Placemaking

NEWS November 25, 2020

Melbourne Arts Precinct gets funding approval

The Victorian Government, Australia, has announced funding approval for the $1.46B Melbourne Arts Precinct including the 18,000sqm of new open public space and gardens designed by Hassell + SO – IL.

NEWS November 21, 2020

WA Museum Boola Bardip opens

WA Museum Boola Bardip at Perth’s Cultural Centre, designed in joint venture by international design practices Hassell + OMA, has opened to the public.

PODCAST

Naturalistic planting and rewilding: native or nothing?

The debate around native or exotic urban planting can sometimes be a thorny one, culturally, environmentally and emotionally.

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Glasshouse Gardens Public Realm

In London’s fastest growing area, this green and open space welcomes the public to an inner city residential development.

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Stadia Precinct, Sydney Olympic Park

Yerrabingin and Hassell brought together a team of Indigenous designers, artists and storytellers with strong community connections to deliver an authentic landscape, connected to the oldest living culture in the world.

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Adelaide Contemporary

Designed as an open circle, Adelaide Contemporary is a new kind of gallery. One that’s more informal and open to its parkland setting, its city and its role in bringing together art, nature and people.

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East Perth Power Station

From a power station to an art gallery, our plan to transform the East Perth Power Station is a very tangible connection to the power of the Western Australian landscape.

NEWS January 23, 2020

AIA elect two Chapter Councillors from Hassell

David Tickle has been re-elected as a Councillor for New South Wales chapter, while Senior Associate Jeremy Schluter has been elected in the Victorian chapter.

News November 08, 2019

Hassell urban design applauded at Australian National Architecture Awards

The new Green Square Library and Plaza in Sydney was a standout at the Australian Institute of Architect’s National Architecture Awards.

Conversations

An ‘open-source’ model for smart cities

How urban design can lead us to a ‘smart’ – and socially responsible – future

CONVERSATIONS

Why the next MONA won’t be anything like MONA

Cultural buildings that are a direct response to their local environment are more likely to gain global attention.

TOPICS

What makes a waterfront world class?

Today, across the world, waterfronts are as fundamental to cities as water is to life.

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Metro Tunnel

The Metro Tunnel transforms the way people move around Melbourne, improving north-south transit as well as access to key destinations and landmarks.