All in the family, except for a stadium – that’s the government’s responsibility: Byron

But Byron sees his role – and that of his family – differently. He likes to view Canberra, not just as a swathe of potential real estate, but as a textured place, filled with empty spaces to enliven, as well. Beyond the airport and its sprawling surrounds, the group has also built Constitution Place, a mixed-used building in the city centre, and Denman Prospect, a suburb in the new town centre of Molonglo Valley. Both are places that have sprung, more or less, from nothing – an underused part of the CBD, a part of Canberra ravaged by the 2003 bushfires.