Smarter Buildings by Sam Buckby

17/08/2020

COVID killing lights?!?
Yep that's a thing. Listen in to episode 24 on the SPACES podcast to hear about all the new health and human-centric lighting hitting the market from our friends at Bright Green Lighting.

Episode 24. Lighting up our health and wellness and the evolution of COVID killing lights with David O’Driscoll (Part 1)

15/08/2020

Australian television's most successful ever show is Channel 9's THE BLOCK.
This is a show about building design on the fly, construction at light speed and the drama that comes with renovations.
We chat to the 2014 winner Shannon Vos on how these renos really unfold and how his love of family drives his interior designs.

Episode 8 on the SPACES podcast.
http://smarterbuildings.com.au/shannon-vos/

14/08/2020

Early learning centres are sometimes the first place we trust our kids to learn life without a parent holding their hand.
Listen in to Pru Howard talk about the importance of creating natural and safe spaces for kids to thrive.

Episode 14 on the SPACES podcast
http://smarterbuildings.com.au/pru-howard/

13/08/2020

If art can imitate life then perhaps the built environment can also?
Stephen Choi from the Living Future Institute explains why our buildings should operate just as our natural environment does and be just as beautiful.
Episode 4 on the SPACES podcast.
http://smarterbuildings.com.au/stephen-choi/

09/08/2020

1950: "Don't live beyond your means there son"
2020: "Ditto"
Natalie Stevens talks about the importance of understanding your budget before getting too deep in the building process.
Episode 12 on the SPACES podcast.
http://smarterbuildings.com.au/natalie-stevens/

09/08/2020

Episode 2 of the SPACES podcast has never been so relevant.
We're all spending plenty of time at home and we need our health more than ever.
Listen in to Heidi Dening on the importance of human-centric building design.
http://smarterbuildings.com.au/heidi-dening/

08/08/2020

How much SPACE do you actually need? It's probably far less than you think.
Listen in to author and downsizing queen Kym Lackmann share why can still have your dream home on a smaller footprint.
Episode 22 on the SPACES podcast.
http://smarterbuildings.com.au/episode-22-kym-lackmann/

04/08/2020

If you're in Victoria, Australia then remote learning is back.🤪. Let's get it right second time round hey!
Listen in to Kids First founder Sonja Walker on creating effective spaces for children to learn in your own home.

Episode 21 on SPACES.
http://smarterbuildings.com.au/epiosde-21-sonja-walker/

04/08/2020

Sustainability as a building concept is misunderstood.
It's not about rain water tanks or recycling or even energy efficiency. It's actually about time. Can materials, systems and resources be 'sustained' and for how long.
And ultimately can it self sustain for the life of the building.

Listen in to an expert in the field Jackson Digney on episode 23 of SPACES
http://smarterbuildings.com.au/episode-23-jackson-digney/

08/04/2020

Episode 18 is now live 🙌
We are so excited to share Sam’s conversation Lucinda Mills.
Find it here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/spaces-with-sam-buckby/id1460646094?i=1000470708116

Lucinda is the owner and director of Melbourne and Sydney’s hottest, award winning yoga studios
Sam has a wonderful chat about the the unique, beautiful and functional spaces Lucinda has created and the new world of introducing some of the same elements into our homes during the COVID-19 restrictions.

This is a must listen! 🙏🙏🙏

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/spaces-with-sam-buckby/id1460646094?i=1000470708116

01/04/2020

Episode 17 of the Spaces podcast is now available featuring the inspirational Zara D'Cotta.

This one is all about creating healthier homes and there could not be a better time in our lives for this info!

Check it out here:
http://smarterbuildings.com.au/episode-17-zara-dcotta/

Or on any of your standard podcast platforms.

Spaces. They influence every part of our lives – our health, wealth and happiness. Each week on the Spaces podcast, Sam Buckby shares the insights of leading building and design experts to help make our buildings smarter and create healthier and happier spaces.

05/09/2019

Episode 14 now live!
Catch Sam and Pru Howard talking about the importance of buildings being designed and purpose built for their intrinsic day-to-day operation. In this specific case - Early Learning Centres.
Big thanks to Pru and the team at for the super informative chat.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/spaces-with-sam-buckby/id1460646094?i=1000448422929