The Incinerator Café

Architect SJB did an incredible job repurposing this Art Deco 1930 incinerator into a gallery, studio, and cafe, but the original incarnation was also beautifully executed. It was designed by Walter Burley Griffin—responsible for designing our capital city of Canberra—using a signature motif, his triangular decorative design, fashioned in concrete. The whole neighbourhood of Castlecrag, just nearby, has Griffin’s unmistakeable stamp on it. After lunch, drive around to get a good sense of his thinking—particularly his trademark circular roads and respect for nature—and admire the sense of seclusion here, despite an urban setting.