PDW 2026: Living Large in Small Spaces

It was standing room only for our "Living Large in Small Spaces" conversation at Perth Design Week, with a passionate conversation on apartment design. Some of the themes we explored included:

• a shift in the Australian Dream, from people seeing apartment living as inferior to a four by two with a big backyard, to changing perceptions on what constitutes amenity
• the benefits and amenity of station precincts, and the need for a broad range of apartment typologies
• how modular can play a role in apartment construction, not just in student accommodation and co-living, but also build to sell apartments
• and the advantages of an architecture background in property development (Kellie and Liam both architects now working in development)

Thanks: to Minister John Carey MLA for taking the time to join us at PDW; to all of our panellists Megan Cordin, Kellie McGivern, Liam Wallis, Sean Morrison and Jessica Berry; and to everyone who attended.

And thanks to our event sponsor, Michael Fotis Managing Director of Ligne Roset Perth.

Photos by Jessica for David Broadway.