran for last 30 years, operating hotels in Australia and overseas. Currently a hotel consultant to help owners design the right product.

Tim & Norman discuss access control in the built environment, and in particular in the hotel and hospitality sector.

This podcast is brought to you in association with Salto Australia, the proud sponsors of the hospitality podcast. 

In this episode, we’re taking a deep dive into Stratco, an Australian company with over 75 years of experience providing building solutions for both professionals and homeowners. 

Stratco offers a wide range of products, including patios, carports, verandahs, garages, sheds, and outdoor living products such as NINELINE, SUPERDEK & PRODEK.

Critically for Australian architects and builders, Stratco has manufacturing facilities in all mainland states of Australia and also in New Zealand.

To explain all about Stratco’s full range of capabilities, we talk with Eric Lien, National Architectural and Specifications Manager, and Andrew Steele, architect and managing director of South Australian design firm Studio Nine Architects.

This episode was sponsored by Stratco.

Laura Hamilton-O'Hara - CEO, the Living Future Institute of Australia

Laura has a Master’s Degree in Social Ecology and two decades of industry experience working in environmental sustainability and social justice in Australia and South Africa. 

After several years in strategic roles at Taronga Zoo, Macquarie University and the Centre for Sustainability Leadership, Laura is currently the CEO of the Living Future Institute of Australia (LFIA). LFIA harnesses the built environment as a powerful vehicle to create a world that is socially just, culturally rich, and ecologically restorative.

She talks with us about the importance of biophilia, fractals and why the Living Building Challenge is important to the built environment.

This podcast is brought to you in association with GH Commercial proud sponsors of our 2023 Commercial series of podcasts. 

Architect Brian Hooper and Michael Lavery from M3 architecture explain how and why the creation of the Barcaldine Master Plan and subsequent design resulted in a huge increase in tourism off the back of 3 critical projects in the central west Queensland town of Barcaldine.

Dr Sarah Hill, the CEO of the Western Parkland City Authority, talks about delivering her vision for 'a metropolis of three cities’', a vision she co-created as the inaugural CEO of the Greater Sydney Commission, to fundamentally change the way we think and plan for Greater Sydney.

Sarah talks about leading the Commission to develop new ways of engaging with citizens, to measure and monitor key planning outcomes and to better align growth with infrastructure through new methods such as Australia’s first Place-Based Infrastructure Compact.

Joel Williamson is the National Sales Manager of GH Commercial.

In the wide-ranging interview, Joel talks about the major shift in how people use offices or in other words, hotelisation of office design, where the products being used are often driven by softer and warmer colours and products and these spaces are being designed to deliver a better environment for community to develop.

Joel also talks about a range of issues that affect the flooring sector, including sustainability and supply chain issues as well as his journey in merging Australia’s largest carpet manufacturer into the world’s largest flooring company.

This podcast is brought to you in association with GH Commercial proud sponsors of our 2023 Commercial series of podcasts.

Terry Lin, Outer’s Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer of Outer shares his thoughts on Outer’s story, as well as furniture design predictions such as the impact of inflation and economic contraction on our furniture choices, to the backyard design trends we’ll be loving this year as well as giving us a how-to guide on making sustainable furniture choices and how to find and understand more eco-friendly materials.

Troy Creighton has been the Managing Director of Stormtech since 2003.

In this episode, Troy talks about the many new and exciting  ideas, solutions and technologies that we are now seeing in the bathrooms of clubs, pubs, hotels, bars and restaurants.

With a wealth of industry knowledge, experience and an eye for the latest ideas in water sustainability, Troy explains how the hospitality sector is taking the lead in ensuring we not only have a better carbon footprint, but also where there is a much- improved customer experience.

This podcast is brought to you in association with Stormtech  proud sponsors of our 2023 Hospitality & Retail series of podcasts.

Tim Phillips is a highly regarded Industrial Designer specialising in design for Architects, Creatives and the construction Industry. He has extensive experience in architectural projects, with a passion for using the latest technologies, materials and manufacturing techniques to bring the creative ideas of his clients to life without the constraints of traditional construction methods. 

As the owner of Tilt Industrial Design, Tim explains how  industrial design not only has become an important component of modern architecture,  but also how it influences sustainability across the entire built environment.

Hamish Lyon is Director of Architecture and Design at NH Architecture and leads the firm’s design thinking and direction. He is involved in projects of all scales and typologies, and is responsible for coordinating the design continuity of the NH studio. 

Hamish began his architectural career with the national Robin Boyd Medal, awarded under the chairmanship of pre-eminent Australian architect Glenn Murcutt. 

As a founder of NH Architecture, he has been involved in a wide range of architectural projects, urban initiatives and masterplans, beginning with the groundbreaking QV development in central Melbourne.

Some of his most recent world was the design of CENTREPIECE at Melbourne Park, a new dedicated event centre in the heart of the Melbourne & Olympic Parks sporting and entertainment precinct. 

Richard Francis-Jones was born in 1960 in Hertfordshire, England and is a highly awarded Australian architect. He is the design director of the Multidisciplinary design practice Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (FJMT). 

He is a Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects, an honorary fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

His first book, Truth and Lies in Architecture is a collection of provocative essays that journey into the vexed circumstance of contemporary architectural practice.

The book looks at the nature of the great cultural, social, political, environmental, and consumerist challenges facing the contemporary architect are explored, interpreted, and questioned, while drawing connections from architecture theory, philosophy, science, literature, and film sources in an attempt to negotiate the territory between the truth and lies found in architecture.

It is both controversial and educational and a book well worth reading.

If you only read 1 book on architecture this year, let it be Truth and Lies in Architecture by Richard Francis-Jones .

Hector Abrahams Architects is a local, innovative firm that has been shaped by the experiences of its Founder, Hector Abrahams.

In this episode of Talking Architecture & Design, Jarrod Reedie and Abrahams talk about the practice's highly commended entry for the Sustainability Awards' Adaptive Reuse category, Sue Hutton's Stephensons Mill. 

The discussion ranges from the heritage and history of the building, the unique zoning rules which Abrahams used to his advantage, and the overall sense of completion felt once the project was delivered.

Interview by Jarrod Reedie.

Nerida Conisbee is Ray White’s Chief Economist and one of Australia’s leading property experts. 

Nerida works closely with industry partners to provide strategic vision and policy recommendations for the future of property in Australia.

She represents Ray White to inform and influence key stakeholder groups across the residential and commercial sectors, in addition to advising major Australian government bodies.

In this exclusive interview, Nerida unravels the main issues behind our housing affordability crisis and some things we can do to alleviate the problem.

This podcast is brought to you in association with AWS, proud sponsors of our 2025 Residential series of podcasts.

Chris Nunn is the former Head of Sustainability at AMP Capital Real Estate, which has a portfolio valued at approximately $28 billion, consisting of approximately 100 shopping centres, offices and industrial assets.

He is also the winner of the Lifetime Achievement award at the 2022 Sustainability Awards and a man who's whole working career has been about promoting the concept of sustainable growth  across Australia's corporate sector.

He talks with us about how the idea of sustainability is changing and where it will ultimately end up and how this will affect us all.

This episode is brought to you by Bluescope Steel, proud sponsors of the Lifetime Achievement category at the 2022 Sustainability Awards.


 

Winner of the 2022 Emerging Sustainable Architect Award, Marni Reti is a proud Palawa and Ngātiwai woman, born and raised on Gadigal land. 

She graduated from the Masters of Architecture from UTS where she was one of the first recipients of the inaugural Droga Indigenous Architecture Scholarship, a prestigious scholarship aimed at fostering new Indigenous talent in the world of architecture.

Marni works at award-winning firm, Kaunitz Yeung Architecture, where she has dedicated her professional and academic career to engaging Indigenous knowledge  into architectural practice and design.

She spoke with us at the end of last year on what were the main and enduring influences on her life and design style.

Alexander Symes founded his eponymous architecture firm in 2014 with a mission to advance sustainable architecture. 

The winner of numerous awards, including the Single Dwelling (new) and Best of the Best awards at the 2022 Sustainability awards, Alex has specialist training in the design and delivery of passive houses which we believe offer a pathway towards exceptionally comfortable and healthy homes. 

In this rather noisy interview, Alex explains the reasons for his continual success and the reasons behind why his practice is heading in its current trajectory.

While at Carr, David Brooks worked across many multi-residential projects, as well as the award-winning United Places hotel. In each project, his aim was to bring an effortless, natural characteristic that makes for comfortable, accessible, and liveable spaces. 

Motivated by transforming ideas into an object while balancing art and science, David’s approach is typified by working at the macro and the micro in the early stages of the design process.

In this interview,  David talks about Australia’s changing relationship with apartment living changing and also talks us through the level of detail that goes into luxury apartment design.

The Urban Development Institute of Australia, Victorian Division (UDIA Victoria) CEO Matthew Kandelaars talks about what part of urban development he thinks we get right here in Australia, and what part we get wrong, and will Australians ever fall in love with high density living?

Koos de Keijzer, founding partner and Principal of DKO Architecture, has built a highly regarded role as an urban designer and architect, with particular expertise in residential developments. DKO Architecture is an award-winning design practice with offices in Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam.

In this wide-ranging interview, he talks about  hotel design, the future of office space and the rise of the 'Resimercial' building.

Our continuing conversation with architect, lecturer, social commentator and columnist Tone Wheeler on the history of house designer and builder AV Jennings, some lesser-known Australian architects and the influence of architecture on the growth and maturing of Australian suburbia.

Daniel Smith started Leaf Architecture in 2015 with the intention of creating a practice that has a strong focus and understanding of pedagogy and education design. 

Since then, Daniel  has developed a significant portfolio of public and community projects completed over the last decade, and has been involved in all facets of architectural projects; including client consultation, master planning, detail design, co-ordination of documentation and contract administration. This experience coupled with a natural affinity to building relationships with various stakeholder groups makes Daniel an experienced architect and leader.

Daniel talks about his passions and wishes for the future of school design in Australia .

This podcast was brought to you in association with Interface, proud sponsors of the Sustainability series of podcasts. For more information on Interface, please go to www.architectureanddesign.com.au/suppliers/interface-aust

Melbourne’s Seafarers development embodies sustainable luxury. The former site of the city’s Goods Shed No. 5, Seafarers shapes up as a project that will define Melbourne, with its adaptive reuse and sustainable design methods the embodiment of contemporary architecture and interior design.

For this episode of Talking Architecture & Design, Assistant Editor Jarrod Reedie sits down with Riverlee’s David Lee, the Seafarers developer, and One Design Office (ODO) Director Samson Tiew, tasked with crafting the interiors of the future 1 Hotel, which will be included as part of the Seafarers development.

The pair discuss their own personal journeys to this point, the history the pair share both personally and professionally, and talk about the process of creating a development with as much excitement and intrigue as Seafarers.

Corey Peterson spent 16 years supporting science in Antarctica before emigrating to Tasmania. 

He has worked at the University of Tasmania since 2009 advancing from Sustainability Officer to Chief Sustainability Officer charged with advancing a holistic organisational sustainability agenda.

He was on the University of Tasmania Governing Council from 2012-2020 and is the current President of Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS). 

He has also served on the Board of several community organisations, including Sustainable Living Tasmania for ten years (five as President), is a graduate of the Tasmanian Leaders Program and has joint Masters Degrees in Environmental Science and Public Administration.

In this interview, he talks about how his work in Antarctica equipped him for his lifelong battle to promote sustainability.

This podcast was brought to you in association with Interface, proud sponsors of the Sustainability series of podcasts. For more information on Interface, please go to www.architectureanddesign.com.au/suppliers/interface-aust

Jonathan 'Jono' Mountfort is the Creative Director at Autex Acoustics and a design expert specialising in sustainable acoustic solutions. 

 With over 20 years of experience in design and manufacturing, Jonathan oversees product design, compliance, and sustainability. His journey into design began with a background in mechanical engineering, which sparked his passion for tinkering. 

After a brief stint as a vegan chef on the set of ‘Lord of the Rings,’ he pursued a degree in product design, where he explored innovative concepts such as biomimicry and cradle-to-cradle design. 

These days, his expertise blends industrial design, engineering, and acoustics, giving him a distinctive approach to creating circular products. 

This podcast is brought to you in association with Autex Acoustics, proud sponsors of our 2025 Sustainability series of podcasts.

Architect, lecturer, columnist and founder of environa studio Tone Wheeler shares his many thoughts about the evolution of architectural teaching in Australia as well as the concept of architectural engineering.

You can also see Tone Wheeler live at the 2022 Sustainability Summit, which will be held at Sydney's Shangri-la hotel on Thursday,  November 10.

For  more information, go to https://www.sustainablebuildingawards.com.au/summit/

Sally Brincat is an architect with over 20 years of experience and is ThomsonAdsett's Victoria Education Sector Lead.

She recently led a large joint venture team on five primary and two secondary schools across mainstream and inclusion streams for the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA).

In this revealing, one-on-one interview, Sally talks about the latest ideas in school design, the move towards  vertical schools and what roles an architect has in design the modern Australian school.

AM-BOSS is the 2022 Sponsor of our Education series of podcasts.

Nick Hill has two decades experience in sustainable enterprise for coastal communities, fundraising and leading teams.

Coast4C is aimed at unlocking the potential of regenerative seaweed farming and the circular economy to deliver benefits for communities, conservation, climate and commerce.

Nick has a PhD in seaweed farming and fishing livelihoods and was also the co-founder of Net-Works and Our Sea Our Life programs.

In this exclusive interview he describes how seaweed can be an answer to our climate change woes.

This podcast was brought to you in association with Interface, proud sponsors of the Sustainability series of podcasts. For more information on Interface, please go to www.architectureanddesign.com.au/suppliers/interface-aust