1. What is the most challenging and inspiring project at Cavill Architects at the moment? 

Our commission on the 17 Byres St commercial building has been an opportunity to consider workplace design. The building attempts to provide some respite from an otherwise semi-industrial area — we’ve incorporated a four-storey central atrium with abundant landscaping and natural light. Designed in collaboration with Hogg & Lamb, 17 Byres Street is under construction and due for completion in the second half of 2018.

2. What hobby keeps you sane outside of Architecture?

Cooking — it’s nice to start and finish a project in the same day.

3. In your career as an architect, what project have you most enjoyed working on and why?

Working with nice people remains our primary concern, no matter the size, scale or notoriety of the job. One of our most enjoyable projects to date, the St Lucia Marketplace, has also been one of our smallest.

4. Favourite building Brisbane?

It’s very hard to go past the C-House by Donovan Hill. The extent to which this building has been crafted renders it in a similar conceptual territory Scarpa’s projects — the lack of recognisable construction systems means that these projects lack temporality. Above all else though, it is the sequence and relationship in the plan that makes this house so memorable.

5. Best advice for emerging graduates and architects?

There can be a lot of unknowns with respect to project delivery and I’m aware that this can be daunting, especially for graduates. I’d urge graduates and emerging architects to consistently throw themselves in the deep end.