BVN • 100 Years

Just days after the official opening of this milestone project in Sydney's west, architects Nicolas Moreau, Hiroko Kusunoki and Steven Toia join Timothy Alouani-Roby for their first extended interview on the architecture of Powerhouse Parramatta. Recorded within the new museum on Dharug Country. STORIESINDESIGN

Published by gta with ETH Zürich and edited by Davide and Gregorio, Real Estate: Histories of Architecture and Capital is a new book that seeks to recontextualise the built environment with fuller appreciation of how the forces of finance, developer capital and media shape cities at least as much as the usual discourse of architecture and design. https://verlag.gta.arch.ethz.ch/en/gta:book_8fa7a885-90e1-48ef-b679-24e9a169c618STORIESINDESIGN

International interior architect and designer Sean Dix stops by during a visit to Australia to tell tales of his globe-trotting life in design spanning the US, Hong Kong, Milan and elsewhere.STORIESINDESIGN

Colleagues and Principals at Warren and Mahoney, Andrew Tu'inukuafe and Barrington Gohns join Timothy Alouani-Roby having recently worked together as Guest Editors on Indesign magazine. They guided Issue #96, which focused on 'The Regions' – that is, questions about what makes architecture and design in our wider Asia-Pacific region distinctive. The pair discuss the experience of editing a design magazine, how that process relates to their own creative practice and what marks out Warren and Mahoney's design approach. STORIESINDESIGN

Indian architect and academic Anupama Kundoo joins Timothy Alouani-Roby from Berlin for this recording in August 2026. This was just days before Kundoo travelled to Australia for the Living Cities Forum in both Melbourne and Sydney, where she appeared as a keynote speaker. In this conversation, she discusses her design philosophy relating to industrialisation and mass production, time and vernacular traditions in the Global South. STORIESINDESIGN

Jonathan Richards and Kirsten Stanisich joined Timothy Alouani-Roby at Royal Oak Floors in Sydney for a live-audience discussion about their design philosophy, the story of their practice and advice for those setting out on careers in design. Richards Stanisich is a leading Sydney-based interior architecture studio and this particular conversation was part of a wider fireside chat series hosted by Royal Oak Floors in Australia. STORIESINDESIGN

Australian practice BVN is marking its centennial right now in 2026. Just days before the anniversary event in Sydney, I'm joined by Neil Logan, Ali Bounds, Sally Campbell, Kevin O'Brien and Matthew Blair to tell the studio's story — from tracing its genealogy in Queensland to the milestone projects along the way.STORIESINDESIGN

In this Copenhagen special, Timothy Alouani-Roby is joined by four guests who recently returned from 3daysofdesign: Claire Delmar, Eva-Marie Prineas, Jason Gibney and Anton Assaad. Each hailing from different parts of the design community, they discuss the charm of Denmark's capital city, their memories of the event and what they think 3daysofdesign gets right in this lively conversation. STORIESINDESIGN

Antifascist Architecture by Park Books is a 2026 polemic that aims to create a working definition of antifascist architecture. The book is written by Andrew Santa Lucia and Daniel Jonas Roche, with illustrations by Lane Rick. Dialling in from Portland, Oregon in the US, Andrew joins host Timothy Alouani-Roby to discuss why the architecture community should care about the political climate and what they can do in the face of a growing tide of racism and authoritarianism.STORIESINDESIGN

We hear a lot about hospitality design and luxury experiences from within the architecture and design world, but what about the perspective of someone on the hotel side of things? Chairman of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, Shaun Leleu, joins the podcast during a visit to Australia to discuss the crossovers between hotel experiences and good design.STORIESINDESIGN