Byres Street

There are few commercial projects that better encapsulate the power of a “big idea” than Byres Street, an office building in Brisbane designed by Cavill Architects in association with Hogg and Lamb. The concept manifests physically in the form of a remarkable, four-storey barrel-vaulted atrium enclosing a monumental staircase that brings a sense of civic scale and generosity to an otherwise unassuming commercial development. Beyond the grand gesture, a deeper philosophical approach is it play. It