
Talking Architecture & Design
Now celebrating its 8th year (Season 9), Talking Architecture & Design is Australia’s first B2B architecture podcast that regularly talks about a range of issues that affect Australia’s architects, building designers and built environment professionals. Run by Australia’s most popular architecture magazine, Architecture & Design, the Talking Architecture & Design podcast gives a regular bite-sized dose of what is important and sometimes what is just plain old interesting to anyone and everyone in the business of building design.
Talking Architecture & Design
Episode 220: David Malvern from Sekisui House on the rise of prefab house designs in Australia
David Malvern is the General Manager of the Residential Communities & Home Building arm of Sekisui House Australia.
David is a skilled professional with over 23 years industry experience. Commencing his career as a carpenter and later advancing into supervisory, construction management and general management positions with some of Australia’s largest home builders, David has developed the unique ability to successfully lead and manage large home building operations through his hands-on understanding of home building in NSW.
In this interview, he explains the SHAWOOD prefab home building model and whether the solution to Australia’s housing crisis lies buried within the walls of SHAWOOD's 7000 sqm factory in south-west Sydney.