Design Cultural Cool: Architect Ingrid Richards On Building Better Cities The brains behind Brisbane's chicest hotel shares her design - and life - philosophy. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Design Cultural Cool: Architect Ingrid Richards On Building Better Cities The brains behind Brisbane's chicest hotel shares her design - and life - philosophy. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Previous article Menopause In The Workplace: The Final Taboo Next article Jane Caro Is An Accidental Feminist Every architect remembers their first religious experience with a building. The awe, the pang of possibility, the prompt to converse with history. For Ingrid Richards, co-founder of the Brisbane-based architecture firm Richards & Spence – known most recently for the sleek and sexy Calile Hotel – it was happening upon Donovan Hill’s C House in the Coorparoo neighbourhood of her home city that finally stopped her in her tracks.Image credit: Yaseera Moosa For more information about The Calile Hotel click here. forwardthinking luxury Best of Future Women Culture The impossible choice faced by tens of thousands of Australian women By rosa707225 Culture It’s morally corrupt. And it’s happening to one in six women By jitendermittal Culture How Toto’s* ex-husband used their children to keep her poor By jitendermittal Culture “Never an excuse”: Why Katrina still can’t stand the smell of bourbon By jitendermittal Culture Janine never thought divorce would mean losing her family and friends By jitendermittal Culture “Invisible victims”: Why Conor was forced to live in an unsafe home By jitendermittal Culture Miranda*’s mothers group helped her escape abuse. Then the stalking began By jitendermittal Leadership Why Jamila Rizvi wants us to talk about men By rosa707225 Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.
