Perth

One The Esplanade honours the history and heritage of First Nations people and the importance of the site to its Traditional Owners and, by doing so, seeks to create a lasting legacy that celebrates the past while embracing a shared future.

Murdoch Square in Perth, Australia is a people-focused, mixed-use health precinct that will become Western Australia’s most significant health, research and well-being focused hub.

Landscape Australia

Sustainability standards are​‘the minimum’ - so how can we design beyond project boundaries toward regeneration?

Hassell + OMA brought together designers from around the globe in one unified Perth team to create a place that reflects the distinct Western Australian landscape.

Western Australia’s McGowan Government has committed that Perth will be a net zero city by 2050. How will we get there, sustainably? Join the conversation as Hassell presents a Regenerative Design Round Table on Monday 27 March at Perth Design Week.

With its ​‘fan-first’ design, Optus Stadium in Perth is up there with the most-loved Australian destinations for sport and entertainment.

Global healthcare design leaders came together at this year’s European Healthcare Design Congress to explore pivotal ideas for bolstering future health system resilience. Our health leaders share their key takeaways from the event.

A Royal Commission into aged care in Australia found traditional models of residential aged care are failing. But there is opportunity ahead as we imagine new ways to create places where both the physical and mental wellbeing of residents is paramount.

How big data diagnostics can play an important role in the design of health and education precincts.

ArchitectureAU reports on our design for St George’s Anglican Grammar that will upcycle a 1980s office building in Perth’s CBD into a vibrant education campus. In approving the scheme, the City of Perth Design Review Panel found the proposal to be ​“a valuable benchmark example for the adaptive reuse of an aging and vacant low-grade commercial office building.”

The ABN Group’s headquarters breathes new life into the Leederville town centre. Hear from Hassell’s Senior Associate Yong Lee as he discusses the design process and thinking behind this award-winning project. 

A significant catalyst for the growth of the local creative industry in Western Australia, the world-class Home Fire film studio will shine an international light on outstanding local talent, bring artists home, and draw global talent to the state.

The Western Australian Planning Commission has approved the state’s first and only purpose-built children’s hospice facility, designed by Hassell. The facility will provide round-the-clock care for children with life-limiting conditions. ​“This beautifully designed and situated hospice will make a tremendous difference to the West Australian families going through what is the most challenging of journeys,” said WA premier Roger Cook. ​“I am looking forward to seeing this important facility complete and supporting children, their parents, siblings and other loved ones and providing them comfort.” Read the full article in ArchitectureAU.

Architecture and Design

How do you transform an outdated town centre with a global reputation as a travel hotspot into a thriving celebration of community, local heritage and culture? We started by asking the community.

Discover how our pro-bono collaboration with the Indigenous Desert Alliance and Bateup Consulting will deliver a new Perth-based Hub to ​‘keep the desert connected’.

Indesign

Hassell’s Karingal Green in Perth, Australia (pictured), features in Architecture & Design’s report on the latest directions in aged care. ​“A significant number of aged care providers and architects have already taken the next step to designing for the next generation of older people, with the design thinking underpinned by the need to place residents at the centre of design strategies…”

Our unbuilt scheme that reimagines East Perth Power Station as a contemporary art gallery features in a new exhibition that presents bold visions for urban evolution at Boola Bardip WA Museum. According to principal and head of design Mark Loughnan, Hassell volunteered the design to highlight the site’s potential to draw Perth’s cultural and sporting precinct further along the river. ​“We did it to create debate and dialogue about what it could become — we saw an opportunity,” said Mr Loughnan, also the firm’s head of design. Read more from The West Australian.

Thirteen years ago, the skyline of Perth, Western Australia morphed with the emergence of one40william — a landmark CBD development by Cbus Property. Our design delivers a generous urban nexus to the city and its people. Take a look at three design directions that define the success of this project and point to the future of sustainable city-shaping developments.

An intergenerational program between aged care residents and children from the neighbouring childcare runs once a week, and results are heart-warming. With a design combining residential aged care and childcare in one location, Queenslea acknowledges the importance of intergenerational connections and their positive impact on individuals and communities. Read the article in ABC Perth. Image: Molly Schmidt.

Climbing, swinging, and views from the clouds are soon to enhance the playful experiences at Perth Zoo, where construction has begun on the Hassell-designed all-ages, all-access, nature-based Playground. The Playground, which is part of the first delivery phase of Hassell+Iredale Pedersen Hook’s ​‘Master Plan 2040’, is set to open in time for the Zoo’s 125th birthday celebrations later this year.

Architecture AU

The University of Western Australia’s EZONE Student Hub has won the ​‘Special Interior Design’ award in the Campus Category at the prestigious Prix Versailles Awards.

Perthnow

Early engagement, investment, integration and planning are crucial elements in maintaining positive collaboration throughout a project’s journey, so too are the employment opportunities that projects provide for First Nations people.

Our design for the multi-million dollar Greenspace project in Perth, Australia, officially announced today by the Western Australian Health Minister, the Hon. Amber-Jade Sanderson MLA is created to cultivate well-being within the largest medical precinct in the southern hemisphere.