FEATURE: Architecture and planning professionals have some innovative solutions to the challenges Perth faces in reaching the world's top five most liveable cities.
Developers are still rolling out significant new apartment projects across the metropolitan area, despite statistics showing multi-unit dwelling sales decreasing steadily as more supply comes to market.
The builder for the 60,000 seat Perth Stadium says its cost will come in around $40 million under its $902 million budget, after officially inking the construction contract with the state governmen
Chinese developer JiaHe Jian Group has launched its first Western Australian project – a $100 million, two-tower office and residential development overlooking the zoo in South Perth.
The Department of Transport has begun shifting into its new headquarters in Innaloo after Georgiou Group completed the construction works two months ahead of schedule.
Construction is about to begin on a $30 million revamp of St Thomas More College, the third major recent addition of student accommodation at the University of Western Australia.
Engineering contractor Decmil Group has been shortlisted to design and build a pedestrian bridge linked to the new Perth Stadium, adding to recent government contract wins.
The Barnett government is understood to have picked a winner for the first two lots at Elizabeth Quay, pushing the button for the second land sale at the 10-hectare riverside precinct.
Perth Arena has taken out the highest overall honour at the industry-voted WA Architecture Awards, with Brookfield Place voted best commercial building.
The race to build a hotel and apartment tower in the state government's blue riband Elizabeth Quay precinct has turned into a tug-of-war between three consortia.
Global Construction Services has won a $30 million contract to provide major formwork and concrete works for the $360 million Midland Health Campus for Brookfield Multiplex.
THE WA Local Government Association's new headquarters currently under construction is one of the first developments in West Leederville ahead of an expected rezoning of the eastern end of the sub
St John of God Health Care will build a $70 million, 60-bed private hospital at Midland, after being confirmed today as the developer and operator of a $360 million public hospital at the same loca
A consortium led by St John of God Health Care has been named as the State government's preferred provider to open a $360 million public hospital in Midland in mid-2015.
THE Barnett government's blueprint to transform Perth into a vibrant, contemporary city could prove to be the saviour of the local architecture sector, but the true potential of these once-in-a-generation projects reaches far beyond their financial impact
RECENTLY completed office tower one40william has become the first new central city development in Perth to win the architecture profession's top prize in more than a decade.
TWO of Western Australia's largest construction companies have been signed up by competing bidders for the $360 million Midland Health Campus project, which is shaping up as an intriguing test of the state government's support for public private partnersh
PERTH architecture firms have remained resilient in the face of adversity, with many emerging from the early stages of the downturn without significant changes to staffing.
The Carpenter government will spend $65 million expanding the state's major cancer centre at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital with architectural firm Hassell awarded the stage two contract.
The skills shortages of the past few years have forced businesses to adopt a range of strategies to keep their best and brightest, and attract new staff.
The $120 million plan to transform Scarborough's ageing Rendezvous Observation City Hotel site may be another feather in the cap for planning and architecture firm HASSELL, but the firm is well aware of the enormous potential logistical challenges ahead.
While the ambitious $120 million redevelopment proposed for Scarborough's landmark Rendezvous Observation City site is tipped to be the catalyst for further development in the area, a long-awaited planning amendment is still proving to be a stumbling bloc
Ambitious redevelopment plans for Scarborough's landmark Rendezvous Observation City site have now been lodged with the City of Stirling for development approval.
Following on from the success of its state-of-the-art Oral Health Centre development at Nedlands' Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, architectural and planning practice Hames Sharley has been called back to design and plan a landmark $100 million research