What impact did European émigrés have on the architectural landscape of Australia mid last century? Natica Schmeder is an architectural historian and principal at Landmark Heritage and Warren Andersen is a Perth based former planner and architectural enthusiast who is the author of 'The Architecture of Iwan Iwanoff'. They presented at the Robin Boy…

We learn about the influence of European émigrés on Australian Modernism, visit the National Herbarium of Victoria, hear about the last supper of Manoella Buffara Ramos, and celebrate the comforts of the bathroom.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

In his series on the evolution of comfort in the home, Colin Bisset explores the way comfort has transformed that most private of spaces, the bathroom.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Manoella Buffara Ramos is a leading chef in South America. She shares her last meal of a favourite family recipe for sticky rice with coconut and spices, eaten with BBQ squid.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

We dip back into the vault of the National Herbarium of Victoria in Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens with manager of collections Alison Vaughan. This time we go on a journey to the Northwest Passage of Arctic Canada via a small specimen of chickweed from the 1850s.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

When Estonian-born American architect Louis Kahn died in 1974, he left behind a collection of notebooks that revealed the sketches and musings of a creative mind. His daughter Sue Ann Kahn shares what the recently published 'Louis I. Kahn: The Last Notebook' tells us about her father.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

How can governments address the housing crisis and what role can good planning play? Patrick Fensham, principal and partner at SGS Economics and Planning, weighs into the debate.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

We debate the issues surrounding housing supply, take a Springtime stroll with Tim Entwisle, hear about the last notebook of American architect Louis Kahn, and join Colin Bisset in his exploration of the comfort of windows.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Colin Bisset takes us into the world of window design in his series on the evolution of comfort in our homes.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Former director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Tim Entwisle takes us on a Springtime stroll and shares some of the stories behind his favourite spaces in Melbourne's Kings Domain including the Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Annie Smithers takes us on a cook's tour of the kitchens that formed her journey from apprentice chef to regional restaurateur in her new memoir 'Kitchen Sentimental'.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Melodie Yashar is a space architect, technologist and researcher with ICON, a company that has been contracted by NASA as it works towards missions to the Moon and Mars. She was a guest at Sydney Design Week where she explored what terrestrial lessons can be learned from designing for space.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

We meet a space architect, hear about 3D printed homes here on Earth, and go on a culinary journey through kitchens past with Annie Smithers.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Brad Draper is the CEO and managing director of Aboriginal Sustainable Homes, a company that specialises in designing and constructing culturally appropriate homes for First Nations people. He is a partner in a project commissioned by the NSW Government to use 3D printing for social housing in the hope the technology can be rolled out elsewhere.…

We ask what can be done to combat sexual harassment and assault in the hospitality industry, meet a maker of lace, explore the cultural meaning of food labels, and delve into the meaning of comfort in the kitchen.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Lindy de Wijn first became entranced with making lace as a child. She gives us a demonstration of how her 'dancing' bobbins can create a thing of great intricacy and beauty.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Dr Alison Barnes is a senior lecturer in Visual Communication at the University of Western Sydney and a scholar in residence at the Powerhouse Museum. As part of her residency she is exploring what the food labels of firm W C Douglass tell us about the history of food production and graphic design.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Jamie Bucirde is a sexologist and advocate who started a grassroots movement in Adelaide collating the experiences of sexual harassment and assault in the hospitality industry. She has co-authored a report alongside Anna Edwards from Melbourne University's Centre for Cities titled 'Not So Hospitable'. They discuss what needs to change in the hospit…

In this series on the evolution of comfort in the home, Colin Bisset explores the way comfort has been expressed in the kitchen over time.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

We ask 'chopsticks or fork?' as we tour some of Australia' best country Chinese restaurants, discuss if it's time Australia had a ministry of food, hear about the joys of a medicinal garden, and learn about the history of comfort in a new series by Colin Bisset.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Jennifer Wong and Lin Jie Kong explore all that is special about regional Chinese restaurants in Australia and what they say about us as a nation. As an extension to the ABC TV series of the same name, they have just published 'Chopsticks or Fork?', collating stories and favourite recipes from their travels.…

An estimated 21 per cent of Australian households have experienced severe food insecurity in recent years, so is it time for a Ministry of Food? Liesel Spencer is an associate professor in the school of law at the University of Western Sydney who argues that Australia lags behind other comparable nations and it is time to act.…

Colin Bisset introduces us to his new series exploring the evolution of comfort in our homes.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Caroline Parker is an avid gardener, herbalist and author of 'The Medicinal Garden'. She shares her tips for tapping into culinary herbs and common weeds in your garden.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Stephanie Alexander has made an indelible mark on Australia's food culture. She makes her recipe for twice cooked soufflé as her last supper and reflects on the role food has played in her life.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Dr Sabina Andron is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Melbourne Centre for Cities at Melbourne University and one of the ABC's Top 5 Humanities scholars. She is the author of 'Urban Surfaces, Graffiti and the Right to the City' where she explores the role graffiti plays in our cities and why it is so maligned.…

The National Herbarium of Victoria in Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens holds an extraordinary number of specimens that tell remarkable tales. We hear about the gentle passions of botanical collector Eileen Ramsay from Alison Vaughan, manager of collections.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

We hear about the layers of meaning in graffiti, delve into the secrets of the National Herbarium of Victoria, and dine with Stephanie Alexander for a taste of her last meal.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Can better design save our city rivers? Kirsten Bauer is the global design director of Aspect Studios which has taken part in a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria which explores design visions for Melbourne's Birrarung/Yarra for 2070.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Nicola Twilley is co-host of the Gastropod podcast and the author of a new book, 'Frostbite - How refrigeration changed our food, our planet and ourselves'. She delves into the secrets of the 'cold chain', a little understood part of our food supply that has a fascinating history and has changed how we eat today.…

We explore how refrigeration has changed what we eat, ask how we can better design for city waterways, and meet a man who repairs time for a living.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Michael Colman is a horologist- a maker and repairer of watches and clocks. He welcomes us into his workshop to explore the world of keeping time.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Lauren Fuge is a science writer and traveller who explores what it is that drives us to traverse seas and continents. Her new book is Voyagers- our journey into the Anthropocene.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Roger Leong, senior curator at the Powerhouse Museum, shares some of the treasures from the recently acquired David Jones archives.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

What is the neurological response to bad design? Colin Ellard is a professor of neuroscience at the University of Waterloo in Canada whose research examines what happens to the human brain when architecture fails to inspire.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

We learn what boring buildings do to the brain, discover what treasures are in store in the David Jones archives, ponder the human need to travel with Lauren Fuge and join Colin Bisset as he turns his keen eye to the humble drawing pin.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Colin Bisset explores the iconic potential of the humble drawing pin.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

We explore how the concept of bluefield architecture could assist in the housing crisis, meet some passionate tree collectors, hear about the world of fishmongering, and learn about the Parisian legacy of Siegfried Bing.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Colin Bisset explores the world of Siegfried Bing whose gallery in the centre of Paris gave its name to Art Nouveau.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Could 'bluefield' architecture assist in the housing crisis and save the streetscapes of our suburbs? Damian Madigan, a senior lecturer in architecture at the University of South Australia, explains how.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Writer Amy Stewart explores the weird and wonderful world of passionate tree collecting in her new book, aptly called The Tree Collectors.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Anthony Yotis learnt all there was to know about seafood from his father who was a fishmonger at Melbourne's Footscray wholesale seafood markets for more than 40 years. A few years ago he opened his own shop called The Fishmonger's Son and, alongside his wife Laura, has just published his own cookbook with the same title.…

The story of St Peter's Basilica and the birth of modern engineering, Daniella Guevara Muñoz on real Mexican cuisine, Paulette Whitney and her Tasmanian market garden, and Colin Bisset rejoices in the marvel that is the spork.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Paulette Whitney runs a market garden called Provenance Growers in Lutruwita/Tasmania. She has explored her love of edible plants, including more unusual or hard to get varieties, in her new book Broccoli and other Love Stories.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Colin Bisset turns his attention to that most versatile piece of cutlery- the spork.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The dome of St Peter's Basilica in Rome is not only an architectural marvel but also represents the birth of modern engineering practices. The dome may not have survived if it wasn't for the intervention of a tenacious pope and three mathematicians. It is a story recounted in a new book Saving Michelangelo's Dome by University of California academi…

Daniella Guevara Muñoz, the owner of Adelaide's La Popular Taqueria, is on a mission to educate others about the food of her homeland. Her quest is to have us rethink our assumptions about Mexican food.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

We explore the problem of plastics in fashion, learn about the art of a good suit from Patrick Grant of London's Savile Row, taste Andrew McConnell's last supper of spaghetti vongole, and share in the gossip surrounding the Singer sewing machine.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Andrew McConnell is a chef and the owner of a plethora of Melbourne restaurants, wines and food providores. He shares his deep love of cooking with a dish he would choose for his last meal, spaghetti vongole.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Patrick Grant is the co-owner of Savile Row tailors Norton and Sons and the author of The Savile Row Suit- the art of bespoke tailoring. He shares his insights into the joy of a well cut suit, albeit at an eye-watering price.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation