Architecture Archive

Rory Gardiner is an Irish-Australian photographer working primarily in Switzerland, Mexico, and Australia. He studied photography at RMIT in Melbourne, before building his practice in London. He has emerged as one of the most highly regarded architectural photographers working today. In this interview he describes his path into photography, the evolution of his practice, and where he thinks his is situated now. We discuss photography as a wider discipline, creative practice and collaborations, and radical changes already underway in architectural photography which will likely soon render its traditional form unrecognisable. Rory GardinerPhotographers and architects referenced:Hélène BinetTakashi HommaTim RichardsonMax CreasyBernd and Hilla Becher, The Düsseldorf SchoolMax DelvauxAndrew PowerOlivier Campagne of ArtefactoryLab. Architectural visualizer and digital artist in ParisBharat Sikka. The book is "Elephant in the Room"Lee Friedlander

In this episode we speak with Matt Grudnoff, a senior economist at The Australia Institute in Canberra. He explains how today's high house prices are not a physical design problem that can be solved by architects, but a problem of wealth concentration caused by tax law. Our discussion unpacks this, and how wealth concentration has affected architecture and urbanism in Australia. We talk about the levers for change and how new legislation on this is imminent. We also discuss a key role for architects in housing, but in a space which is currently getting little focus in the profession.The Australia Institute