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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Content Themes
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.
Marina Tabassum is a world-renowned Bangladesh architect and educator. Her architecture studio, Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA), was established in 2005 and has received numerous accolades, including two Aga Khan Awards for Architecture, the first for the Bait Ur Rouf Mosque and the second for a housing solution called Khudi Bari. Marina and her studio also designed the 2025 Serpentine Pavilion.
Her projects have significant social impact and are well known for the use of local natural materials and craftsmanship, which creates architecture that is both poetic and purposeful.
We sat down with Marina during her recent visit to Australia for Melbourne School of Design’s 2026 Dean’s Lecture Series, to speak about the changing perception of what makes something architecture.
Further reading
Marina Tabassum’s kinetic 2025 Serpentine Pavilion opens
https://architectureau.com/articles/Marina-Tabassums-kinetic-2025-Serpentine-Pavilion-opens/
Architect of 2025 Serpentine Pavilion revealed
https://architectureau.com/articles/architect-of-2025-Serpentine-pavilion-revealed/
Architecture for Empowerment
https://architectureau.com/calendar/exhibitions/architecture-for-empowerment/
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