Radio National Presents is the home of great storytelling that helps you better understand what’s going on in the world.
Latest series: The Home Front with Anthony Burke. What if Australia’s housing crisis wasn’t just a problem — but a chance to build something better? In the six-part series The Home Front, design expert Anthony Burke explores how smart, thoughtful design could help fix Australia’s housing challenges — and reshape the Great Australian Dream for a new generation.
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Radio National Presents is the home of great storytelling that helps you better understand what’s going on in the world.
Latest series: The Home Front with Anthony Burke. What if Australia’s housing crisis wasn’t just a problem — but a chance to build something better? In the six-part series The Home Front, design expert Anthony Burke explores how smart, thoughtful design could help fix Australia’s housing challenges — and reshape the Great Australian Dream for a new generation.
Around the globe, architects and designers are reimagining housing with bold, inventive solutions - from sprawling multi use compounds in Indonesia to compact cooperative models in Europe.
These global experiments offer fresh perspectives on affordability, sustainability and community. But could they work in Australia? In this episode, we explore what local housing can learn from international innovations - and how these ideas might be adapted to fit our unique social and environmental context.
Guests in this episode:
RealRich Sarjeif - Architect, RAW Architecture (Jakarta)
Penelope Dean - Professor, School of Architecture, University of Illinois Chicago.
Gerard Reinmuth - Director, Terroir Architecture; Professor of Practice, School of Architecture, UTS
Marisa Jahn - Director of Integrated Design, The New School; Collaborating Artist, Carehaus
Anne Romme - Associate Professor, Institute of Architecture and Culture, Royal Danish Academy.
Production assistance this week by Rachael Bongiorno and thanks to Anthony’s ABC International Culture By Design program for supplying additional audio.
Radio National Presents
Radio National Presents is the home of great storytelling that helps you better understand what’s going on in the world.
Latest series: The Home Front with Anthony Burke. What if Australia’s housing crisis wasn’t just a problem — but a chance to build something better? In the six-part series The Home Front, design expert Anthony Burke explores how smart, thoughtful design could help fix Australia’s housing challenges — and reshape the Great Australian Dream for a new generation.
