“I don’t think we ever imagined it would be as successful as it is”: Ivan Harbour returns to Barangaroo

Not all architecture projects can be said to have changed a city. Barangaroo has been a controversial project on the western harbourside edge of Sydney’s CBD, but its advocates and detractors alike agree on one thing: it’s left a lasting legacy on the city. For RSHP’s Ivan Harbour, a visit to the site as it marks a ten-year milestone is an opportunity to reflect on what he sees as its successes.“The site was extraordinary, but it felt like a backyard,” says Harbour,