Welcome to Episode 62! It's a guest episode this time, with the full team talking with an impressive creator, problem solver, and starchitect-wrangler. We're joined this episode by Hamish Nevile, Director of Design at Holmes Group - a structural, fire, and infrastructure consultancy with offices in New Zealand, Australia, the Netherlands, and the USA.
Starting as a structural engineer, Hamish has had a fascinating career and has been involved in not only some of Aotearoa's most significant projects, but some of the world's most recognisable and complex buildings, including OMA’s CCTV building, and two Serpentine Pavilions. We loved talking about the design process, working with renown architects, and what the future holds.
Theme Music: The Cosmic Wheels
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Episode 061 - The Colour Episode
Welcome to Episode 61! Still buzzing from our special anniversary episode, the whole team gathered to discuss the question of why colour disappeared from contemporary architecture, and is it undergoing a resurgent return?
Our discussion covered how architects are trained, what influences the use and selection of colour in design, and some of our favourite uses of colour in architecture.
Theme Music: The Cosmic Wheels
Cover photo taken by Arch - the artist David Rickard's feet at Paimio Sanatorium, Helsinki
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Episode 060 - Ten Years!
Welcome to Episode 60! In this very special recording we celebrate ten years of 76 Small Rooms, in a live audience recording at Objectspace Gallery in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Deftly compered by Jeremy, the team were joined by a brilliant panel made up of Objectspace director Kim Paton; Matakohe Architecture + Urbanism's Jade Kake; and our very first guest back in 2015 - architect and founder of RTA Studio Rich Naish.
We discussed two questions: how has design in Aotearoa New Zealand changed in the last decade? And what changes can we hope for in the decade ahead?
Huge thanks and aroha to Objectspace for hosting this kōrero, and their ongoing support of design and creativity in Aotearoa. Special thanks to those who attended this celebration, and our gratitude to Te Aihe Butler, who recorded and mixed this live episode.
Theme Music: The Cosmic Wheels
Cover photo: Cameron Law
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Episode 059 - Tennent Brown
Welcome to Episode 59! The whole team gathered for our first fully online interview with 2024 Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZIA Gold Medal winners Hugh Tennent and Ewan Brown.
Their award citation describes them as having "travelled commonly avoided pathways" in their work, and our discussion delves deeper into their meeting, the strong commitment to listening and learning, and the complementary nature of their partnership. Their inventive incorporation of Te Ao Māori into architectural responses overlaps with the most pressing needs of the profession to mitigate its effect on the environment, and is captured neatly when they say, "All of the Living Building Challenge projects are kaupapa Māori projects"
The discussion is better than the audio quality on this chat, for which we beg your indulgence as we test our ability to interview remote guests.
Theme Music: The Cosmic Wheels
Cover photo: Catherine Cattanach https://www.catherinecattanach.com/
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Episode 058 - Architects of the Year
Welcome to Episode 58! We took a quick breath before submerging for Christmas to get together and look back on the end of the First Quarter 21st Century results. It's been a great year, and we discuss the architects who've inspired us or caught our attention. Our huge thanks to Barry Tobin, who dropped in to photograph this session xxx
Theme Music: The Cosmic Wheels
Cover photo: Barry Tobin https://www.barrytobin.co.nz/
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