Light, Cities + Architecture.
Episodes
The Power of Light: The Modern World’s Uneasy Relationship to Light
11 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Lights, Cities and Architecture, we explore the fundamental role of light in shaping how we experience the world around us. From th...
Sustainability: Selling Point or Ethical Choice?
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Art of Dwelling, part of the Light, Cities + Architecture podcast, architect Antony DiMase sits down with buyer’s advocate Sv...
The Art of Dwelling - What Makes a Home?
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What makes a home meaningful — beyond function and aesthetics? What turns a house into a place we truly want to live in?After more than two decades ...
Season 4 Episode 5: Are Australian cities still living with “The Australian Ugliness”?
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Justine Costigan and Antony DiMase explore the legacy of Australian architect and critic Robin Boyd, focusing on his 1960 book The A...
Season 4: Ep 4: Jane Jacobs and the challenges of city planning.
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Light Cities and Architecture, we explore the legacy of urbanist and writer Jane Jacobs and her 1961 book, The Death and Life of Gr...
Season 4: Ep 3: Art Deco and the Architecture of Shanghai
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Light Cities and Architecture, where we explore the ideas behind the buildings and people and that shape our built environment.In a ch...
Season 4: Ep 2: Learning from Le Corbusier
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Le Corbusier’s Unité d’habitation in Marseille remains one of the most polarising architectural landmarks of the 20th century. A bold experiment ...
Season 4: Ep 1: Ayn Rand and the architect as hero
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ayn Rand’s philosophical novel The Fountainhead is one of the most-read and most and quoted books of the 20th century. Dismissed and loved in equa...
Season 3: Ep 3: NIMBY V YIMBY
23 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join architect Antony DiMase and writer and editor Justine Costigan as they discuss the rise of NIMBYs and YIMBYs and how these groups reflect the gro...
Season 3: Ep 2 The impact of war on cities
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join architect Antony DiMase and writer and editor Justine Costigan as they explore the impact of war on cities and the people who live in them. From ...
Season 3: Ep 1 Melbourne's Housing Commission Towers
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a new format for Season 3 - Antony is joined by writer Justine Costigan. Together they explore the recent announcement by the State Government to d...
The Circular Economy & Office Fit-outs with Andrew Egan
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"For people with a passion for sustainability there's never been a better time to be alive." - Andre Egan. This podcast our guest is An...
Cities: Power & Public Health with Brendan Gleeson
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Author, Professor and recently, Poet Brendan Gleeson joins LCA to discuss the gravitational power and development of cities, with a focus on Melbourne...
Migrant Housing with Mirjana Lozanovska
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode I invite esteemed author and Professor of Architecture Mirjana Lozanovska, a good friend of mine on to the podcast to talk about post-war...
Design More to Consume Less with Damien Wright
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From this episode onwards, we are introducing a new discussion point on which we will invite speakers to contribute - Design More to Consume Less. Thi...
Light & Space Movement - Robert Irwin, Helen Pashgian, James Turrell and Olafur Eliasson
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After a hiatus of 8 months Jackson and Antony are back talking Light, Cities and Architecture. In this episode they talk about The Light and Spa...
Beyond Alvar Aalto - The future of natural light within a world of electrified architecture.
10 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode Jackson and Antony depart from Aalto that was discussed in last episode and discuss the role of daylight design in contemporary ...
Alvar Aalto - A master of natural and electric light in architecture.
03 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Jackson and Antony look at the work of Alvar Aalto. Specifically, we look at his library buildings and the relationship to light...
24-hour cities: Disappearance of the night-time sky.
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 5 Antony and Jackson delve into the delights and mysteries of the night time sky and the impact that light pollution is having on our conne...
New York City's Fight for Light - Urban Planning and Daylight
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 4, we explore the daylight in the urban context of big cities and the backlash that happens when we build tall buildings in close prox...
Richard Kelly, Mies Van de Rohe & Philip Johnson - The birth of architectural lighting design.
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast 2 ventures into the birthplace of lighting design. Antony and Jackson discuss three important figures in the history of Lighting Design....
A Brief History of Light in Cities and Architecture
25 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hi and welcome to first LC&A podcast presented by Antony DiMase and Jackson Stigwood. In this episode we start at the very beginning and explore t...