Tim and Kev head to Brisbane to meet architect John Ellway, who has quietly built a reputation for
transforming one of Australia’s most iconic house types - the Queenslander.

Working almost entirely in his own neighbourhood, John carefully adapts these classic timber-and-tin
homes so they can handle contemporary living while still embracing the subtropical climate that shaped them.

Recorded in his own inventive house, John is one of a number of local architects responsible for some of the most exciting Australian architecture of recent years. In a typically laid-back Brisbane manner, he unpacks the thinking behind his work and explains why relationships with clients are central to his
practice.

Follow John Ellway on Instagram @jellway and more details on his website jellway.com

Other Brisbane architects doing interesting work include:
Vokes and Peters – vokesandpeters.com
Russell &amp; Co – russelwith.co
Owen Architecture – owenarchitecture.com.au

To view images from this episode, head to our Instagram page - @big_design_adventure
And be sure to follow Tim Ross (@modernister) and Kevin McCloud (@kevin.mccloud1)
We’d love to hear from you, reach out to us on hello@bigdesignadventure.com
Know someone who would love this podcast? Please help us share this exciting new adventure.


Big Design Adventure is proudly sponsored by Space Furniture (@spacefurniture), the Australian Institute of Architects (@institute_architects_aus) and is produced with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation (@alastairswaynfoundation).

 

Hosts: Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud
Guest: John Ellway
Big Design Adventure is produced by Modernister Films on Wallumedegal land, Australia.
Executive Producer: Shelley Kemp
Audio Production: Madeline Joannou – Mylk Media
Music: Kit Warhurst (@kitwarhurst)


Please note this podcast is not currently available in the UK or Ireland.

Tim and Kev head to Brisbane to meet architect John Ellway, who has quietly built a reputation for transforming one of Australia&rsquo;s most iconic house types - the Queenslander.
Working almost entirely in his own neighbourhood, John carefully adapts these classic timber-and-tin homes so they can handle contemporary living while still embracing the subtropical climate that shaped them.
Recorded in his own inventive house, John is one of a number of local architects responsible for some of the most exciting Australian architecture of recent years. In a typically laid-back Brisbane manner, he unpacks the thinking behind his work and explains why relationships with clients are central to his practice.
Follow John Ellway on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jellway/">@jellway</a> and more details on his website <a href="https://www.jellway.com/home">jellway.com</a>
Other Brisbane architects doing interesting work include: Vokes and Peters &ndash; <a href="https://www.vokesandpeters.com/">vokesandpeters.com</a> Russell &amp;amp; Co &ndash; <a href="https://www.russellwith.co/profile">russelwith.co</a> Owen Architecture &ndash; <a href="https://www.owenarchitecture.com.au/">owenarchitecture.com.au</a>
To view images from this episode, head to our Instagram page - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/big_design_adventure/?hl=en">@big_design_adventure</a> And be sure to follow Tim Ross (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/modernister/?hl=en">@modernister</a>) and Kevin McCloud (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/kevin.mccloud1/?hl=en">@kevin.mccloud1</a>) We&rsquo;d love to hear from you, reach out to us on hello@bigdesignadventure.com Know someone who would love this podcast? Please help us share this exciting new adventure.
 Big Design Adventure is proudly sponsored by Space Furniture (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/spacefurniture/?hl=en">@spacefurniture</a>), the Australian Institute of Architects (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/institute_architects_aus/?hl=en">@institute_architects_aus</a>) and is produced with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/alastairswaynfoundation/?hl=en">@alastairswaynfoundation</a>).
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Hosts: Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud Guest: John Ellway Big Design Adventure is produced by Modernister Films on Wallumedegal land, Australia. Executive Producer: Shelley Kemp Audio Production: Madeline Joannou &ndash; <a href="https://www.mylkmedia.com.au/">Mylk Media</a> Music: Kit Warhurst (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/kitwarhurst/?hl=en">@kitwarhurst</a>)
 Please note this podcast is not currently available in the UK or Ireland.

Two mates, Tim Ross — comedian, broadcaster, and self-described design nerd — and Kevin McCloud — pundit, writer and celebrated host of Grand Designs — have teamed up for a new podcast: Tim and Kev’s Big Design Adventure.

 

In this audio escapade, the architectural enthusiasts embark on a rollicking (and occasionally shambolic) journey, sharing their love of design by visiting buildings that inspire them, meeting the people who create or inhabit them, and diving deep into the places that shape and spark their imaginations.

Two mates, Tim Ross &mdash; comedian, broadcaster, and self-described design nerd &mdash; and Kevin McCloud &mdash; pundit, writer and celebrated host of Grand Designs &mdash; have teamed up for a new podcast: Tim and Kev&rsquo;s Big Design Adventure.
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In this audio escapade, the architectural enthusiasts embark on a rollicking (and occasionally shambolic) journey, sharing their love of design by visiting buildings that inspire them, meeting the people who create or inhabit them, and diving deep into the places that shape and spark their imaginations.

Big Design Adventure

S2 Ep 6 - The Queenslander

Tim and Kev head to Melbourne to visit Ben Shewry, the chef behind the world-famous restaurant Attica, who lives in the 1966 home designed by émigré architect Ernest Fooks.

Ben, who has a deep passion for architecture and design, had long admired the house from afar, but he never thought he’d actually own it.

In this episode, he not only flings open the door to his incredible heritage-listed home, but he shares the story of how he ended up living in his dream mid-century modern home.

A natural storyteller, Ben effortlessly draws parallels between cooking and architecture, and reveals his long-standing passion for chair collecting in this wide-ranging chat in one of Melbourne’s finest houses.

The Chef: Ben Shewry is a New Zealand–born Australian chef and owner-executive chef of Attica. Since taking over in 2005, he has made Attica one of the world’s most celebrated restaurants, known for native Australian ingredients and deeply personal storytelling. Shewry was featured on Netflix’s Chef’s Table in 2017, which profiled his creative philosophy and journey.

You can check out his restaurant website attica.com.au and get his best selling book here: Uses For
Obsession

Follow Ben on Instagram here: @benshewry

The Architect: Ernest Fooks (1906–1985) was an Austrian-born architect who helped shape postwar
modernism in Melbourne. Trained in Vienna, he fled Nazi Europe and brought continental ideas of
functional planning and light-filled design to Australia. Fooks designed houses, civic buildings and
synagogues, and later became a respected educator and town-planning advocate in Victoria.

You can find out more about the house on Docomomo Australia.

To view images from this episode, head to our Instagram page - @big_design_adventure
And be sure to follow Tim Ross (@modernister) and Kevin McCloud (@kevin.mccloud1)
We’d love to hear from you, reach out to us on hello@bigdesignadventure.com
Know someone who would love this podcast? Please help us share this exciting new adventure.


Big Design Adventure is proudly sponsored by Space Furniture (@spacefurniture), the Australian Institute of Architects (@institute_architects_aus) and is produced with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation (@alastairswaynfoundation).

 

Hosts: Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud
Guest: Ben Shewry
Big Design Adventure is produced by Modernister Films on Wallumedegal land, Australia.
Executive Producer: Shelley Kemp
Audio Production: Madeline Joannou – Mylk Media
Music: Kit Warhurst (@kitwarhurst)


Please note this podcast is not currently available in the UK or Ireland.

Tim and Kev head to Melbourne to visit Ben Shewry, the chef behind the world-famous restaurant Attica, who lives in the 1966 home designed by &eacute;migr&eacute; architect Ernest Fooks.
Ben, who has a deep passion for architecture and design, had long admired the house from afar, but he&nbsp;never thought he&rsquo;d actually own it.
In this episode, he not only flings open the door to his incredible heritage-listed home, but he shares the&nbsp;story of how he ended up living in his dream mid-century modern home.
A natural storyteller, Ben effortlessly draws parallels between cooking and architecture, and reveals his long-standing passion for chair collecting in this wide-ranging chat in one of Melbourne&rsquo;s finest houses.
The Chef: Ben Shewry is a New Zealand&ndash;born Australian chef and owner-executive chef of Attica. Since taking over in 2005, he has made Attica one of the world&rsquo;s most celebrated restaurants, known for native Australian ingredients and deeply personal storytelling. Shewry was featured on Netflix&rsquo;s Chef&rsquo;s Table in 2017, which profiled his creative philosophy and journey.
You can check out his restaurant website <a href="https://www.attica.com.au/">attica.com.au</a> and get his best selling book here: <a href="https://www.readings.com.au/product/9781922616845/uses-for-obsession--ben-shewry--2024--9781922616845">Uses For</a> <a href="https://www.readings.com.au/product/9781922616845/uses-for-obsession--ben-shewry--2024--9781922616845">Obsession</a>
Follow Ben on Instagram here: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/benshewry/">@benshewry</a>
The Architect: Ernest Fooks (1906&ndash;1985) was an Austrian-born architect who helped shape postwar modernism in Melbourne. Trained in Vienna, he fled Nazi Europe and brought continental ideas of functional planning and light-filled design to Australia. Fooks designed houses, civic buildings and synagogues, and later became a respected educator and town-planning advocate in Victoria.
You can find out more about the house on <a href="https://docomomoaustralia.com.au/fooks-house/">Docomomo Australia</a>.
To view images from this episode, head to our Instagram page - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/big_design_adventure/?hl=en">@big_design_adventure</a> And be sure to follow Tim Ross (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/modernister/?hl=en">@modernister</a>) and Kevin McCloud (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/kevin.mccloud1/?hl=en">@kevin.mccloud1</a>) We&rsquo;d love to hear from you, reach out to us on hello@bigdesignadventure.com Know someone who would love this podcast? Please help us share this exciting new adventure.
 Big Design Adventure is proudly sponsored by Space Furniture (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/spacefurniture/?hl=en">@spacefurniture</a>), the Australian Institute of Architects (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/institute_architects_aus/?hl=en">@institute_architects_aus</a>) and is produced with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/alastairswaynfoundation/?hl=en">@alastairswaynfoundation</a>).
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Hosts: Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud Guest: Ben Shewry Big Design Adventure is produced by Modernister Films on Wallumedegal land, Australia. Executive Producer: Shelley Kemp Audio Production: Madeline Joannou &ndash; <a href="https://www.mylkmedia.com.au/">Mylk Media</a> Music: Kit Warhurst (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/kitwarhurst/?hl=en">@kitwarhurst</a>)
 Please note this podcast is not currently available in the UK or Ireland.

S2 Ep 5 - Ben Shewry’s Mid-Century Dream

Tim and Kev head to the Sydney inner-city suburb of Marrickville to visit artist Leila Jeffreys and musician James Roden, who have spent a decade transforming a modest weatherboard cottage into a small but carefully considered home.

Their dream? A small sustainable home that works for them and connects them to nature by creating
habitat for birds and native species while rethinking what a suburban block can become.

The result is a house which nods to Australian modernism that Kevin wants to move into and a
conversation that will definitely be good for your soul.

Leila is an award-winning photographic artist whose images of birds have been exhibited all over the
world and have featured in a number of best-selling publications. You can visit her website here:
leilajeffreys.com

James Roden is a musician who has also worked for record labels and as a band manager. He’s now the studio manager of Leila’s practice.

You can check out his latest musical project here: snakeheads.com.au

The house was designed by Will Fung at CO-AP Architects. co-ap.com

Will has a great Instagram page (@will.fung)

To view images from this episode, head to our Instagram page - @big_design_adventure
And be sure to follow Tim Ross (@modernister) and Kevin McCloud (@kevin.mccloud1)
We’d love to hear from you, reach out to us on hello@bigdesignadventure.com
Know someone who would love this podcast? Please help us share this exciting new adventure.


Big Design Adventure is proudly sponsored by Space Furniture (@spacefurniture), the Australian Institute of Architects (@institute_architects_aus) and is produced with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation (@alastairswaynfoundation).

 

Hosts: Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud
Guests: Leila Jeffreys and James Roden
Big Design Adventure is produced by Modernister Films on Wallumedegal land, Australia.
Executive Producer: Shelley Kemp
Audio Production: Madeline Joannou – Mylk Media
Music: Kit Warhurst (@kitwarhurst)


Please note this podcast is not currently available in the UK or Ireland.

Tim and Kev head to the Sydney inner-city suburb of Marrickville to visit artist Leila Jeffreys and musician&nbsp;James Roden, who have spent a decade transforming a modest weatherboard cottage into a small but&nbsp;carefully considered home.
Their dream? A small sustainable home that works for them and connects them to nature by creating habitat for birds and native species while rethinking what a suburban block can become.
The result is a house which nods to Australian modernism that Kevin wants to move into and a conversation that will definitely be good for your soul.
Leila is an award-winning photographic artist whose images of birds have been exhibited all over the world and have featured in a number of best-selling publications. You can visit her website here: <a href="https://leilajeffreys.com/">leilajeffreys.com</a>
James Roden is a musician who has also worked for record labels and as a band manager. He&rsquo;s now the&nbsp;studio manager of Leila&rsquo;s practice.
You can check out his latest musical project here: <a href="https://www.snakeheads.com.au/">snakeheads.com.au</a>
The house was designed by Will Fung at CO-AP Architects. <a href="https://www.co-ap.com/">co-ap.com</a>
Will has a great Instagram page (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/will.fung?igsh=MTB4OWx5aXI2NXJ1Ng%3D%3D">@will.fung</a>)
To view images from this episode, head to our Instagram page - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/big_design_adventure/?hl=en">@big_design_adventure</a> And be sure to follow Tim Ross (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/modernister/?hl=en">@modernister</a>) and Kevin McCloud (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/kevin.mccloud1/?hl=en">@kevin.mccloud1</a>) We&rsquo;d love to hear from you, reach out to us on hello@bigdesignadventure.com Know someone who would love this podcast? Please help us share this exciting new adventure.
 Big Design Adventure is proudly sponsored by Space Furniture (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/spacefurniture/?hl=en">@spacefurniture</a>), the Australian Institute of Architects (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/institute_architects_aus/?hl=en">@institute_architects_aus</a>) and is produced with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/alastairswaynfoundation/?hl=en">@alastairswaynfoundation</a>).
&nbsp;
Hosts: Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud Guests: Leila Jeffreys and James Roden Big Design Adventure is produced by Modernister Films on Wallumedegal land, Australia. Executive Producer: Shelley Kemp Audio Production: Madeline Joannou &ndash; <a href="https://www.mylkmedia.com.au/">Mylk Media</a> Music: Kit Warhurst (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/kitwarhurst/?hl=en">@kitwarhurst</a>)
 Please note this podcast is not currently available in the UK or Ireland.

S2 Ep 4 - House for Birds

Can you imagine living in a museum?

Tim and Kev head to Surrey to visit The Homewood, the modernist masterpiece Patrick Gwynne
designed for his family in the late 1930s. Completed in 1938, The Homewood is one of the most
remarkable examples of pre-war modernist architecture in Britain.

Gwynne later gifted the house to the National Trust in 1999, with the stipulation that someone must live in it and that it be opened to the public for part of the year.

That person is Lou, whose family has called it home since 2004 while welcoming visitors inside this
extraordinary piece of living history.

I bet you’ve got questions already. We certainly did - and we’ve probably asked most of them in this
fascinating interview, recorded around Gwynne’s own custom-made round dining table.

Thanks to Lou and The National Trust for assisting with this episode. You can learn more about the house and when you can visit here on their website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/surrey/the-homewood

To view images from this episode, head to our Instagram page - @big_design_adventure
And be sure to follow Tim Ross (@modernister) and Kevin McCloud (@kevin.mccloud1)
We’d love to hear from you, reach out to us on hello@bigdesignadventure.com
Know someone who would love this podcast? Please help us share this exciting new adventure.


Big Design Adventure is proudly sponsored by Space Furniture (@spacefurniture), the Australian Institute of Architects (@institute_architects_aus) and is produced with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation (@alastairswaynfoundation).

 

Hosts: Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud
Guest: Louise Scott
Big Design Adventure is produced by Modernister Films on Wallumedegal land, Australia.
Executive Producer: Shelley Kemp
Audio Production: Madeline Joannou – Mylk Media
Music: Kit Warhurst (@kitwarhurst)


Please note this podcast is not currently available in the UK or Ireland.

Can you imagine living in a museum?
Tim and Kev head to Surrey to visit The Homewood, the modernist masterpiece Patrick Gwynne designed for his family in the late 1930s. Completed in 1938, The Homewood is one of the most remarkable examples of pre-war modernist architecture in Britain.
Gwynne later gifted the house to the National Trust in 1999, with the stipulation that someone must live in it and that it be opened to the public for part of the year.
That person is Lou, whose family has called it home since 2004 while welcoming visitors inside this extraordinary piece of living history.
I bet you&rsquo;ve got questions already. We certainly did - and we&rsquo;ve probably asked most of them in this fascinating interview, recorded around Gwynne&rsquo;s own custom-made round dining table.
Thanks to Lou and The National Trust for assisting with this episode. You can learn more about the house&nbsp;and when you can visit here on their website: <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/surrey/the-homewood">https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/surrey/the-homewood</a>
To view images from this episode, head to our Instagram page - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/big_design_adventure/?hl=en">@big_design_adventure</a> And be sure to follow Tim Ross (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/modernister/?hl=en">@modernister</a>) and Kevin McCloud (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/kevin.mccloud1/?hl=en">@kevin.mccloud1</a>) We&rsquo;d love to hear from you, reach out to us on hello@bigdesignadventure.com Know someone who would love this podcast? Please help us share this exciting new adventure.
 Big Design Adventure is proudly sponsored by Space Furniture (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/spacefurniture/?hl=en">@spacefurniture</a>), the Australian Institute of Architects (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/institute_architects_aus/?hl=en">@institute_architects_aus</a>) and is produced with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/alastairswaynfoundation/?hl=en">@alastairswaynfoundation</a>).
&nbsp;
Hosts: Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud Guest: Louise Scott Big Design Adventure is produced by Modernister Films on Wallumedegal land, Australia. Executive Producer: Shelley Kemp Audio Production: Madeline Joannou &ndash; <a href="https://www.mylkmedia.com.au/">Mylk Media</a> Music: Kit Warhurst (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/kitwarhurst/?hl=en">@kitwarhurst</a>)
 Please note this podcast is not currently available in the UK or Ireland.

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