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Brisbane Succession
Brisbane Succession
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An iconically green glaze reveals an under-sung lineage among three of South-East Queensland's defining practices: Donovan Hill, Richards & Spence and J.AR Office.
An iconically green glaze reveals an under-sung lineage among three of South-East Queensland's defining practices: Donovan Hill, Richards & Spence and J.AR Office.
Synopsis
There is a glaze that belongs to Brisbane, a green mineral wash applied to fair-faced concrete, first at Donovan Hill's redevelopment of the State Library of Queensland and, decades later, at J.AR Office's Golden Avenue. That recurrence is the impetus for this piece. The glaze is only a thread; trace it and a lineage appears, connecting the three across a single generation. Adrian Spence spent his formative years at Donovan Hill before co-founding Richards & Spence; Jared Webb spent years at Richards & Spence before founding J.AR Office. Three practices, each significant in its own right, each helping shape the founder of the next. Between them, they have produced some of the most original architecture in the area, each building on the inheritance they share.
There is a glaze that belongs to Brisbane, a green mineral wash applied to fair-faced concrete, first at Donovan Hill's redevelopment of the State Library of Queensland and, decades later, at J.AR Office's Golden Avenue. That recurrence is the impetus for this piece. The glaze is only a thread; trace it and a lineage appears, connecting the three across a single generation. Adrian Spence spent his formative years at Donovan Hill before co-founding Richards & Spence; Jared Webb spent years at Richards & Spence before founding J.AR Office. Three practices, each significant in its own right, each helping shape the founder of the next. Between them, they have produced some of the most original architecture in the area, each building on the inheritance they share.
