Where craft meets systems | William Smart

June 29
18 mins

Episode Description

William Smart is the founder and creative director of Smart Design Studio, a practice that has delivered a wide range of projects, from large-scale masterplans and cultural buildings to private houses and product design.

In conversation with Architecture Media’s editorial director Katelin Butler, William reflects on how the drive towards scalability and standardisation in architecture is redefining creativity, craft and customisation.

 

Further Reading

Parametric pursuit: Stokes 14 
https://architectureau.com/articles/stokes-14/

2017 National Architecture Awards: Emil Sodersten Award for Interior Architecture
https://architectureau.com/articles/2017-National-Architecture-Awards-Emil-Sodersten-Award-for-Interior-Architecture/

Howatson Company by Those Architects and Smart Design Studio
https://architectureau.com/articles/howatson-company-by-those-architects-and-smart-design-studio/

Self expression: Smart Design Studio office
https://architectureau.com/articles/smart-design-studio-office/

Recalling bygone grandeur: Rail Operations Centre
https://architectureau.com/articles/rail-operations-centre/

First House: 632 Bourke
https://architectureau.com/articles/first-house-632-bourke/

Celebrating curves: Regent
https://architectureau.com/articles/celebrating-curves-regent/

Evocative and engaging: Town Hall House
https://architectureau.com/articles/town-hall-house/

Independent integration: Crown 515
https://architectureau.com/articles/crown-515/

Elemental and abstract: Sydney 385
https://architectureau.com/articles/sydney-385/

Nip and tuck: Orama
https://architectureau.com/articles/orama/

Optique
https://architectureau.com/articles/optique/

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