Toronto-based design and engineering services provider WSP Global has bought Balfour Beatty's New York-based professional services subsidiary, Parsons Brinkerhoff, for $1.45 billion.
FEATURE: Architecture and planning professionals have some innovative solutions to the challenges Perth faces in reaching the world's top five most liveable cities.
St Andrew's Church on St Georges Terrace will remain closed for the foreseeable future due to structural issues, unless the Uniting Church can secure an anchor tenant for a planned 22-storey office tower.
Perth Arena has taken out the highest overall honour at the industry-voted WA Architecture Awards, with Brookfield Place voted best commercial building.
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
IN addition to the vigorous commercial construction activity in the city in recent years, the resources boom and resulting prosperity also ignited discussions around 'place making' and the opportunity to create a liveable, attractive and sustainable city.
Perth may finally be able to throw off the dullsville tag when a number of planned major public works projects are completed, with the state government planning to invest about $2.68 billion on the development of venues and projects state-wide.
As commercial vacancies remain at record lows across Perth's CBD, property owners are undertaking major refurbishments to utilise what little space remains.
Beldon Shopping Centre may appear to be an unremarkable neighbourhood shopping centre in the northern suburbs, but a major refurbishment during the next 12 months aims to transform it into one of Australia's first six-star Green Star centres.
CAPE Bouvard Developments is preparing to release its second luxury apartment project at South Beach off-the-plan early next year, following the recent sale of all 17 apartments in its Vueze develo
Rooftop water tanks, wind turbines, solar panels and even waterless woks in food courts are some of the initiatives shopping centre owners are implementing to reduce their environmental footprint.
Architectural and urban design firm Cameron Chisholm and Nicol has opened a regional office in Busselton and appointed Yallingup architect Marcus Browne as its South West manager.
The outcome of three stadiums proposed for Perth is closer to being known, with the appointment of consultants and architects for the planned arenas and a local council proposal for an upgrade of Members Equity Stadium in East Perth.
Cameron Chisholm & Nicol Architects is a leading WA based architectural practice specialising in the retail, commercial, hospitality, urban design, and the multi residential and subdivision pla
PERTH'S high hotel occupancy rates are set to experience some relief, with construction beginning this week on two new hotels in the CBD, both set for completion in Autumn 2006.
THE owners of several prominent Perth buildings have made modifications to incorporate sustainable principles ahead of the release by the Green Building Council of Australia of its sustainability guidelines.
MEERILINGA House at 1186 Hay Street, West Perth, has been placed on the market by Meerilinga Young Children's Foundation Inc, offering investors a chance to buy a piece of West Pe
