Design Speaks Weekly

Design Speaks Weekly
Podcast Description
Design Speaks Weekly brings you the biggest stories in Australian architecture and design. Produced by Architecture Media, each episode explores a key theme shaping the built environment, paired with the latest industry news and analysis. As an extension of the Design Speaks event series, this podcast opens up vital conversations to a wider audience, wherever you are.
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The podcast explores topics such as gender equity in architecture, lessons from renowned architects, and advancements in modular design. Specific episodes include discussions on pay equity with Justine Clark, reflections on architectural practice by Glenn Murcutt, and the benefits of prefab construction led by Stuart Vokes and Dan Burnett.

Design Speaks Weekly brings you the biggest stories in Australian architecture and design. Produced by Architecture Media, each episode explores a key theme shaping the built environment, paired with the latest industry news and analysis. As an extension of the Design Speaks event series, this podcast opens up vital conversations to a wider audience, wherever you are.
In this episode of Design Speaks Weekly, Emily Wong, editor of Landscape Architecture Australia, is joined by landscape architect and creative director of SBLA Studio Simone Bliss to discuss rethinking the design process in the face of the climate crisis.
Drawing on Richmond High School by SBLA Studio, Simone reflects on the value of open-ended design – a process that embraces uncertainty and leaves room for change.
Further reading:
Concrete thinking: Richmond High School
https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/concrete-thinking-richmond-high-school/
Landscape Architecture Australia, May 2025
https://landscapeaustralia.com/issues/landscape-architecture-australia-may-jun-2025-186/
Landscape Architecture Australia, May 2025
https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/reducing-reusing-and-recycling-in-practice/
Material trajectory: Meg Calkins
https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/material-trajectory-meg-calkins/

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