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Can we innovate our way out of a Housing Crisis?

In the quest to navigate the housing crisis, Jeremy Schluter, Co-Lead Residential Sector, explores Australia’s imperative to innovate its way out of scarcity.

Media October 20, 2023

City of Melbourne appoints 10 new members to Design Review Panel

Hassell Principal Alison Potter amongst ten new appointees to the 16-member Melbourne Design Review Panel. Read the article in ArchitectureAU. Image: Julian Varon/Unsplash.

Media September 22, 2023

Designing linear corridors to deliver greater value for community and planet

Hassell’s new landmark study, ‘Corridors: Designing linear infrastructure in a non-linear world’, takes a cross-sector look at the impact of built corridors on people and planet, as well as that of urban developments on natural corridors. Combining knowledge from the railway, roadway, waterway, and utility sectors across Australia, China, Singapore, Europe, and North America, the study explores how linear infrastructure can be designed to deliver greater value for all through a unified, holistic corridor design approach. Read the article in Architecture&Design.

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Corridors: Designing linear infrastructure in a non-linear world

Our new landmark study uncovers how infrastructure can, and indeed must, be better integrated to deliver greater value for all. Download the ‘Corridors’ report.

Media August 18, 2023

Mock Metro Tunnel stations set up in Footscray warehouse

The project team working on the Metro Tunnel stations is finalising architectural elements for the five new stations inside a Footscray warehouse. Victoria’s Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Jacinta Allan said the design and construction of the Metro Tunnel is creating jobs and supporting businesses. “As the stations take shape, test trains are running at line speed deep beneath Melbourne – bringing us closer to the opening of the Metro Tunnel in 2025, a year ahead of schedule,” said Minister Allan. Read the article in Inside Construction. Image: Inside Construction.

Media July 25, 2023

City planning: In which the middle goes missing

Hassell's Flour Mill development in Sydney's Summer Hill

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.

Media July 18, 2023

Melbourne’s Town Hall Station will open in 2025

The Hassell, Weston Williamson + Partners, and RSHP-led project is set to open the hotly anticipated Town Hall Station in 2025, a year ahead of schedule… Optimising passenger experience is at the forefront of the design, which is evident in the expansive and inviting spaces encountered when entering from City Square… Read the full article in Australian Design Review.

Media July 17, 2023

Hassell projects on National Architecture Awards shortlist

Three Hassell projects — ANU Research School of Physics (ACT), Herston Quarter (QLD) and Olympic Park Station (NSW) — are shortlisted amongst 70 projects up for prestigious Australian Institute of Architects’ 2023 National Architecture Awards. Jury chair Shannon Battisson says the awards are a celebration of design excellence across Australia’s built environment. Read the article in Architecture&Design. Image: ANU RSP by John Gollings.

Media June 09, 2023

Melbourne Metro Station arriving 12 months early

Trains will be arriving early at Town Hall Station — a whole year early. The new Town Hall station, one of the five new train stations in Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel project, is so far ahead on schedule it will open in 2025 rather than as planned in 2026. Read the full story in Urban Developer.

News June 08, 2023

Metro Tunnel Project’s Town Hall Station — and City Square — to open early

Melbourne’s Town Hall Station and City Square are now set to open in 2025 — a year ahead of schedule — as a result of construction wins on the transformational Melbourne Metro. Find out more about this city-shaping infrastructure project.

Conversation

Adelaide Festival Centre celebrates 50 years as a cultural beacon

Australia’s first purpose-built performing arts centre celebrates an ‘enduring architecture’ award win and five decades in the cultural spotlight. We look at how Adelaide Festival Centre took shape and continues to evolve.

Alison Potter

Event February 16, 2023

Regenerative Design in focus at Perth Design Week

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.

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Wianamatta (Western Sydney Aerotropolis)

A huge opportunity across time and scale, the Aerotropolis master plan will shape sustainable urban form for this new city, and change the future of Western Sydney.

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