John Lorente's guest appearances

John Lorente

Talking Architecture & Design

Julius Caesar

Ruth Wilson

Rob Bryant

Harry Seidler

Luke Johnson

Tone Wheeler

Ian Moore

Diane Jones

Brett Robinson

Steve Cummings

Scott Davies

Jodie Taylor

Darren O'Dea

Veena Sahajwalla

Michele Adair

OwlTail

Big River Group began operations in the early 1900s as a family-owned timber business. Today, it has established its position as a major Australian building materials distributor, supplying an extensive range of high quality timber, builders’ hardware, building supplies and services for the residential, commercial, industrial, building and construction industries.With almost 20 years of working in the building materials industry, John Lorente, general manager sales and marketing talks about sustainability, the building industry, timber use in architecture and what he thinks this pandemic will bring the industry and the idea of bringing more manufacturing of building products back to Australia.

Big River Group began operations in the early 1900s as a family-owned timber business.  Today, it has established its position as a major Australian building materials distributor, supplying an extensive range of high quality timber, builders’ hardware, building supplies and services for the residential, commercial, industrial, building and construction industries. With almost 20 years of working in the building materials industry, John Lorente, general manager sales and marketing talks about sustainability, the building industry, timber use in architecture and what he thinks this pandemic will bring the industry and the idea of bringing more manufacturing of building products back to Australia.

Episode 47: John Lorente discuses sustainability, the building industry, timber use in architecture and manufacturing building products in Australia