Visit Hassell projects during Brisbane and Melbourne Open House weekends

With a mission to unlock each city, two free annual events — Brisbane Open House and Open House Melbourne — provide rare opportunities to discover a hidden wealth of architecture, engineering and history in buildings and urban places.

Location

Australia

Date

July 12, 2023

Unfolding over the weekend of 15 and 16 July 2023, BRISBANE OPEN HOUSE features four Hassell-designed projects, with the chance to:

  • Take a tour of The University of Queensland Advanced Engineering Building (top left) and find out why it won 11 prestigious awards. Photography by Peter Bennetts.
  • Visit The University of Queensland Student Central (top right) that has just been honoured with a Commendation in Interior Architecture and an Honorary Commendation for Social Inclusion for upholding​“a new model of care for student services at UQ”. Photography by Scott Burrows.
  • Explore Herston Health and Heritage Precinct (bottom left) where Stages 1 and 2 of the redevelopment received the Queensland AIA Karl Langer Award for Urban Design. Photography by Scott Burrows.
  • Join us in our own Brisbane studio (bottom right) inside the historic Peters Ice Cream Factory. Photography by Hassell.

Head to Brisbane Open House for more details and the full program.

With its theme Collective City, OPEN HOUSE MELBOURNE takes place on the weekend of 29 and 30 July 2023. As two of the highlights in a packed program, attendees can:

  • Tour Hassell’s award-winning workplace Seek HQ (above right) that won the 2022 AIA Award for Commercial Architecture. Photography by Peter Bennetts.
  • Join us in Hassell’s Melbourne studio (above middle) where we’re busy ​‘designing for togetherness and a better future’. Photography by Earl Carter. 

Visit Open House Melbourne for more details and the weekend program, and explore the projects in more detail in the Related content below.

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