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News January 30, 2024

Design competition win for Parramatta encourages community connection

Our mixed-use concept for 110 George Street in Parramatta, Australia that creates new public space and connects the community has won a City of Parramatta design excellence competition.

Media September 28, 2023

Work from home threat Australia can’t handle

Every Australian city is under threat from this consequence of more people working from home – but there could be a radical solution in converting offices into housing. Read the article in News.com.au. Image: Getty Images/iStock.

News August 29, 2023

Revitalising Brisbane’s Roma St Precinct: 205 North Quay

With its bejewelled tower and subtropical open-air podium, 205 North Quay in Brisbane, Australia has reached a significant milestone with the first of 2,582 façade panels now installed. The world-class river-edge development will transform the city’s North Quarter, setting a new benchmark for commercial tower design on Yuggera and Turrbal Country.

News August 21, 2023

Converting vacant CBD offices into apartments could create up to 12,000 Melbourne homes.

“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.

News August 23, 2023

Accelerating innovation: Hassell+AATU win landmark USTC Business School in Hefei, China

Hassell has won the design competition for USTC Business School in Hefei, China with a vision for a landmark ‘Infinity Knowledge Hub’. “Our submission proposes a landmark and iconic design fully integrated into the campus and the city in a bold new vision for USTC Business School,” says Xun Huang, Principal. Read about this innovation accelerator.

Media August 14, 2023

Pandemic office changes ‘have led to greater worker satisfaction’

Companies that have made a change to their offices and way of working since the pandemic have a 17% higher satisfaction score among employees than those that haven’t. A report by international design practice Hassell, Great Adaptations – 2023 Workplace Futures Survey, interviewed 3,500 office workers across Australia, China, including Hong Kong, Singapore, the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The survey and accompanying report by Hassell’s senior researcher Dr Daniel Davis provides insights into the current state of the workplace and what it takes to create the ideal hybrid office. Read the article in Facilitate Magazine.

Media August 11, 2023

AFR reports on Hassell’s Annual Workplace Survey: Great Adaptations

AFR’s Senior Reporter Michael Bleby dives into Hassell’s new global workplace survey Great Adaptations, noting the research “shows a return to the office gaining pace, generally” while hybrid working remains dominant. Bleby spoke with report author and Hassell workplace researcher Dr Daniel Davis who notes, “the biggest surprise of the survey’s findings was that people with freedom to choose their workplace were more likely to be back in the office, rather than those required or encouraged to do so”. Read the full article in the Australian Financial Review.

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.

News August 03, 2023

Harbourside vision closer to reality as construction commences

In a major milestone, Australian property giant Mirvac has broken ground on the $2-billion Harbourside mixed-use precinct in Sydney’s Darling Harbour on Gadigal Country.

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.

Media July 27, 2023

‘Missing piece’: Work starts on divisive $2b Harbourside redevelopment

Seven months after retailers moved out, and bulldozers rolled in, construction on Mirvac’s massive mixed-use complex comprising shops, offices, and a 42-storey apartment tower started on Thursday. “The new Harbourside will reimagine the Darling Harbour waterfront, reconnect the people and places of Pyrmont, and create a network of new public spaces to bring together community, visitors, residents and workers,” said Mirvac’s chief executive of development, Stuart Penklis, who hails the project project as the “critical missing piece” in the NSW government’s $15 billion overhaul of the harbour front west of the CBD. Read the full article in the Sydney Morning Herald.

Media July 12, 2023

7km of gold: The Sydney waterfront stretch set to generate billions

Once the scaffolding has been cleared and the new developments are opened, Sydney’s western waterfront is forecast to generate $6.2 billion for the local economy, the Business Improvement District says. The design by Oslo-based Snøhetta and Hassell Studio features a five-storey shopping centre with 87,000 square metres of gross floor area, 45,000 sq m of which will be commercial and retail space and 42,000 sq m of residential in a 166-metre-high tower with 350 apartments. There will also be extensive public space for entertainment and recreation. Read more in the Sydney Morning Herald. Image: Mirvac.

Media July 14, 2023

Billion dollar boost for Sydney’s harbourfront

Findings made by not-for-profit partnership Business Improvement District (BID) anticipates that once fully complete, Sydney’s revitalised seven-kilometre stretch of western waterfront will generate up to $6.2 billion for the harbour city economy. Mirvac’s $2 billion reinvigoration of Harbourside (pictured top), designed by Snohetta and Hassell will form part of the economic injection. Read the article in Architecture&Design.

Media July 17, 2023

Hybrid work is here to stay: winning strategies for landlords and employers

The upcoming REwork Summit offers facilities managers and other workplace leaders a chance to plan their future of work. The summit includes Hassell’s recent research findings from The Magnetic Office. “Rather than try and create a one-size-fits-all solution, organisations need to cater to employee preferences by embedding flexibility while supporting and empowering teams. Plans must also factor in the role technology can and will play, both in enabling their hybrid future and in shaping strategic priorities.” Explore the REwork program.

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