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Successful Master Planning

The beginning of a project can be a very exciting period! Often projects come out of a reaction to a perceived problem where a solution is half determined before the problem is fully understood, ‘critiqued’ or even challenged. This can perpetuate as funding is sought, approvals from relevant personnel are obtained and a kind of consultation with stakeholders is completed. Before too long, there is a ‘brief’ for a building project which then is used to seek engagement of architectural services. As Architects, we often get called in late in this process and get pulled in to the excitement of…

Project Update: Dalwallinu Recreation Centre reaches PC

Dalwallinu Recreation Centre Extension and Refurbishment have reached practical completion. We would like to share some photographs from Project Architect’s Christian Wetjen’s latest visit to Dalwallinu with a before and after comparison. The project includes: New Entrance Foyer/breakout space Lesser Hall Bar Kitchen Meeting Room Leasable space Additional amenities and change rooms Umpire’s match room Refurbishment works for the existing centre facilities

Wungong Town Community Centre and Library Feasibility Study

Element (formerly TPG + Place Match) in partnership with SITE Architecture Studio was engaged by the City of Armadale to provide consultancy services for the feasibility study for a new Library and Community Centre within the Wungong Town Centre. The City identified that the current Armadale Library will outgrow its capacity to deliver community and library services within the existing catchment. Without the additional Library services, the Armadale Library’s catchment population would be exceeded by 2026. The City also recognised that the forecast of Wungong Town population growth warranted a prevision of Library and Community services within the area. SITE…

Project Update: Southern Steel Stage 3

Construction has commenced at Southern Steel Warehouse Extension Stage 3 works located in Landcrop’s Industrial Estate in Hope Valley, North of Rockingham. SITE was previously engaged for Stage 1 & 2 in 2011 for the design of new headquarters in Hope Valley. SITE began with interrogating the basic functional requirements for steel manufacturing workflows and combined the integration of an administration/office. The building responds to the corner site through a cut corner in the 12-meter high shed clad with coloured panels. These panels were repeated on the northern and southern ends to facilitate a future expansion (stage 3 currently on…

WA Architecture Awards 2019 – Presentation to Juries Day

Presentation to Jurors Day is on this Saturday 9th of March at the faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts UWA – Clifton Street Campus Nedlands. Entry is Free! The full timetable for the 2019 presentations can be found here. Visit the Institute website for more information: architecture.com.au/wa/#awards SITE Architecture Studio’s Paul Edwards will be presenting the recently completed Hale Junior School at the New Roberts Seminar Room 9:45 AM. Hope to see you there!