Density

Annabel Koeck

Conversation

Everyone needs an address: solving the housing crisis

Our Making More Homes roundtable and installation at Perth Design Week highlighted Australia’s housing crisis and demonstrated the potential of collaboration to drive meaningful change.

Media April 02, 2024

Housing affordability: Does Australia’s quarter-acre block addiction make sense in 2024?

In a series for The Property Tribune exploring affordable housing ideas, Alex Jones, Senior Associate at our Perth studio, writes that in an age where our households are getting smaller (but Australian homes remain among the largest in the world), thoughtfully designed apartments ─ such as the Hassell-designed 195 Pier Street build-to-rent project in Perth ─ remain a key ingredient of a diverse housing mix.

News

Perth Design Week: an urgent discussion on making more homes

Big cities everywhere are facing housing shortages, and Australia is no exception. As part of the 2024 Perth Design Week, Hassell is hosting a round table discussion where we will delve into the debate on density, urban living and housing choices.

News February 21, 2024

195 Pier Street: addressing the need for affordable and diverse housing

195 Pier Street build-to-rent (BTR) project designed by Hassell marks a significant step forward in addressing the pressing need for affordable and diverse housing in the Western Australian community.

News August 21, 2023

Converting vacant CBD offices into apartments could create up to 12,000 Melbourne homes.

“Ripe for adaptive re-use”: Hassell’s latest Office to Home research, conducted on behalf of the Property Council of Australia in partnership with Ethos Urban, has identified 86 vacant Melbourne CBD buildings that could be converted into 10−12,000 new homes for 20,000 people.

Media July 25, 2023

City planning: In which the middle goes missing

Columnist and urban commentator Elizabeth Farrelly asks why Australia’s city planning has failed to rein in endless sprawl arguing we could easily end sprawl altogether, doubling and quadrupling our density while still creating lively, walkable streets and habitable dwellings. She points to ​“small pockets of success, like Sydney’s delightful Flour Mill of Summer Hill (designed by Hassell for EG Funds) and Melbourne’s Nightingale developments” as exemplars of sensitive, community-minded medium-density developments. Read the full article in ArchitectureAU. Image: Mark Syke.

PODCAST

Inside the push for net zero cities

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

Podcast

Housing Futures: Designing heart and soul into affordable alternatives

With a housing crisis affecting cities and people, we’re taking a look at the close ties between design and innovation in the residential sector.

PODCAST

Creating amenity-rich ​‘cities’ for a new era

The 15 Minute City has become a hot topic - gaining traction in corners of the internet not typically involved in the dialogue around city planning and urban living.

Podcast

Housing Futures: new design solutions for our cities

Are designers, buyers and renters on the cusp of a whole new range of housing alternatives?

Research

Time well spent: Exploring the impact of hybrid working on cities and communities

The rise of hybrid working is seeing the emergence of new social trends that are re-shaping urban and regional development patterns across the globe.

Research

Six qualities of great urban places

Drawing on global best practice in urban design, we’ve decoded the components of places that deliver for people and planet.

Conversation

Could the pandemic actually improve high-rise housing?

There’s no denying COVID-19 has taken a toll on apartment living, but could our experience actually improve high-rise housing? We’d say the answer is ​‘yes’, judging from recent experience.

project

Beyond the Centerline, NYC

Our idea for New York City’s ​‘Beyond the Centerline’ competition takes us to an untamed ribbon of land lost in time.
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