Delving into the Issue theme of ‘Workplace and City Building’, we look at what it is that makes a city sing. Culture is a primary driver, with small cities punching above their weight, as we see with Orange Regional Gallery’s exhibition Purple Haze by Nike Savvas. Larger cities, such as Brisbane, are layering this cultural aplomb with an emphasis on great art, with a mind-blowing exhibition by Olafur Eliasson and great architecture supported by phenomenal infrastructure and design. It is this combination of pace-defining architecture and cultural gravitas that gives a city weight, and Brisbane is excelling across the board. One of the very first multifunctional spaces, the Basilica di Massenzio (which speaks to Domenic’s Italian heritage) in the Roman Forum, has been refreshed while Younghusband in Naarm /Melbourne is emerging as a new model for multiuse development.