Justine Harvey: What was your brief for the Black Building?
Richard Naish: The history of the site is that we’ve been working on this particular block, owned by Samson Corporation, for a number of years. We’ve worked through the structural upgrading of some of the existing heritage buildings, we’ve done the Longroom canopy, the seismic upgrading of the Karen Walker building, as well as the white retail shops. Having done those buildings, part of the vision for the precinct was that we would be clearing up the interior of the site and turning the backs of the shops into double-ended stores.