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BIGGER SPLASH

sometimes not to observe architecture but to be in the thick of it, to watch how it is used, experienced and enjoyed. Such was the setting for my interview with architects Adrian Spence and Ingrid Richards, partners in Brisbane-based Richards & Spence. We have lunch at Hellenika restaurant, on the edge of The Calile Hotel’s much Instagrammed pool where a photoshoot is in progress with members of the Queensland Ballet in artfully drenched dresses. It is winter, but this is Brisbane. Indeed, the climate and the landscape play significant roles in how Richards & Spence

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