Next Wave: Emerging Aussie architects

A new book from Thames and Hudson draws to our attention the work of 16 of the next generation of Australian architects. They were born in the 1960s and 1970s and are now making their name in our culture and defining the way the next wave of Australian buildings will look. Has the 'shed' concept of Glenn Murcutt found its way to the past, or is it simply being refined and re-worked? Or are there radical shifts on the horizon?

 

8 September 2007

 

ABC Radio National’s By Design is a program about how we shape our world - a vibrant show about people and the things that surround us.

 

From the cities and buildings we live in to the cars we drive and clothes we wear, the program deals with architecture and material culture, the politics of the built environment and design - all through the prism of our daily lives.

 

It explains how, through the creative process, human ideas take on tangible form and designers reinvent the world to keep pace with its changing needs and desires, lifting the quality of our lives.

 

The program explores how design -- the way things look, feel and function -- reflects social change; what the decisions we make as consumers of architecture and everyday objects tell us about who we are.