Ideas and Ideologies

Join architect, Matt Goodman of MGAO, at Walsh Street for an evening exploring his refined, place-responsive residential work along Victoria’s coast.

Through the lens of two recent projects – his own Olive Street Cabin and the sensitively reimagined House in Anglesea, shortlisted in the Residential Architecture - Houses (Alterations and Additions) category at the 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards – Matt will discuss an approach that values modesty, material honesty, and a deep engagement with site.

These homes reflect a quiet clarity and restraint, distilling coastal living into forms that are at once robust and intimate. In addition to his approach to design, Matt will share insights into process, context, and how architecture can gently anchor itself to landscape.