DKO’s first civic building in Brisbane, on Grey Street South Bank, combined contemporary, value-driven design with commercial smarts across several disciplines. This mixed-use residential and hotel development provided a rare opportunity to redefine a new Queensland response to climate and its effect on large buildings. Both exterior and interior spaces are joined in their ambition to create an iconic architectural design statement, enabling both an artist collaboration and a truly sustainable and climate responsive design. The end result is a workable and highly liveable environment– an environment that is sustainable, contextually sensitive and imparts low ecological impact.