STORIESINDESIGN
Thoughtful, unscripted conversation with people from across the design community.
Episodes
42 episodes
Níall McLaughlin
The RIBA Royal Gold Medal winner was recently in Australia as Níall McLaughlin Architects' plans for the first new cathedral in over a century in Sydney were announced. He met Timothy Alouani-Roby during his visit to discuss this project, as we...
Live from Milan: Tongue & Groove, Raw Edges and Established & Sons
Podcast pop from Salone del Mobile: Live from the Established & Sons stand in Milan, Richard Karsay of Tongue & Groove is joined by Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay from Raw Edges for some rapid-fire insights into the collaboration and Milan D...
Trees, trees, trees — and landscape design, with Daisy Richmond-Smith & Michael Wright
Daisy Richmond-Smith (DKO) & Michael Wright (Rush Wright Associates) join Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons in Melbourne to discuss landscape design in general and the humble, might tree in particular. What makes trees so powerful and sym...
Gerald Matthews, Matthews Architects
Things get a little philosophical as Gerald Matthews of Adelaide-based Matthews Architects discusses the state of architectural education, AI and the practice's 50-year milestone.
50 Years of SJB
Michael Bialek, Adam Haddow, Andrew Parr, Emily Wombwell and Beau Fulwood join Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons in Melbourne on the exact anniversary of the practice's half-century. Image: From the celebration event at...
Phillip Mathieson
The founder and design director of Mathieson Architects joins Timothy Alouani‑Roby at The Commons in Sydney. Phillip Mathieson opens up on his career in architecture as well as his design approach and wider influences, including a formative exp...
Roberto Palomba
Italian architect and designer Roberto Palomba has been travelling across Australia in February 2026 for a series of talks, showroom events and product launches. He joins Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons in Sydney for a conversation about hi...
Sydney Fish Market with 3XN, BVN and ASPECT Studios
Fred Holt (3XN), Catherine Skinner (BVN) and Louise Pearson (ASPECT Studios) join editor Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons on Gadi Country to discuss Sydney’s new fish market just weeks after its grand opening.Photo: Rasmus ...
Michaela Webb – Studio Round
The Creative Director and Co-founder of Studio Round joins Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons in Melbourne to discuss graphic design and what architects might learn from creative branding approaches.
Tony Russell – Stylecraft
The Stylecraft stalwart has had a hand in just about everything over the last 25 years at the company. Celebrating this milestone, Tony Russell joins Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons to tell the full story.
Aga Khan Award for Architecture - Farrokh Derakhshani
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) was established in 1977 and the latest round of winners were announced earlier in 2025. To discuss these p...
Bricks, Brickworks and Brett Ward
Having worked at Brickworks for 30 years, Brett Ward knows a thing or two about the company, the design industry and of course the humble brick itself. He delves into this millennia-long...
Adele Winteridge - Foolscap
Adele Winteridge is the Founder and Director of Foolscap, a cross-disciplinary, research-led design practice with studios in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. She shares the origin story of the practice, as well as discussing hospitality projects, w...
Anthony Gill & Jason Gibney – Habitus House of the Year Winners
They were once neighbours in Sydney, and now Anthony Gill (Anthony Gill Architects) and Jason Gibney (Jason Gibney Design Workshop - JGDW) both have winning projects in Habitus House of the Year 2025. They join Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commo...
Marie Kristine Schmidt - GUBI CEO
The CEO of GUBI travels from Europe to Australia and joins Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons in Sydney. The visit was arranged alongside CULT.
Kengo Kuma
Kengo Kuma joins Timothy Alouani-Roby to discuss his childhood home, the influence of Metabolism, a formative experience in the Sahara desert and a recent house by Mount Fuji that has been shortlisted in Habitus House of the Year 2025.
multiplicity – she sells sea shells and more
Melbourne-based architects multiplicity have been shortlisted for Habitus House of the Year 2025 for their beachside project, she sells sea shells. They (and their dog) join Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons in Collingwood to discuss this idi...
Anthony Burke
In this special live-audience recording, Anthony Burke joins Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Beacham in Sydney to discuss his globe-trotting story across architecture, academia and television, as well as housing crises and questions of home in Aust...
Phillip Withers
Landscape architect and member of the 2025 Habitus House of the Year Jury, Phil Withers, joins Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons in Melbourne to discuss the idea of the garden alongside questions of control, Country and place.
Mim Fanning
The Mim x Tim show: Miriam Fanning of Mim Design joins Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons in Melbourne to discuss art, design on television, interior design and more.
Piers Taylor - Murcutt Symposium
The award-winning British architect, BBC presenter and founder of Invisible Studio has been in Sydney to deliver a keynote speech at the inaugural Glenn Murcutt Symposium. Piers Taylor joins Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons to discuss the ov...
Earle Arney
The London-based architect was recently in Australia for SyLon, an event broadcast simultaneously in Sydney and London to explore housing solutions across both cities. Earle joins Timothy Alouani-Roby from London to discuss housing, density, th...
David Hicks
The Melbourne-based interior designer is celebrating 25 years of his eponymous practice in 2025. He joins Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons during a flying visit to Sydney to discuss this milestone and much more.
Shona McElroy - Smac Studio
The founder of Sydney-based Smac Studio tells me about running her own practice, interiors versus architecture, Paddington compared to Paris and the design inspiration to be found inside an Irish pub. (Oh, and the reason behind the name 'Smac')...
Roundtable: NSW Housing Pattern Book
It's been all over mainstream news, but what are the deeper architectural ideas at play in the NSW Government and Government Architect NSW's Housing Pattern Book? I'm joined by four of the architects directly involved to discuss what it means f...
