<description>&lt;p&gt;Tim and Kev head to the Sydney inner-city suburb of Marrickville to visit artist Leila Jeffreys and musician&amp;nbsp;James Roden, who have spent a decade transforming a modest weatherboard cottage into a small but&amp;nbsp;carefully considered home.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Their dream? A small sustainable home that works for them and connects them to nature by creating&lt;br&gt;habitat for birds and native species while rethinking what a suburban block can become.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The result is a house which nods to Australian modernism that Kevin wants to move into and a&lt;br&gt;conversation that will definitely be good for your soul.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Leila is an award-winning photographic artist whose images of birds have been exhibited all over the&lt;br&gt;world and have featured in a number of best-selling publications. You can visit her website here:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://leilajeffreys.com/"&gt;leilajeffreys.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;James Roden is a musician who has also worked for record labels and as a band manager. He&amp;rsquo;s now the&amp;nbsp;studio manager of Leila&amp;rsquo;s practice.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;You can check out his latest musical project here: &lt;a href="https://www.snakeheads.com.au/"&gt;snakeheads.com.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The house was designed by Will Fung at CO-AP Architects. &lt;a href="https://www.co-ap.com/"&gt;co-ap.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Will has a great Instagram page (&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/will.fung?igsh=MTB4OWx5aXI2NXJ1Ng%3D%3D"&gt;@will.fung&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;To view images from this episode, head to our Instagram page - &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/big_design_adventure/?hl=en"&gt;@big_design_adventure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;And be sure to follow Tim Ross (&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/modernister/?hl=en"&gt;@modernister&lt;/a&gt;) and Kevin McCloud (&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/kevin.mccloud1/?hl=en"&gt;@kevin.mccloud1&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br&gt;We&amp;rsquo;d love to hear from you, reach out to us on hello@bigdesignadventure.com&lt;br&gt;Know someone who would love this podcast? Please help us share this exciting new adventure.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Big Design Adventure is proudly sponsored by Space Furniture (&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/spacefurniture/?hl=en"&gt;@spacefurniture&lt;/a&gt;), the Australian Institute of Architects (&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/institute_architects_aus/?hl=en"&gt;@institute_architects_aus&lt;/a&gt;) and is produced with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation (&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/alastairswaynfoundation/?hl=en"&gt;@alastairswaynfoundation&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosts: Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud&lt;br&gt;Guests: Leila Jeffreys and James Roden&lt;br&gt;Big Design Adventure is produced by Modernister Films on Wallumedegal land, Australia.&lt;br&gt;Executive Producer: Shelley Kemp&lt;br&gt;Audio Production: Madeline Joannou &amp;ndash; &lt;a href="https://www.mylkmedia.com.au/"&gt;Mylk Media&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Music: Kit Warhurst (&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/kitwarhurst/?hl=en"&gt;@kitwarhurst&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Please note this podcast is not currently available in the UK or Ireland.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Big Design Adventure

Tim Ross & Kevin McCloud

S2 Ep 4 - House for Birds

FEB 24, 202655 MIN
Big Design Adventure

S2 Ep 4 - House for Birds

FEB 24, 202655 MIN

Description

Tim and Kev head to the Sydney inner-city suburb of Marrickville to visit artist Leila Jeffreys and musician James Roden, who have spent a decade transforming a modest weatherboard cottage into a small but carefully considered home. Their dream? A small sustainable home that works for them and connects them to nature by creatinghabitat for birds and native species while rethinking what a suburban block can become. The result is a house which nods to Australian modernism that Kevin wants to move into and aconversation that will definitely be good for your soul. Leila is an award-winning photographic artist whose images of birds have been exhibited all over theworld and have featured in a number of best-selling publications. You can visit her website here:leilajeffreys.com James Roden is a musician who has also worked for record labels and as a band manager. He’s now the studio manager of Leila’s practice. You can check out his latest musical project here: snakeheads.com.au The house was designed by Will Fung at CO-AP Architects. co-ap.com Will has a great Instagram page (@will.fung) To view images from this episode, head to our Instagram page - @big_design_adventureAnd be sure to follow Tim Ross (@modernister) and Kevin McCloud (@kevin.mccloud1)We’d love to hear from you, reach out to us on [email protected] someone who would love this podcast? Please help us share this exciting new adventure. Big Design Adventure is proudly sponsored by Space Furniture (@spacefurniture), the Australian Institute of Architects (@institute_architects_aus) and is produced with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation (@alastairswaynfoundation).   Hosts: Tim Ross and Kevin McCloudGuests: Leila Jeffreys and James RodenBig Design Adventure is produced by Modernister Films on Wallumedegal land, Australia.Executive Producer: Shelley KempAudio Production: Madeline Joannou – Mylk MediaMusic: Kit Warhurst (@kitwarhurst) Please note this podcast is not currently available in the UK or Ireland.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.