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Event October 30, 2023

From Anthills to Labyrinths: Design Insights for a Zero Carbon Future

Global Sustainability Leader Sam Peart joins Kersten Thompson (Kerstin Thompson Architects), Jefa Greenaway (Greenaway Architects; Chair of Indigenous Architecture and Design Victoria), and moderator Professor Donald Bates (University of Melbourne) for a lively panel discussion on sustainability in the built environment. From 5:30pm Thurs 2 November 2023 at The Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne. Find out more at The Fifth Estate.

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.

News August 15, 2023

Retrofit & Repurpose: strategies to decarbonise the built environment

The upcoming Retrofit & Repurpose Summit asks how we can lower the environmental impact of our buildings and enhance our cities in a sustainable way. Hassell is a proud sponsor of this inaugural event being held on 6 September 2023 at Sydney’s Crown Towers.

Media July 30, 2023

Covid-deserted workspaces in Melbourne CBD could create 12,000 homes

Victoria’s Andrews government has asked for further investigation after a report found 90 buildings in Melbourne’s CBD could be repurposed to fix the housing crisis. Hassell’s study, conducted on behalf of the Property Council of Australia, found that subject to individual feasibility studies, approximately 86 office buildings are “ripe for adaptive reuse”. Hassell principal architect and case study leader Ingrid Bakker said the project also offers a possible solution to help reactivate the city, while also providing a sustainable outlook. Read the article… Image: courtesy Herald Sun.

Conversation

Leading the way: inclusion and accessibility shape
Cross River Rail’s stations

On Yuggera and Turrbal Country in Brisbane, Australia, the transformational Cross River Rail (CRR) project is making public transport accessible and inclusive for all.

Media July 14, 2023

Bradfield’s groundbreaking first building racks up construction milestone

Bradfield’s first building, the Hassell-designed Advanced Manufacturing and Research Facility (AMRF), has recently hit a major milestone, with the facility’s concrete slabs now officially poured. The facility is on track for completion in early 2024. Read the article in Architecture&Design.

News July 20, 2023

Blurred Lines:
urban planning in an age of digital disruption

In a recent paper presented at the Joint Planning Law Conference in Oxford UK, our Urban Research Lead Camilla Siggaard Andersen explores how the relationship between technology, the environment and society impacts urban planning. Read the full paper.

Media June 13, 2023

Nature Positive Sydney wins AILA Award of Excellence

Our recent collaborative report Nature Positive Sydney — compiled for the Committee for Sydney with Mott MacDonald, Jess Miller, and the Government Architect NSW — has been honoured with an Award of Excellence in Research Policy and Communications at the 2023 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Awards. Read more on the AILA Awards in Landscape Australia.

Media May 31, 2023

Offices need to flex up and down, says new Hassell boss Liz Westgarth

Offices will increasingly locate collaborative workspaces on key floors to give employers the ability to cluster staff together when only a few people are in the office as well as to spread them out when more come in, architecture firm Hassell’s new managing director Liz Westgarth says. “We’re looking at designs for clients that allow them to flex across multiple floors,” Ms Westgarth said. “When they have [more] people who want to come into the workplace, they can spread out, and when there are fewer people in the office they go through a booking system that allows them to co-locate together and have that energy and the ‘bump’ factor.” Read the full article in the Australian Financial Review. Image: Peter Rae.

News November 18, 2022

Alen Nikolovski joins our Sydney studio

Welcome to Alen Nikolovski who joins Hassell as a Principal in our Sydney studio. Returning home after three decades abroad, Alen brings his place-making and city-shaping expertise to lead our work on Sydney Metro and major urban transport infrastructure projects.

News April 12, 2023

Alison Potter joins our Melbourne studio

Welcome to Alison Potter who joins as a Principal in our Melbourne studio. Alison’s passion for world-class, environmentally responsive architectural and urban design outcomes spans the public and private sectors, with extensive work across arts and culture, education, tourism, and city-shaping projects.

Media May 18, 2023

Office building above Melbourne’s Town Hall Station approved

Town Hall Place has been given the Victorian state government’s green light. Our proposal for a 10-storey A-grade commercial tower will deliver a building that is contextually appropriate and beautifully proportioned. “It will be a self-assured, confident building that will establish an enduring civic counterpoint to the inherently ‘expressive’ characteristics of the surrounding buildings,” says Hassell principal Andrew Low. Read more in ArchitectureAU.

Media May 16, 2023

Town Hall Place to tap into Melbourne CBD beat

The AFR reports that planning approval has been granted to Lendlease for the 16,000sqm development above Town Hall Station, designed by Hassell architects, in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. “The transformation of this site will showcase how smart over-station development can unlock the potential of our cities by linking key transport interchanges with exceptional retail, workplace, and lifestyle experiences,” said Tom Mackellar, Lendlease’s managing director of development.

PODCAST

Inside the push for net zero cities

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

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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