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Media January 21, 2025

Perth construction skills and innovation hub opens for 2025 school year

Sometimes, the most transformative stories in design are the ones that quietly reshape communities. Take the newly completed $51m TAFE campus upgrade in Balga, Perth designed by Hassell and set to open this February. It’s more than just a building; it’s a statement about what thoughtful design can do for education and opportunity. Read the full story in Architecture AU.

Media January 17, 2025

2025 AA Prize for Unbuilt Work – Honourable Mention

Ngurra: The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Precinct, Canberra, Australia by Djinjama with COLA Studio, Hassell and Edition Office in collaboration has received an honourable mention in the AA Prize for Unbuilt Work 2025.

Media January 17, 2025

High achievers: The PhD route for interior design

Indesignlive speaks with Hassell Chair Rob Backhouse, investigating the process of a Reflective Industry Practice Model PhD Architecture and Design at RMIT University and how the course influences those who participate.

Media January 17, 2025

New resource aims to make design more inclusive

Hassell is involved in a new resource launched by the Champions of Change Coalition, titled Equity by Design and developed by the Coalition’s Architecture Group, which also includes AJC, SJB Architects, COX Architecture and Billard Leece Partnerships. Architecture AU explores the guide’s structured approach to embedding principles of equality, accessibility and sustainability into design and development processes.

Media January 15, 2025

Getting to know the IDEA 2024 Institutional winner Hassell

Hassell won the Institutional award at the 2024 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) for the Michael Kirby Building at Macquarie University in Sydney. Australian Design Review talks to Principal Kevin Lloyd about the enduring ambition for the project and the lessons it offered to the studio.

Media January 14, 2025

Bob Hawke College Stage 2 by Hassell

In Perth, a new vertical school on a compact site offers a contextual, engaging and surprisingly spacious campus environment, writes Architecture AU. Learn all about the success of Bob Hawke College Stage 2 — ​“a testament to… the experience and skill of David Gulland, who leads Hassell’s education team in WA.”

Media January 08, 2025

What’s wrong with Melbourne? Nothing that these design gurus can’t fix

Hassell’s Mark Loughnan joins some of Australia’s leading designers in welcoming 2025 with some blue-sky solutions for a better way forward for Melbourne. Read all about it in the Sydney Morning Herald.

News December 19, 2024

Hassell to design new Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong transport project

Hassell is the winning design practice for the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Service City (SHISC) Transit-Oriented Development project.

Media December 19, 2024

Five eagerly anticipated projects due for completion in 2025

As 2024 draws to a close, ArchitectureAu looks ahead at the major architectural projects due to open their doors in 2025, including Hassell’s collaborative designs for Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel Project.

Event December 16, 2024

Art in Motion: Hassell at Hong Kong’s Business of Design Week

During Business of Design Week (BODW) in Hong Kong, we leaned into this year’s theme — Design, Artistry and Innovation — by showcasing how design and art can elevate something as routine as a train ride.

Media December 12, 2024

First look of Swanbury Penglase and Hassell-designed Mount Barker Hospital revealed

The South Australian Government has unveiled our design for the new $320-million Mount Barker Hospital, which will serve communities in the rapidly growing Mount Barker and Adelaide Hills region. Don’t miss the first look at the latest in contemporary hospital design in Architecture and Design.

News December 12, 2024

Designs for the Albury Wodonga Regional Hospital announced

The concept designs for the new Albury Wodonga Regional Hospital have been revealed, positioning the facility as a future civic landmark for the twin cities that border two Australian states.

News December 10, 2024

First Building for Bradfield now complete, marking a milestone in Western Sydney’s future

As Bradfield City Centre in Western Sydney, Australia’s first new city in a century, prepares for its future the newly completed First Building offers a glimpse into the city’s ambitions.

News December 04, 2024

Design for the new Mount Barker Hospital unveiled

The design by Swanbury Penglase and Hassell for the new $320 million Mount Barker Hospital has been unveiled by the South Australian Government.

Media December 03, 2024

Welcome to Australia Post’s HQ. Just don’t call it the HQ.

The postal service has ditched its high-profile head office in a Melbourne skyscraper for a humble yet high-tech building in the suburbs, writes the Australian Financial Review. Read all about our latest workplace design featuring refurbished, recycled or repurposed furniture, saving about $2.6 million and almost 30,000 kilograms of landfill.
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