76 Small Rooms
Episodes
Episode 066 - End of Year Wrap
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 66! To close out our year, we huddle with just the core team and forty smooth minutes of reflecting on our collective highs and low...
Episode 065 - Rachel de Lambert
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 65! Today we talk with a true icon of Aotearoa's built and natural environment - Rachel de Lambert. Urban designer and landscape ar...
Episode 064 - George Clarke
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 64! It's a very special guest this episode, with the team joined by UK architect, author, and television presenter George Clarke. T...
Episode 063 - Craig Moller
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 63! Architect, educator, illustrator, and now published author - Craig Moller joins Mat, Tash and Arch for an in-depth chat startin...
Episode 062 - Hamish Nevile
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 62! It's a guest episode this time, with the full team talking with an impressive creator, problem solver, and starchitect-wrangler...
Episode 061 - The Colour Episode
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 61! Still buzzing from our special anniversary episode, the whole team gathered to discuss the question of why colour disappeared f...
Episode 060 - Ten Years!
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 60! In this very special recording we celebrate ten years of 76 Small Rooms, in a live audience recording at Objectspace Gallery in...
Episode 059 - Tennent Brown
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 59! The whole team gathered for our first fully online interview with 2024 Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZIA Gold Medal winners Hugh Tennent...
Episode 058 - Architects of the Year
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 58! We took a quick breath before submerging for Christmas to get together and look back on the end of the First Quarter 21st Centu...
Episode 057 - Roan Ching-Yueh
09 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 57! Today's episode features a special international visitor, Roan Ching-Yueh - an architect, curator, critic and writer based in ...
Episode 056 - Herbst: Architecture in Context
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 56! We have a fantastic group of guests for this episode. The whole team sit down at the home of Lance and Nicola Herbst to chat wi...
Episode 055 - Cities We Love
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kia ora tātou e hoa mā, nau mai ki te Episode 55! Today the full team set themselves to do Jeremy's homework and discuss our favourite cities. We un...
Episode 054 - Faster Higher Stronger
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 054! Today the full team gather to kōrero on what's filled our WhatsApp over the last month. We ponder the arguments in a great NY...
Episode 053 - Urban Aotearoa
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 053! Today Arch, Tash, and Jeremy talk with Bill McKay, senior lecturer in the School of Architecture at University of Auckland. We...
Episode 052 - Maurice And I
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 052! The team range across several topics today, starting with the recent NZIA awards round and Tash's experience as a judge, and w...
Episode 051 - InSitu2024 - Jeanne Gang
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our third and final interview from Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects In:Situ 2024 conference is with Jeanne Gang, founder of Stu...
Episode 050 - InSitu 2024 - Barclay & Crousse
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our second interview from Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects In:Situ 2024 conference, we talk with Sandra Barclay and JeanPier...
Episode 049 - InSitu 2024 - Kai Uwe Bergmann
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of three interviews from Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects In:Situ 2024 conference, we join Kai-Uwe Bergmann to tal...
Episode 048 - Kevin O'Brien
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 048! Today Arch, Tash and Jeremy huddled in St Matthew's in the City to talk with Kevin O'Brien, a Principal at BVN Architects in A...
Episode 047 - Tye Farrow
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 047! Today Arch, Tash and Jeremy interview Canadian architect Tye Farrow, who visited Aotearoa in October to promote his upcoming b...
Episode 046 - A Question of Valour
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 046! It's the full team this episode as we discuss the upcoming NZIA National Awards, David Adjaye, Jeremy's new book on matua Rewi...
Episode 045 - CoHaus
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 045! We get out and about and visit CoHaus in Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand, and talk to its architects - Thom Gill and Helle We...
Episode 044 - Welcome To 2023
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to 2023! After our now-traditional summer hiatus we are back. Arch, Tash and Jeremy discuss this year's NZIA Gold Medal award winners Stevens ...
Episode 043 - 2022 In Review
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To cap off 2022 we decided to get together with a few pals and discuss our year - our favourite buildings, our burning issues, and some reflections on...
Episode 042 - Making Space - Elizabeth Cox
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We love a new book, and in this episode we talk to Elizabeth Cox, architectural historian and editor of Making Space: A History of New Zealand Women i...
Episode 041 - InSitu2022 - Michael Maltzan
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our second interview from this year's New Zealand Institute of Architects Mini In:Situ Conference, we chat with Los Angeles based architect Michael...
Episode 040 - InSitu2022 - Mario Cucinella
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our first interview from this year's New Zealand Institute of Architects Mini In:Situ Conference, is a fantastic talk with Italian architect and acade...
Episode 039 - Stevens Lawson - Homeground
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 39! Today we talk with Nick Stevens and Gary Lawson about a very special project - the recently completed Auckland City Mission Hom...
Episode 038 - The RMA Amendment Bill
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 38! Today we talk about the much debated Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill, and its po...
Episode 037 - Julie Stout - 2021 NZIA Gold Medalist
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 37! After a long break we're back, and in this episode the whole crew of Tash, Arch, Jeremy and Mat talk with renown architect, urb...
Episode 036 - Dr Anthony Hoete
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 36! In this episode Tash, Jeremy and Arch are joined by Dr Anthony Hoete (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Ranana) in a rollicking chat about his...
Episode 035 - Michael Milojevic
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 35! In this discussion Mat, Tash, and Arch talk with Michael Milojevic, Professional Teaching Fellow at the University of Auckland'...
Episode 034 - Lynda Simmons
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 34! In this discussion Jeremy, Tash and Arch talk with architect, educator, co-founder of Architecture+Women NZ and all-round Aotea...
Episode 033 - Things to Look Forward To
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 33, our first of 2021. Tash, Jeremy and Mat discuss what they're looking forward to this year, a return to some favourite hot topic...
Episode 032 - Memories, Minimalism, and a Little Bit of Nepotism
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 32! We're back to the full complement of the team for this episode, talking about the delicious new book from Matt Arnold and Mary ...
Episode 031 - Wellington’s Density Drama
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 31! The tighter team of Tash, Jeremy and Mat take on the traditional grumpy-neighbour-inducing topic of an updated Spatial Plan. Th...
Episode 030 - Simon Farrell-Green
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 30! Into the strange new post-lockdown Aotearoa mediascape comes a new magazine. "Fiercely local" and dedicated to New Zealand resi...
Episode 029 - Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 029! It's been a while since our last episode, and we're delighted to be back. This week we discuss the recent proposed executive o...
Episode 028 - Matt Liggins
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 28! In this episode we talk with the prolific and talented Matt Liggins. Matt works as an architect, artist, and teacher, and we di...
Episode 027 - David Straight
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 27! We talk with NZ photographer David Straight about his recent book John Scott Works. It was a great discussion about David's int...
Episode 026 - InSitu2019 - Wolfram Putz
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our sixth and final interview from this year's New Zealand Institute of Architects In:Situ Conference features our chat with Wolfram Putz, founding pa...
Episode 025 - InSitu2019 - Dekleva Gregorič
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the fifth of our six interviews from this year's New Zealand Institute of Architects In:Situ Conference, we talk with Tina Gregorič & Aljoša Dekl...
Episode 024 - In:Situ2019 - Amin Taha
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the fourth of our six interviews from this year's New Zealand Institute of Architects In:Situ Conference, we talk with Amin Taha of Groupwork Archi...
Episode 023 - In:Situ2019 - Ma Yansong
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our third of six interviews from this year's New Zealand Institute of Architects In:Situ Conference. In this episode we talk to Beijing-bor...
Episode 022 - In:Situ2019 - Betsy Williamson
21 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In our second of six interviews from this year's New Zealand Institute of Architects In:Situ Conference, we talk with Betsy Williamson of Williamson W...
Episode 021 - In:Situ2019 - Christopher Hawthorne
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He's back! In our first of six interviews from this year's New Zealand Institute of Architects In:Situ Conference, we talk with Christopher Hawthorne....
Episode 020 - Architects Who Build
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ever heard the comment "Architects don't know how to build"? In our 20th episode we talk to two architects qualified to talk to this criticism. Dave ...
Episode 019 - Jade Kake
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to the formidable Jake Kake about her wide-ranging podcast Indigenous Urbanism (listen here http://indigenousurbanism.net/) an...
Episode 018 - Elisapeta Heta & Rau Hoskins
31 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we feature interviews with two incredible practitioners; Elisapeta Heta and Rau Hoskins. We talk with them about Te Kawenata - the cov...
Episode 017 - John Reynolds at Freyberg Place
01 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to the irrepressible artist John Reynolds (http://www.starkwhite.co.nz/john-reynolds-bio/) about his work with Isthmus on the...
Episode 016 - Architectus City Walk
14 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In our final episode of 2017, we join the team from Auckland practice Architectus as they guide us on the CTBUH Global Walking Tour event around Auckl...
Episode 015 - Alison Brooks
13 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Our fourth and final episode from the NZIA's Insitu 2017 Conference is a doozy - we speak in depth with UK architect and Stirling Prize winner Alison ...
Episode 014 - Pezo Von Ellrichshausen
29 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is our third episode from the NZIA's Insitu2017 Conference. We talk with the enigmatic Chilean pair Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen af...
Episode 013 - Barbara Bestor
06 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is our second episode from the NZIA's InSitu 2017 Conference. We talk with LA Architect Barbara Bestor on how she came to the profession, the 'gr...
Episode 012 - Christopher Hawthorne
30 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the first of four from the NZIA's inSitu conference, we talk to Christopher Hawthorne about Los Angeles and the challenges the city ...
Episode 011 - City House Country House
21 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, our last for 2016, we talk with Patrick Reynolds and John Walsh about their new book, City House Country House. Find out what they've...
Episode 010 - Stuart Harrison
01 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk with Stuart Harrison about his book New Suburban and the subversion of planning rules!
Episode 009 - So You Want To Be An Architect?
04 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to some architecture students, past and present, about their choice to study architecture, what they think of it and the advic...
Episode 008 - Christina Van Bohemen
27 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk with Christina van Bohemen, the new president of the New Zealand Institute of Architects and discuss her role and goals. We al...
Episode 007 - Gordon Moller
20 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we make our first visit to a construction site - the new home for the Auckland Theatre Company - and talk with the architect, Gordon M...
Episode 006 - Tom Kundig
17 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Tom Kundig about his impressions of architecture in New Zealand, running a big practice and exhaustion.
Episode 005 - The Architectural Jury
16 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we go behind the scenes of an architectural jury and talk to the NZIA about the 2015 National Awards
Episode 004 - Auckland Architecture Week 2015
17 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to some of the people involved in Auckland Architecture Week and outline some of the events coming up.
Episode 003 - Len Lye Gallery
17 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The 76 Small Rooms team talk to Andrew Patterson and some of the users of the new Len Lye Gallery in New Plymouth.
Episode 002 - New Zealand at the Venice Architecture Biennale
25 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we explore New Zealand's involvement in the Venice Architecture Biennale. We talk with David Mitchell and his team about New Zealand'...
Episode 001 - 2015 Home of the Year - RTA Studio
06 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
For our first episode we visit the 2015 Home Magazine Home of the Year and interview the designer, Richard Naish of RTA Studio. We discuss not only t...