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Design Principles Pod

by Sam Brown, Ben Sutherland and Gerard Dombroski

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  • Kaitiakitanga 2030: Conscious Design Principles

    October 19, 2026 · 52 min

    Send us Fan Mail 2030 is not a distant milestone, it is already colliding with the reality of long design and construction timelines. We sit down with Ewan Brown, Director at Tenant Brown Architects, to unpack what NZIA’s Kaitiakitanga…

  • Kaunitz Yeung: Designing With People

    October 12, 2026 · 29 min

    Send us Fan Mail Designing with people sounds like a slogan until you hear what it demands in real life. Recorded at the NZIA Institute Conference, we sit down with Sydney-based co-founders David Kaunitz and Ka Wai Yeung, whose practice…

  • Buzzers Ready!: In:situ Q&A

    September 28, 2026 · 31 min

    Send us Fan Mail Two architects walk into a conference and we hand them a mic. What comes out is a fast, honest look at how New Zealand architects make decisions when nobody has time for fluff. We’re joined by Hamish McLachlan (Bowen and…

  • Vā, Architecture Of Relationships: A Conversation with Dr. Albert L. Refiti

    September 21, 2026 · 41 min

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are talking with Dr Albert Refiti, professor at AUT and co-director of the Vā Moana Research Centre, about Vā: the relational space that holds people, culture, hierarchy, and belonging together. Once you…

  • D.I.Y Density: F. Gordon Wilson Fellowship Recipients, Spacecraft

    September 14, 2026 · 45 min

    Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever wondered why New Zealand can’t seem to build medium density housing that feels calm, green, and genuinely liveable, this conversation puts a spotlight on the real blockers and the real opportunities. This…

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  • Shared Ground: Architects, Interiors & Better Buildings

    August 31, 2026 · 47 min

    Send us Fan Mail Late decisions are the real budget blowouts, and they’re usually a symptom of the wrong team structure. We’re joined by Verity Lawrence and Lou Stringer, two interior designers working across Central Otago and Queenstown…

  • The NZIA: Supporting The Value Of Architects

    August 17, 2026 · 46 min

    Send us Fan Mail Architects shape how we live, move, and feel in our towns and cities, yet they’re often missing from the public conversation when housing, infrastructure, and the built environment hit the headlines. We’re joined by Mark…

  • Stop Being Beige: Branding For Designers

    August 10, 2026 · 50 min

    Send us Fan Mail Your projects might be exceptional, but if your studio looks and sounds like everyone else, the market won’t always give you the chance to prove it. We’re joined by Emily Konwiak Stevens of Emily Stevens Studio, an…

  • How Much Wood Would Chuck, Chuck?: NZ's Treated Timber Trouble

    July 27, 2026 · 43 min

    Send us Fan Mail A pile of treated timber offcuts looks harmless until you ask the awkward question: where does it actually go, and what does it do once it gets there? We get interviewed by Toby, a University of Otago Master’s student…

  • A Bit Of This, A Bit Of That: Year-End Design Debrief

    December 9, 2025 · 44 min

    Send us Fan Mail Year-end is when the honest stuff bubbles up: what we built, what broke, and what we’ll try differently next time. We raise a glass to the community that’s carried this show and jump straight into the craft and chaos of…

  • Your Beam Is Too Big: Architects & Engineers

    November 12, 2025 · 58 min

    Send us Fan Mail Start with a flooded hotel room, end with a four‑metre cantilever, and in between unpack the messy, creative space where structure meets form. We sit down with structural engineer Joel Marsh of Pocket to map out how…

  • The Narrative Power: Architecture & Film, Take Two

    October 23, 2025 · 57 min

    Send us Fan Mail What if a building could be more than an object on a pedestal and instead feel like a living character on screen? We sit down with two architectural filmmakers, Nikolas Struger from ravens At Odds and Veeral Patel who show…

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About the show

Architecture. A hot topic, a buzz word, a realm for the rich and famous, or the thing that your step uncle does? We will be unpacking the good, the bad and the downright reality of the architectural and construction industry. With insights from industry professionals and personal anecdotes from our three hosts Ben, Gerard and Sam, you will be given a look behind the closed pages of those fancy looking moleskins. Tune in and redline out.