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Opening of the new Cyril Tyler Auditorium at Perth Modern School

Perth Modern School’s New 700 Seat Cyril Tyler Auditorium opened on Saturday 11th of September. Despite all the complexities and Covid impacts, the School managed a fantastic opening concert featuring dance and orchestral performances. Speeches were made by Principal Lois Joll, Board Chair Dr. Ken Michael, and Patron Malcolm McCusker. We are excited to share photos and comments from the opening night. “The acoustics are absolutely fantastic, wow! Everything sounds incredibly clear and beautiful. I think it is now Perth’s best venue, especially for the size” – Neil Coy, Musical Director“The new auditorium is exquisite and the students were beyond…

Official Opening of the Cockburn Wetlands Precinct

SITE’s Project Architect Naomi McCabe attended the official opening of the Cockburn Wetlands Precinct. We are excited to share photos of the opening. The redevelopment includes facilities for WA Wildlife (formally Native Arc), Wetlands Education Centre, new Nursery, new scouts shed for the Bibra Lake Scout Group, extensive landscaping, and Wetlands.

NAIDOC Week 2021 Heal Country

National #NAIDOC Week 2021 Heal Country, is a call to reflect and reconnect with our place to acknowledge and respect our traditional ancestry in every aspect – Spiritually, Physically, emotionally socially, and culturally. It’s more than a place. Through all our projects we strive to continually improve our relationship with country and place through a site-sensitive architecture which derives a narrative sensitive to and inspired by our indigenous culture. Looking back at the Karla Katitjin Bushfire Centre of Excellence the engagement with local indigenous groups was key for the project from the outset. It allowed us to embrace First Nation’s…

Rockingham Youth Centre

After 6 months of operation, we are pleased to hear that the spaces we created at the Rockingham Youth Centre have been successful for both Youth users and staff. At SITE, we are committed to making flexible spaces that respond to our client’s individual needs. How do we do this? Through our collaborative process of genuinely listening and establishing a deep understanding of the users’ desires and wishes and creating space around these. “The space has allowed for multi-use in the various areas – counselling/intensive 1:1 support, workshops and structured activities, and recreational drop-in style use. We’ve used all the…

Project Update: Chisholm Catholic College – New Changerooms

A glorious sunny winters afternoon out at Chisholm Catholic College this afternoon. We couldn’t help but spend some time admiring the glow of the warm sunlight through the colourful battened screen to our new changeroom project. The first of many projects to be realised as part of our masterplan of this tight inner-urban high school.