Adaptive Reuse

Sustainably designed with key input from Djinjama, a First Peoples cultural research and design agency, the First Building restores Indigenous culture as the lifeblood of the land.

Locked away for 100 years, the mill is now a thriving mixed-use ​‘village’ with homes, shops, cafés, parks and light rail links – a model for urban regeneration.

Ovolo hotels are known for connecting guests with their location, instilling a unique local identity into their design while retaining links to their overarching brand.

As a design collaboration triumph between Hassell + OMA, the multi-award-winning WA Museum Boola Bardip celebrates the unique shared culture, history and landscape of Western Australia and revitalises the creative heart of its capital, Perth.

Our multi-award-winning regeneration of the modernist Birch Building for the Australian National University in Canberra is a celebration of preservation, adaptation, and forward-thinking sustainability practices.

Our outside-in spaces for The University of Queensland Student Central on Yuggera and Turrbal Country in Brisbane, Australia, bring the holistic student experience into the open. Nature meets nurture where lush sub-tropical landscapes and shady spaces promote connection, inclusion and wellbeing.

Central Green Forest Park has been essential to the ecological recovery of a former chemicals factory. It has fast become one of Beijing’s most popular green spaces, playing host to an array of recreation, education and cultural activities.

Since opening in 2021, the West Bund has been attracting up to 40,000 visitors in a single day, becoming a truly must-visit riverfront destination in Shanghai, and one of the most beloved public spaces in the city.

“Ripe for adaptive re-use”: Hassell’s latest Office to Home research, conducted on behalf of the Property Council of Australia in partnership with Ethos Urban, has identified 86 vacant Melbourne CBD buildings that could be converted into 10−12,000 new homes for 20,000 people.

Could the renewal of existing buildings be a more forward-thinking and rewarding alternative to bold, iconic architecture? Discover six essential ingredients that can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.

Salone del Mobile. Milano

Prioritising positive-impact materials is now imperative in the construction sector to reduce the industry’s effect on the environment. Associate Adam Paikos-Coe shares vital steps toward a more regenerative future through conscientious material choices.

Salone del Mobile

Australian Design Review

The Age

Our Brisbane studio in Queensland, Australia has found a new home inside the historic Peters Ice Cream Factory at West Village, West End.

The design for our Brisbane studio supports creative collaboration and team connection.