Our conversationalists for this episode are Eva Sue and Natalie Busch . Eva is a an architect and Principal at Woods Bagot and Natalie is a landscape architect and Managing Principal of Hassell in Perth. In this session they share their experiences working in global practices and engage in a bit of myth busting, arguing that larger practices bring the potential of collective intelligence and the opportunity for everyone to contribute. The conversation touches on the future of practice – they sug...
Feb 17, 2023•46 min
Our conversationalists for this episode are architects Hari Pliambas and Justine Brennan . Hari is a Director at Lyons and Justine is a director of Pop Architecture – she kindly stepped into the conversation at the last moment to replace her business partner Katherine who found herself isolating due to the pandemic. This engaging discussion focuses on the impact and potential of practice scale in terms of careers, architectural opportunities and juggling family and practice. Hari and Justine sha...
Feb 17, 2023•33 min
Our conversationalists for this cross-disciplinary episode are Hariklia Pontikinas and Lisa Lisutu. Hariklia is an architect and associate at Russell & Yelland and Lisa an electrical engineer at Aurecon. Lisa and Haraklia met for the first time at this session. Both had been requested as speakers by previous salon attendees and both have a reputation as spirited and lively. The hunch that they would get on, proved absolutely correct. The entertaining conversation includes the healthy banter ...
Jan 16, 2023•34 min
Our conversationalists for this episode are April McCabe and Amelia Lee. Amelia is the founder of Undercover Architect and April is a strategic planner and founder of Urbanistas Sydney. At the time of this conversation April was Associate Director at Cred Consulting she has since become Director, Social Strategy + Engagement at The Planning Studio. They meet for the first time in this passionate conversation. Our speakers barely pause to draw breath as they speak about their dedication to improv...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Our conversationalists for this episode are Marti Fooks and Amalie Wright. At the time of the recording, Marti was a director of Outer Space Landscape Architects, and Amalie a landscape architect at Tract Consultants and founder of Landscapology. Marti has since set up her own practice FOOKS. Based in Melbourne, they met for the first time in this enthusiastic and humorous Zoom conversation. This episode is available as both podcast and video. The discussion ranges from the influences of their f...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr
Our conversationalists for this episode are Ruth Woods and Leah Gallagher . Ruth is a Brisbane-based heritage architect and Leah is a Director at KIN Architects. Ruth and Leah met as mentor and mentee, with Ruth passing on her architectural heritage knowledge to Leah. The conversation shares relatable advice about how to cultivate a similar collaborative relationship, including having shared values and understanding – for Leah and Ruth this meant shared respect for the role heritage work plays i...
Jan 11, 2023•36 min
Our conversationalists for this episode are Caroline Stalker and Genevieve Quinn . At the time of the session, Caroline was a Principal and Design Director Architecture and Urbanism, Australasia, at Arup. She is now a Principal at Hassell. Genevieve is a graduate at Deicke Richards and is active with the Gabba Community Vision team. The conversation explores advocacy and activism from different perspectives and professional positions. Caroline shares her positive experiences working on projects ...
Dec 23, 2022•37 min
Our conversationalists for this episode are Perth architects Tanya Jones and Deborah Binet . Tanya is a director of Gresley Abas and Deborah is associate director at Cameron Chisholm Nicol. Tanya and Deborah offer open accounts of their lives working in architecture. The conversation offers advice to younger women and suggests candid strategies on how to check out when away from work. They emphasise the importance of work life balance and offer insights into how senior managers can provide clear...
Dec 23, 2022•49 min
Our conversationalists are Christie Bailey and Natasha Ugrinic. Christie is a Director at Brown Falconer and Natasha at the time was the Business Development Manager at Brickworks. Remarkably, Natasha stepped up as a conversation partner at the very last minute when the scheduled speaker had to pull out! The result is a light hearted (and at times hilarious) reflection on their career progression – from student days at UniSA studying architecture and interior architecture, to overseas travel and...
Dec 23, 2022•46 min
Our conversationalists for this cross-country episode are architects Ellen Buttrose and Sarah Aldridge. Sarah is a director of Space Studio in Byron Bay, while Ellen zoomed in from POD in Cairns. This grounding conversation details the benefits and occasional challenges of working in regional practice. Sarah and Ellen discuss the constant influence of Indigenous and migrant histories, and of climate and working in environments where you must always think about sustainability. These committed reg...
Dec 23, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Our conversationalists for this episode are Gill Hicks and Trish Hansen. Gill is Founding Director of M.A.D Minds and Trish is the Founding Principal of Urban Mind Studio. This moving conversation explores how Gill and Trish each approached life after facing death – one through the experience of the London bombings, the other via a breast cancer diagnosis. These experiences changed how they chose to live. They asked themselves: ‘What do we want to do with what we have?’ and ‘What is our impact a...
Dec 23, 2022•53 min
Our conversationalists for this episode are Emma Williamson and Kerry Reed . Emma is CEO of The Fulcrum Agency in Perth and Kerry is involved in the Adelaide Sustainable Building Network and democracyco. They talk about the importance of stakeholder and community engagement, and the need to take time to do this well. Emma reflects on working with Indigenous communities on housing projects, where sitting and working with the communities helps to empower the community to develop a voice that flows...
Dec 23, 2022•39 min
Our conversationalists are Kali Marnane and Loata Ho. Kali is an architect and urban designer and, at the time of this session, a doctoral candidate at the University of Queensland. She has since obtained her PhD. Loata is an architect and researcher, and is also undertaking a PhD. In this fascinating discussion, Kali Marnane and Loata Ho discuss their experiences of working with communities of women in India and Fiji respectively. An Indigenous Fijian, Loata explores how Indigenous women’s know...
Dec 23, 2022•51 min
Our conversationalists for this episode are architects Sophie Dyring and Miriam Wallace. Sophie is director of Schored Projects and Miriam is a senior associate at Sue Dugdale and Associates. They came together from Melbourne and Alice Springs via Zoom for a discussion about the varied work they are undertaking within marginalised communities. From the challenges of getting the government to meet living and environmental standards for Indigenous communities, to creating housing for women over 45...
Dec 23, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Our conversationalists for this session are Hélène Frichot and Charity Edwards . At the time of recording, Hélène had just returned from Stockholm to join the University of Melbourne, while Charity was at the Monash School of Architecture and Design. Charity and Hélène’s intense and thoughtful conversations explores institutions, action and activism. They discuss feminist intersectional practices, discourses of care, precarity, and their overlapping interest in thinking about the more-than-human...
Dec 23, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Our conversationalists for this session are Alysia Bennett and Bek Verrier . At the time of the conversation Alysia, who grew up in Tasmania, was at Monash University, and an active participant in Parlour’s WikiD initiative to write women into Wikipedia. She is now back in Tasmania and is senior policy officer in the Tasmanian Housing Strategy team at Homes Tasmania. Bek is an associate at Hobart practice Bence Mulcahy, and a very active participant in The Findlay Project. Alysia and Bek’s conve...
Dec 23, 2022•46 min
Our conversationalists for this episode are Naomi Stead and Angelique Edmonds . This Salon was part of the 2019 Adelaide Festival of Architecture and Design and Naomi and Angelique’s conversation revolved around the festival theme Ideas of Home. At the time of the recording Naomi, who grew up in Adelaide, was Professor of Architecture at Monash University in Melbourne. She has since moved to RMIT. Angelique was a Senior Lecturer at the University of South Australia, having moved to Adelaide as a...
Dec 23, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Our conversationalists for this episode are Sarah Lynn Rees and Alison Cleary , both Parlour directors and wearers of many hats. Sarah is a Palawa woman, a lecturer at Monash University, a practitioner and Lead Indigenous Advisor at Jackson Clements Burrows Architects and curator of the BLAKitecture series at MPavilion. Alison is a broad-based management consultant, a successful lobbyist, advocate, communicator and trainer with a passion for facilitating positive change. Alison and Sarah began t...
Dec 23, 2022•37 min
Our conversationalists for this episode on architecture at the big end of town are Leone Lorrimer and Ninotschka Titchkosky. Ninotschka is co-CEO of BVN Architecture. At the time of the recording, Leone was a strategic consultant following a long career with leadership roles in large practices. Subsequently, she has returned to big practice and is now National Practice Leader at GHDWoodhead. The conversation is a fascinating insight into two articulate, amusing and generous women who have stella...
Dec 23, 2022•51 min
Our conversationalists for this session – the first Launceston Salon – are Tasmanian architects Sophie Bence and Pippa Jensen . Sophie is one of the founders of Hobart practice Bence Mulcahy and spearheaded the development of The Findlay Project, which brings the women of Tasmanian architecture together. Pippa is an architect at Cumulus Studio in Launceston. Together, they discuss experiences of working in Tasmania, and the influence of the landscape on their careers. The conversation traverses ...
Dec 23, 2022•51 min
Our conversationalists for this session are Adelaide architects Felicity Sando and Rua Hashlamoun . Felicity is a co-founder of Mulloway Studio, and at the time of this conversation Rua was an associate at Hames Sharley and also involved in the visual arts. She has since moved to Brown Falconer, also as an associate. Felicity and Rua discuss their experiences of culture and connection to the landscape of Adelaide. The women bring varied perspectives – Rua talks about how her Palestinian heritage...
Dec 23, 2022•35 min
Our conversationalists for this episode are Alex Lawlor and Iva Foschia. Iva is the founder and lead architect at IF Architecture. At the time of the recording, Alex was Executive Director of Property and Sustainability at the University of Melbourne. She is now National Leader Urban Futures & Resilience at Architectus. This fantastic chat begins with Iva and Alex talking about their friendship and shared history from work road trips taken together in 2004. They track their diverging careers...
Dec 23, 2022•47 min
Our conversationalists for this episode are Tasmanian architects Cath Hall and Hannah Webber . Cath is a founding director of 1+2 Architecture, while Hannah was working at Circa Morris Nunn Architects at the time of the conversation. Their lively discussion traverses many topics, including the historical gender inequality within the Tasmanian architectural community, being the only woman in the room and the challenges of setting up a business in conjunction with motherhood. Exploring how cubby h...
Dec 23, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Our conversationalists for this episode are scholar and theorist Karen Burns (University of Melbourne) and, visiting from London, Jos Boys – whose long and wide ranging career includes working as researcher, consultant, educator, photographer, as well as co-founding the Matrix feminist architecture and research collective in the 80s. Karen and Jos discuss their shared feminism and decades of work and activism. They consider what intersectional feminism actually means and share the ways in which ...
Dec 23, 2022•39 min
Our conversationalists for this episode are Judith Abell and Liz Walsh . They share stories of growing up in small rural Tasmanian towns, surrounded by people inventing and making – designing in all but name. Trained in both architecture and fine art, Jude was Public Art Coordinator for Hobart at the time of the recording in 2018. She describes her career so far as like “throwing spaghetti against the wall to see what sticks”, and tells stories moving back and forth between architecture and fine...
Dec 23, 2022•43 min
This episode is from the first Salon held in Perth, back in 2017. Our conversationalists are Suzie Hunt and Emma Williamson . Suzie is director of Suzanne Hunt Architects. At the time of the recording, Suzie was WA President of the Australian Institute of Architects, while Emma had recently become director of Cox Architecture. In the years since this session was recorded, Emma has established another new practice, The Fulcrum Agency, with Kieran Wong. Emma describes the challenges of moving into...
Dec 21, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Our conversationalists for this episode are Tasmanian architects Emily Taylor (Core Collective) and Yvette Breytenbach (Morrison & Breytenbach Architects). At the time of recording in 2017, Yvette was also the President of the Tasmanian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects. Our speakers had only met once before this conversation – in preparation for it – and a new friendship was forged as they told stories of their lives in architecture in front of an audience of peers and colle...
Dec 21, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 2
This episode comes from the very first Parlour Seasonal Salon, which kicked off the entire series back in 2016. Our inaugural conversationalists are well-known, highly regarded architects Kerstin Thompson and Clare Cousins , who each lead their own eponymous Melbourne-based practice (Clare Cousins Architects and Kerstin Thompson Architects). They share stories and advice about setting up and leading practices that have their name on the door, their experiences as prominent women in the professio...
Nov 30, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 1
