Placemaking

News August 16, 2022

“The most exciting thing that’s happened in Sydney since the Opera House.”

Senior Associate Scott Davies on designing Sydney’s new airport precinct.

Conversation

The beauty of rail: creating a 100-year legacy

Great rail design always starts with people. It’s in our DNA and has guided us over our 25-year history of creating award-winning urban transport experiences.

PODCAST

Why designing for spontaneity is what cities need now

“When people come together, ” says Su Lim, “we can create great adventures, and then in turn, that manifests in memory.”

PODCAST

Illumination: data, knowledge and design

This special podcast episode from our friends at MTalks explores the changing role of data, knowledge and design in our cities and in public institutions.

Media May 20, 2022

Hassell’s Richard Mullane on the future of urban design

Taking up the reigns of Managing Principal for Hassell’s Melbourne Studio, Richard Mullane says: “We plan to build a more inclusive, sustainable future for communities – and create a more socially and ecologically resilient world.” Read the article in InDesign.

News

Urban forests and art: the transformation of Cathedral Gardens Belfast

An eco-diverse forest, interactive water and lighting features and a memorial to the Blitz are just some of the ways we aim to transform one of Belfast’s most important public spaces.

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.

News

Snøhetta + Hassell design a new future for Harbourside in Sydney

Design collaborators Snøhetta + Hassell have won an international competition to transform Harbourside, a retail development spanning over 240 metres of Sydney’s waterfront at Darling Harbour.

Conversation

Together for a better urban future

What could the future of cities look like, and how do we plan for it? In London, a group of enquiring minds shared insights and ideas on the subject.

project

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.

project

Riverside Green

Riverside Green at South Bank Parklands gives Brisbane’s growing population a new open space, connecting people to the heart of the city and the Brisbane River.

News

2021 Hassell Travelling Scholarship announced

University of Melbourne graduate Hilary Hoggett has been announced as the winner of the 2021 Hassell Travelling Scholarship – Robin Edmond Award.

Conversations

A legacy landscape

Designed as a rich, varied ‘collection of stories’, the new Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip in Perth celebrates the people and land that shape a place, from its early beginnings to modern day.

PODCAST

How big data can challenge - and validate - the design process

It’s more important than ever for cities to understand how their spaces work and how to attract people back. One advantage city shapers have - but often don’t use to full effect in the design process - is big data.

CONVERSATIONS

Brutalist beauty of the Barbican’s gardens

In this age of curated experiences, the Barbican’s gardens give rise to the unique journeys that keep place-makers and modern designers awake at night.