Design Cultural Cool: Architect Ingrid Richards On Building Better Cities The brains behind Brisbane's chicest hotel shares her design - and life - philosophy. By Angela Ledgerwood Published 15 March, 2019 Design Cultural Cool: Architect Ingrid Richards On Building Better Cities The brains behind Brisbane's chicest hotel shares her design - and life - philosophy. By Angela Ledgerwood Published 15 March, 2019 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. Forward thinking Luxury Best of Future Women Culture Nobody wants this type of transaction By Melanie Dimmitt Culture “I lost everything” By Melanie Dimmitt Culture He cut her off from the world By Melanie Dimmitt Culture He met her success with abuse By Melanie Dimmitt Culture This support system is being weaponised By Melanie Dimmitt Culture Have you heard of sexually transmitted debt? By Melanie Dimmitt Culture What kind of world are you building? By Sally Spicer Culture ‘Carry her strength forward’: What legacies ignite By Odessa Blain 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.