Ingrid Richards

Ingrid Richards and Adrian Spence established their eponymous Brisbane-based practice in 2008. In the work of Richards and Spence Architects private development, from the scale of a window to a silhouette on the skyline, is a catalyst for public life. The practice is best known for its contribution to Brisbane’s James Street Precinct, including The Calile Hotel and Ada Lane. Realised over more than a decade, this prodigious body of work has helped shape the precinct as a distinctive piece of Brisbane, where architecture, landscape, interiors and public life are deftly conceived as a continuous experience. Both graduates of the University of Queensland, Ingrid and Adrian, have practised in Brisbane for more than two decades. Their work is shaped by the subtropical conditions of Queensland and characterised by material permanence, spatial generosity and a reductive approach to form. Interiors and landscapes are considered inseparable from architecture – part of the same spatial, material and atmospheric proposition.Across projects of varying scale and type, the studio is interested in architecture that extends beyond the brief – buildings that contribute to the activity of the street, respond meaningfully to climate and place, and become enduring parts of the cities they create. 

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