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Media June 16, 2023

Melbourne Metro station completion date brought forward

Hassell has announced that the cornerstone of its major Melbourne transport project, Melbourne Metro’s Town Hall Station, is currently on track to open a year ahead of its scheduled timeframe, ensuring City Square will be returned to the community well ahead of originally planned. “City Square will once again become an activated and lively public space, a key destination and meeting place as well as a beautiful new arrival experience amongst the fabric of Melbourne for residents and visitors alike.” — Hassell Principal Mark Loughnan. Read on in Architecture & Design.

Media June 09, 2023

Melbourne Metro Station arriving 12 months early

Trains will be arriving early at Town Hall Station — a whole year early. The new Town Hall station, one of the five new train stations in Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel project, is so far ahead on schedule it will open in 2025 rather than as planned in 2026. Read the full story in Urban Developer.

News June 08, 2023

Metro Tunnel Project’s Town Hall Station — and City Square — to open early

Melbourne’s Town Hall Station and City Square are now set to open in 2025 — a year ahead of schedule — as a result of construction wins on the transformational Melbourne Metro. Find out more about this city-shaping infrastructure project.

News June 06, 2023

Albury Hospital win

Hassell has been awarded the new Albury Campus Redevelopment which will deliver world class health facilities to Albury Wodonga and the Border region between NSW and Victoria in Australia.

News June 05, 2023

Bathed in light: the award-winning ANU Research School of Physics

Heralding a new chapter in physics innovation and discovery, the Australian National University Research School of Physics (ANU RSPhys) has won the Enrico Taglietti Award for Educational Architecture and the Robert Foster Award for Light in Architecture at the Australian Institute of Architects ACT Chapter Awards.

Media May 31, 2023

Hassell appoints first female Managing Director

Australia’s own Liz Westgarth to oversee Hassell’s worldwide operation as Managing Director from 1 July 2023. Westgarth says she is delighted to assume her new role in the coming weeks. “I’m looking forward to taking on the role of Managing Director at a moment where there’s a real opportunity to build on our current success and momentum,” she says. “We’re working in a fast-moving global context where big issues – social inequality, climate change, urbanisation and digitisation – are presenting new challenges and opportunities for design.” Read the article in Architecture & Design.

News May 31, 2023

Hassell wins Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE) Award

Hassell is the proud recipient of the inaugural AUDE Supplier of the Year Award for our work across the Higher Education sector including the transformation of the University of Brighton (UK).

Media May 22, 2023

Three Hassell projects commended and shortlisted for the AIA Queensland Architecture Awards

Hassell’s magnetic workplace for Suncorp and our nurturing spaces for UQ Student Central received Interior Architecture commendations in the Australian Institute of Architects’ Greater Brisbane Regional Architecture Awards, alongside Urban Design Architecture commendations for UQ Student Central and Herston Quarter Redevelopment Stage 1 and 2. Read more in ArchitectureAU.

Media May 29, 2023

Precinct in the park: The magnetic workplace at Darling Quarter South Building

Darling Quarter South Building represents the cutting edge of workplace design where Hassell has been responsible for designing the internal workplace fit-out. It’s collaborative, campus-like, and defined by fluid connections. “Hassell’s consciousness of the whole journey — is an example of how a seamless and consistent spatial experience has been achieved.” Read the full article from InDesign Magazine. Images: Earl Carter.

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.

Media May 26, 2023

AIA commend Hassell projects in Greater Brisbane Regional Architecture Awards

On Friday 26 May, Hassell were honoured for four major projects in interior and urban design categories at the Greater Brisbane 2023 Australian Institute of Architects’ Regional Architecture Awards. Read more in Architecture & Design. Image: Herston health precinct.

Media May 17, 2023

Glenn Scott on the thrill of designing sports venues

Hear Hassell Principal Glenn Scott on designing city-defining sports and entertainment centres on the latest Talking Architecture&Design podcast. Glenn loves the spectacle of live events – large or small – and he’s passionate about designing entertainment and sports destinations that will excite visitors and thrill fans, each and every time.

Media May 11, 2023

UQ Student Central transformed

Green Magazine reports on The University of Queensland Student Central where we have consolidated key services in one location unified by a student-friendly sub-tropical outdoor realm. “Student Central’s sandstone terraces invite passing students to pause and connect with a fluid indoor-outdoor threshold supporting the seamless transition to an interior wrapped in timber, terrazzo, and finger-mosaic tiles.”

Media May 08, 2023

Get ready to run wild at the new Perth Zoo accessible playground

Outdoor Design Source reports on the unveiling of plans for our $3.8 million accessible nature-based playground that “will be a show-stopping inclusion to Perth Zoo”. In collaboration with construction company Crothers, we’re creating an all-ages, all-abilities playspace featuring a cloud deck, giant numbat climbing structure, swinging ropes, hammocks, sensory elements, bridges, tunnels and more. Designed to showcase Perth Zoo’s conservation work, the playground will begin construction in Spring 2023.

News April 21, 2023

Radical restoration: regenerating the home of the endangered Ridgway’s Rail bird

A new restoration project in the industrial heartland of South San Francisco aims to regenerate and expand the tidal habitat for an endangered bird native to California.

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