EP 009620 October 2021 · 50 min
Sarah Lebner - Drive and Persistence - Practising Architecture and Building Communities
50:17Sarah Lebner's work matters because it connects architecture practice with practical early-career support. That is more useful than inspiration on its own.
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Stephen Drew speaks with Sarah Lebner about practising architecture, building The Architect Project and My First Architecture Job, community, motherhood, persistence and the journey behind her National Emerging Architect Prize recognition in Australia.
The conversation covers:
Practising architecture while building useful community resources
How The Architect Project and My First Architecture Job supported early-career professionals
Why drive and persistence matter during messy stages of growth
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Cooee Architecture projects
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Junee, Wiradjuri Country, Australia
The Silos Accommodation
A 60-year-old grain silo became compact, off-grid farmstay accommodation connected to the landscape and the farm's working life.
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Cooee Retrofit
A modest retrofit to a 1990s Canberra house nearly doubled its energy rating through targeted fabric and services upgrades.
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