As I sit across from Ben Mitchell, co-founder and director of Those Architects, he recounts one of his initial experiences within what was formerly the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation building in Sydney’s Paddington. The space, which served as an art gallery with an auction house at the rear, was adorned with “scattered Ben Quilty pieces,” alongside various other remarkable works that were being packaged and shipped out. This scene signifies Goodhope’s enduring relationship with the arts. Mitchell, his co-founder and director Simon Addinall, and the rest of the team at Those, were tasked with reconfiguring the space to host a new and diverse array of functions, including a film
