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For the final episode in our Architecture Series – From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince speaks with the profoundly significant architect, Karl Fender.     As an avowed urbanist who loves life in the city, Karl and his firm Fender Katsalidis are responsible for designing some of Australia’s most groundbreaking buildings – from Eureka Tower, Australia 108 and Hobart’s daring MONA gallery to the Merdeka 118 mega skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur.    Vince and Karl explore how an adventurous childhood and early apprenticeship with Robin Boyd shaped his practice, the white lie that shifted his remarkable career, and why apartments mark the future of urban living.    https://fkaustralia.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you design homes that inspire feeling?  In this episode of our Architecture Series – From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince speaks to the founder of Decus Interiors, Alexandra Donohoe Church.  The true measure of a home is how it makes us feel, from comfort and romance to inspiration and connection. Alexandra’s rebellious approach to form, balance and tension creates spaces with deep sensory resonance.  Vince and Alexandra explore their love-hate relationship with Pinterest, how sourcing inspiration can help and hinder originality, and why designing the feeling of space comes down to trusting your gut.    https://decus.com.au/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of our Architecture Series – From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince speaks to the co-founder of Casey Brown Architecture, Rob Brown.    They are behind the award-winning project 'Permanent Camping' – a sustainable retreat surrounded by Australian bush. Described as a flower that blossoms with the sun – it’s a shelter-like structure chiselled back to the essentials; a place for respite, reconnecting with nature and a return to simple living.    But for all its simplicity, it’s anything but simple. Vince and Rob explore the importance of this wild landmark project for our ever-busy lives, how design can redefine the relationship between humans and nature, and why minimalism can transform the way we live.   http://www.caseybrown.com.au/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you design urban jungles?    Vince chats with Jock and Hanna Gammon, the founders of Junglefy – one of Australia's leading living infrastructure specialists.     Junglefy cultivates critical connections between people, places and plants. From helping botanist Patrick Blanc build and maintain the world's tallest vertical garden at One Central Park to the ground-breaking Green Spine of Southbank by Beulah – they are turning our cities into urban jungles.     This episode explores what influenced their mutual love for the natural world, how their breathing walls are building healthier environments for our communities, and why we must design our cities for living things.     Listen to discover how we can design a greener, better future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you design a future-proof city?    Vince speaks with the founder Ben van Berkel and Associate Director Sander Versluis of UNStudio – the international architecture firm behind Southbank by Beulah – the residential skyscraper set to change Melbourne for good.    From climate change and social inequality to technology and global pandemics – designing greener, healthier and smarter built environments must work for the future of our growing communities, our cities and our planet.    But how can we design a city ready for this kind of future? How might following people on the streets of London help? How can we use data to maintain the serendipity of chance encounters within a space? How can we use architecture to solve the world’s most pressing challenges?     Tune in to discover how we can future-proof our cities for generations to come.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of our Architecture Series – From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince speaks to Michael McCormack – founder of Melbourne’s prominent property developer: Milieu Property.   Recently named Top Property Developer in the world by Monocle Magazine’s inaugural Design Awards was no fluke. By working across diverse projects, exploring innovative collaboration, and cultivating the everyday culture of design, Milieu sets the global creative standard for property developers.    Listen in as they discuss how an ongoing dialogue with people and place creates a liveable home; and why responding to this context may restrict Milieu’s signature aesthetic but enables their positive contribution to our communities, cities, and urban design.    https://milieuproperty.com.au/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Next in our Architecture Series – From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince speaks to the prolific British designer, Tom Dixon – internationally heralded for his extraordinary furniture, lighting, accessories and interiors.     Designing his life has been one of constant creative reinvention – playing punk music and running nightclubs, welding steel into radical furniture, working with luxury Italian goods with Cappellini, Creative Director at Habitat and Artek, and finally instigating his iconic eponymous brand.    Listen in as they explore what it means to be a commercial designer, how a motorbike accident drove him towards design, and why after so much world-renowned success, Tom still considers himself an up-and-coming designer.    https://www.tomdixon.net/en_gb/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of our series on the home, architecture and interiors – From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince speaks to Deborah Bibby - the inspiring storyteller dedicated to interior and lifestyle design.     As founding editor of award-winning interiors magazine Real Living, editorial director of The Together Project, and author of The Originals – a beautiful book dedicated to beach houses, Deborah’s iconic career continues to bring people and brands together through meaningful stories and great design.     Listen in as they chat about her approach to keeping it simple, rebelling against trends and how her extraordinary childhood experiences have left lifelong impressions on the way she lives and the stories she tells.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What imprint do we leave today, for tomorrow?   Next in our Architecture Series – From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince chats to Angelo Candalepas, known for designing the stunning Punchbowl Mosque amongst some of Australia’s most elegant apartments and offices.    With deep philosophy, they discuss how considering the longevity of an environment can reflect the passage of life, and why designing buildings with life not only enable optimism in society, but have the power to change the world.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you design wellbeing?   In this episode of our Architecture Series - From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince speaks to two of the Directors of Kerry Hill Architects, Seán McGivern & Patrick Kosky. They discuss how designing with empathy and decisive clarity has helped continue Kerry Hill’s legacy, and why applying this practice to a building’s natural context can create therapeutic spaces for wellbeing.    Listen in as they unpack their approach to designing globally recognised luxury resorts, striking private residences and empathetic city-shaping projects as spaces for rest, relaxation and stillness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Next in our Architecture Series - From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince speaks to industrial designers’ Henry Wilson and David Caon; friends turned co-founders of Laker Studio to design sustainable, functional objects for the home and workplace.   But how do you balance everyday function and sustainability when our needs for life constantly change? In this episode, they uncover the duo’s early encounters with design, and why understanding how we live day-to-day has helped them design sustainable objects for life.   From Wilson’s famous A-Joint joinery systems and his bespoke interiors for Aesop,to Caon’s time working with Marc Newson in Paris and his award-winning cabin interiors for the flagship Airbus A380 – the pair’s collaboration at Laker Studio has taken their practice to new depths.   Find out how deep they go. https://www.henrywilson.com.au/ https://www.caonstudio.com/  https://www.laker.studio/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vince Frost speaks to one of the most daring, most colourful and most awarded interior designers, Yasmine Ghoniem.    As one of Vogue Living’s top 50 creatives, her new interior design studio, YSG, is shaping some of Australia’s boldest residential and hospitality spaces. One year in, and it’s already won big at the 2020 Australian Interior Design Awards.   In the latest Design Your Life - From Lego to Skyscrapers episode, Yasmine talks to Vince about using her Middle Eastern heritage, creative confidence and passion for performance to break traditional moulds, and how sculpting the experience of space has a lasting impact on the design of people’s lives.   Expect the unexpected.   https://ysg.studio/  https://designyourlife.com.au/  https://www.frostcollective.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of our Architecture Series - From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince speaks to John Wardle, Meaghan Dwyer and James Loder - the Founder and Partners of the internationally renowned design firm, John Wardle Architects.   Whether it's designing the gallery at Phoenix Central Park, private coastal homes, Bendigo Law Courts or shaping Australia’s places of learning, the incredibly diverse undertakings of projects from John Wardle Architects are transforming our private and public life for good.   Together, they unpack why the curiosity to explore something new helped John start his practice, and how the evolution of technology, his diverse team and their empathy towards people have enabled the company to contribute to a better world of design, now and for the future.   https://www.johnwardlearchitects.com/  https://designyourlife.com.au/  https://www.frostcollective.com.au/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week in our Architecture Series - From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince speaks to the South African architect paving the future of retail, Nicolas Criticos. Nicolas is responsible for the store design creative direction of South Africa’s biggest department chain Woolworths. Nicholas was also the Creative Lead of the $200 million renovation of the David Jones flagship store in Sydney’s CBD. In conversation with long-time friend Vince, the two explore why effective design is crucial to create an emotional connection with customers, how bricks and mortar can thrive in the digital age, and what the future of retail design has in store. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Next in our Architecture Series - From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince speaks to Studio Bright Director Melissa Bright.  For every residential, civic and educational project, Melissa and her team blend heritage with innovation. From the award-winning Ruckers Hill House to 8 Loftus Lane at Sydney’s new Quay Quarter, Studio Bright are helping shape our cities for generations to come.  In this episode, Mel explains how every space has a lasting impact on our future cities, and why designing with optimism can take architecture to new heights.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we continue in our Architecture Series, this week Vince catches up with Kelvin Ho, the Founding Director of Akin Atelier. Working at the intersection of architecture, art, interior design & branding, Ho and Akin Atelier have created thought-provoking spaces for the likes of Merivale, QANTAS, Google, Dion Lee, Saturdays NYC, AGNSW, Camilla and Marc, bassike and The Australian Ballet. In his conversation with Vince, he reveals how skate culture has inspired his aesthetic and why designing an emotional experience for the people who work, visit, dine, shop, dance and live in the spaces he creates matters in a way that it never has before. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the sixth episode of our Design Your Life Architecture Series - From Lego to Skyscrapers, Vince chats to renowned architect and long-time friend Neil Durbach, Director of Durbach Block Jaggers.  Neil has designed some of Australia’s most unique and beautiful spaces, from Judith Neilson’s mysterious performance venue, Phoenix Central Park, to the famous Droga Apartment.   He debates with Vince about whether simplicity makes good design, how growing up in South Africa during the Apartheid era influenced his career, and why sketching and collaboration builds a more creative world.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the fifth episode of our Design Your Life Architecture Series - From Lego to Skyscrapers, we speak to the founder of Smart Design Studio - William Smart.  William is behind some of the most iconic public and private buildings in Australia, from Chippendale’s Central Park precinct to Judith Neilson’s award-winning home, Indigo Slam. At each pivotal moment of William's life and career, we discuss the creative influences that shaped his distinct voice in design: from his country up-bringing to a gentle nudge from a university professor, to the culture and nightlife of European living and his unwavering love of mid-century cars. And how a knock on his door from Judith Neilson opened the creative opportunity of a lifetime. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the fourth episode of our Design Your Life Architecture series - From Lego to Skyscrapers featuring Tribe Studio Architects Principal, Hannah Tribe.   In this episode Hannah recalls her early years in a creative household and how her father’s architectural career had an influence in her pursuing architectural sketch design at university leading to her first job at renowned Australian practice Durbach Block Jaggers, before starting her own practice a year later. From the first job renovating a friend’s house Hannah talks about the growth of her business from its formation in 2003. Tribe Studio Architects believes every building and design - regardless of scale - should make a public contribution to the urban fabric and enhance the community, whilst also contributing to our collective sustainable future.    Vince and Hannah go on to discuss the climate crisis, the danger of some new technologies and tactics that Hannah’s studio utilises to reduce damage to the planet. The pair also dissect the ne

Welcome to the third episode of our Design Your Life Architecture series - From Lego to Skyscrapers featuring Zaha Hadid Architects Director, Gianluca Racana.   This series is dedicated to exploring the lives of architects, when did they first discover their love for it, what makes them tick and how they handle the responsibility that comes with designing the places, cities and buildings that will stand for generations to come.  In this episode Gianluca delves into his early life in Rome and what brought him to London where he completed his postgraduate studies at the Architectural Association, obtaining his Master’s degree in Architecture and Urbanism.   Gianluca goes on to discuss how his career began with Zaha Hadid Architects in the year 2000 and the significance of their first major project and one of Rome’s most talked about contemporary buildings, the MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Art and Architecture.   The boldly imaginative and controversial building sat in heavy contrast to its tradit