{"id":222923,"date":"2025-10-23T16:34:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T05:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/?p=222923"},"modified":"2025-10-23T16:44:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T05:44:22","slug":"stories-indesign-phillip-withers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/podcast\/stories-indesign-phillip-withers","title":{"rendered":"Landscape architecture under the microscope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/stories-indesign\/id1776766441?i=1000732234048\">LISTEN HERE!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/cdn.indesignlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/phillip-withers_soundbite.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Phil Withers, of the eponymous landscape architecture practice, joins me in Melbourne at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/tag\/the-commons\">The Commons<\/a> in mid-2025 as the first landscape architect on the podcast. We discussed a history of ideas \u2013\u00a0of what a garden is, its relationship to surrounding nature, European ideas of control and taming rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/tag\/country\">Country<\/a>-centred ones of care. Phil is also on this year&#8217;s jury for Winnings x Habitus House of the Year, and he shares insights into the perspective that a landscape designer can bring to architecture and interiors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/stories-indesign\/id1776766441?i=1000732234048\">LISTEN HERE!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phillip Withers<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/phillipwithers.com\">phillipwithers.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phillip Withers joins the podcast to discuss landscape design in relation to Country, place and European notions of control, as well as his part on the Habitus House of the Year 2025 Jury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":334,"featured_media":222928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[86,1183,28073,44,37010,1],"tags":[1164,92,4134,1162,149,40136,5418,2091,5465,22747,4038,1543,33243,3653,6565,40137,6564,628,6620,5621],"class_list":["post-222923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-slides","category-ideas","category-insight","category-people","category-podcast","category-uncategorized","tag-architecture","tag-awards","tag-country","tag-design","tag-garden","tag-gardening","tag-habitus-house-of-the-year","tag-history","tag-hoty","tag-housing","tag-jury","tag-landscape","tag-landscape-architect","tag-landscape-architecture","tag-landscape-design","tag-phil-withers","tag-phillip-withers","tag-plants","tag-the-commons","tag-victoria","home-slides","ideas","insight","people","podcast","uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stories Indesign - Phillip Withers | Indesignlive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Phillip Withers on landscape design in relation to Country, place and European notions of control, as well as Habitus House of the Year.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/podcast\/stories-indesign-phillip-withers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stories Indesign - Phillip Withers | Indesignlive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Phillip Withers on landscape design in relation to Country, place and European notions of control, as well as Habitus House of the Year.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/podcast\/stories-indesign-phillip-withers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Indesign Live: Interior Design and Architecture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/indesignlive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-23T05:34:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-23T05:44:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.indesignlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/FEATURE-22.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"780\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Timothy Alouani-Roby\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Timothy Alouani-Roby\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/podcast\/stories-indesign-phillip-withers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/podcast\/stories-indesign-phillip-withers\",\"name\":\"Stories Indesign - Phillip Withers | Indesignlive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-23T05:34:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-23T05:44:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ce31951e9e9864f890a1699ae54b393b\"},\"description\":\"Phillip Withers on landscape design in relation to Country, place and European notions of control, as well as Habitus House of the Year.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/podcast\/stories-indesign-phillip-withers#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/podcast\/stories-indesign-phillip-withers\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/podcast\/stories-indesign-phillip-withers#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Landscape architecture under the microscope\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/\",\"name\":\"Indesign Live: Interior Design and Architecture\",\"description\":\"- Australian Design for Architects &amp; Interior Designers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ce31951e9e9864f890a1699ae54b393b\",\"name\":\"Timothy Alouani-Roby\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cdn.indesignlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/portrait1-TAR-1-100x100.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.indesignlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/portrait1-TAR-1-100x100.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Timothy Alouani-Roby\"},\"description\":\"Timothy Alouani-Roby is the Editor of Indesignlive and Habitus Living. Having worked in elite professional sport for over a decade, he retrained in architecture at the University of Sydney, adding to previous degrees in philosophy, politics and English literature. Timothy is based in Gadigal-Sydney, but spends much of his time among the moors of both Northern England and Marrakech.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/taroby\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/timothy-alouani-roby\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/author\/timothy-alouani-roby\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Stories Indesign - Phillip Withers | Indesignlive","description":"Phillip Withers on landscape design in relation to Country, place and European notions of control, as well as Habitus House of the Year.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/podcast\/stories-indesign-phillip-withers","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Stories Indesign - Phillip Withers | Indesignlive","og_description":"Phillip Withers on landscape design in relation to Country, place and European notions of control, as well as Habitus House of the Year.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/podcast\/stories-indesign-phillip-withers","og_site_name":"Indesign Live: Interior Design and Architecture","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/indesignlive\/","article_published_time":"2025-10-23T05:34:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-23T05:44:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":780,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.indesignlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/FEATURE-22.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Timothy Alouani-Roby","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Timothy Alouani-Roby","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/podcast\/stories-indesign-phillip-withers","url":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/podcast\/stories-indesign-phillip-withers","name":"Stories Indesign - Phillip Withers | Indesignlive","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-10-23T05:34:26+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-23T05:44:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ce31951e9e9864f890a1699ae54b393b"},"description":"Phillip Withers on landscape design in relation to Country, place and European notions of control, as well as Habitus House of the Year.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/podcast\/stories-indesign-phillip-withers#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/podcast\/stories-indesign-phillip-withers"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/podcast\/stories-indesign-phillip-withers#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Landscape architecture under the microscope"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/","name":"Indesign Live: Interior Design and Architecture","description":"- Australian Design for Architects &amp; Interior Designers","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ce31951e9e9864f890a1699ae54b393b","name":"Timothy Alouani-Roby","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cdn.indesignlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/portrait1-TAR-1-100x100.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.indesignlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/portrait1-TAR-1-100x100.jpg","caption":"Timothy Alouani-Roby"},"description":"Timothy Alouani-Roby is the Editor of Indesignlive and Habitus Living. Having worked in elite professional sport for over a decade, he retrained in architecture at the University of Sydney, adding to previous degrees in philosophy, politics and English literature. Timothy is based in Gadigal-Sydney, but spends much of his time among the moors of both Northern England and Marrakech.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/taroby\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/timothy-alouani-roby\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/author\/timothy-alouani-roby"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}