Mark Loughnan
“Great buildings start with a great conversation – with the client, with users, with the community. Together, we can uncover what really matters and define our ambitions for the project.”
Mark plays a pivotal role at Hassell, overseeing our design quality worldwide and setting our direction as a global practice.
An internationally recognised architect with a focus on public, civic and higher education buildings, he has contributed to city-shaping projects throughout Australia, the US, Europe and Asia.
His diverse portfolio includes learning facilities across a wide range of university campuses, major infrastructure projects such as Melbourne Metro and cultural institutions such as the Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip and Geelong Arts Centre.
Recent design competitions include the Theatre Redevelopment in Canberra, Australia, on Ngunnawal Country and Ngurra — the National Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Centre and home to the National Resting Place also in Canberra. He played a lead role in San Francisco’s M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, among other North American projects, while at the international practice Herzog & de Meuron.
Mark is passionate about how design can positively improve people’s lives in various cultural, social, health and experiential-related ways through humanitarian, environmental and social projects.
A thoughtful, precise designer, Mark is a great mentor to our emerging architects, tapping into their ambitions and inspiring them to create beautiful places time after time. Ultimately, he sees his role as helping clients embrace new perspectives — finding unanticipated but obvious solutions that unlock the real potential of each project.
Key projects
- The University of Melbourne National Centre for Coast Environment and Climate, Point Nepean, Australia
- Monash University Biomedical Imaging Building redevelopment, Melbourne, Australia
- New Hope Village, Girls Refuge and Education community, Tanzania
- Ngurra; The National Indigenous Knowledge & Cultural Centre & The National Resting Place, Canberra, Australia. Design Competition winner.
- Canberra Theatre Redevelopment, Design Competition
- Maningrida Arts and Cultural Centre Precinct Concept, NT, Australia
- Royal Melbourne Hospital Master Plan, Parkville, Australia (Hassell + MCR)
- The University of Melbourne Western Edge Biosciences Sciences Building (WEBS), Parkville, Australia
- Southern Cross Station Master Plan, Melbourne, Australia
- WA Museum Boola Bardip, Perth, Australia
- Geelong Arts Centre, Geelong, Australia
- Melbourne Metro Winning Bid Design, Victoria, Australia
- Park Avenue Central Shanghai
- Flinders Street Station International Design Competition winner Melbourne, Australia
- The University of Queensland Advanced Engineering Building (AEB), Brisbane, Australia
