Lee Hillam is a seasoned design critic. Her experience as a principal of Dunn Hillam, as a reviewer for national publications such as Architecture Australia, and as chair of the State Design Review Panel for the Government Architect NSW has sharpened her eye for what makes a successful architectural outcome.

In this episode, Lee unpacks how we justify a project's merit and explores the tension between subjective and objective evaluation in design.

 

Further reading

Lee Hillam on how to improve the competition system
https://architectureau.com/articles/lee-hillam-on-how-to-improve-the-competition-system/

Green Square Public School and Community Spaces by BVN
https://architectureau.com/articles/green-square-public-school-and-community-spaces-by-bvn/

Murrin Bridge Preschool Community Hub by CD Studio, Supercontext, GFA2, Fake Industries and University of Technology Sydney
https://architectureau.com/articles/murrin-bridge-preschool-community-hub/

The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre Sutherland
https://architectureau.com/articles/the-pavilion-performing-arts-centre-sutherland/

Music, desert and sky: Cobar Sound Chapel
https://architectureau.com/articles/cobar-sound-chapel/

Architecture as storytelling: Quay Quarter Lanes
https://architectureau.com/articles/quay-quarter-lanes/

An act of civic pride: Gunyama Park Aquatic and Recreation Centre
https://architectureau.com/articles/gunyama-park-aquatic-and-recreation-centre/

Third-gen city-making: 44A Foveaux Street
https://architectureau.com/articles/44a-foveaux-street/

The architecture of interdependence: Escarpment House
https://architectureau.com/articles/escarpment-house/

Making a community: Arkadia
https://architectureau.com/articles/arkadia/

Tall ambitions: Short Lane
https://architectureau.com/articles/short-lane/

Cowper Street Housing
https://architectureau.com/articles/cowper-street-housing/

Long hours: Go hard or go home!
https://architectureau.com/articles/long-hours-go-hard-or-go-home/