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K & T’S PLACE BY NIELSEN JENKINS

Beyond the museums and galleries of South Bank’s cultural precinct, the inner-city suburb of South Brisbane is an eclectic mix of remnant light-industrial and commercial uses, recent high-density residential development and pockets of traditional detached character housing. While fragments of the suburb’s former character remain, such as the still functioning Pauls Milk and Hanson Concrete factories, apartment towers of questionable quality now proliferate on blocks previously occupied by more diverse uses. At risk too are the remaining pockets of Queenslanders, despite demolition controls that are intended to preserve this housing stock.

It is within this context of fast-paced, high-density development that

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