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The Official Journal of the Australian Enjoy the new Stone Age Institute of Architects: WA Chapter with Midland Brick CONTENTS 4 contributors 5 editor’s message 7 WA chapter president’s message no place like home 11 perth children’s hospital 17 health and happiness in the desert 21 a day in the life of the karratha health campus 23 the boulevard 27 premier mill hotel – katanning 33 what is heritage? 35 brian klopper, northam and surrounds 38 client liaison public places 45 teaching belonging 51 playing with place 53 kerry hill influencing public place 61 processes in placemaking 65 the coastal cultural landscape of scarborough beach 69 agora 71 bottled up 75 streets as places 77 a trace of dwellers place in practice 83 iris rossen Modelled from natural stone and created with painstaking care and Talk to one of our project 85 stacked artistry, Cultured Stone® achieves a show stopping complexity of depth, consultants on 13 15 40 88 design at the heart of things 91 liveliness in public art colour and texture. With six distinct ranges and a wide variety of colour or explore our products at 92 people making places: the FuBa experience options, Cultured Stone® adds a luxurious touch to any home or garden. midlandbrick.com.au. 93 finding a place in the profession 95 architecture of assemblage - 3 - CONTRIBUTORS Alexandra Mackenzie is a graduate of Lance Ward is a visual artist based in David McLoughlin is architecture and has recently moved to Perth Western Australia. His work often an architect and urban Northam WA. For the past 3 years she takes the form of large scale, formal designer with a focus on has worked in Subiaco for Colin Moore compositional photographs, looking at urban spaces and exploring the traces of affordable housing. He architect. people and time within these spaces. is currently the Principal Anjana Balakumar is a graduate of Architect at Department architecture who has a passion for how Leonie Matthews is Co-Director of Matthews McDonald Architects, of Communities adaptable, inclusive architecture can graduating from Curtin University in 1992, (Housing Authority). contribute to addressing social issues. she combines her work in practice with Ariane Palassis is practicing and teaching teaching and research. Kukame McPierzie architecture after exploring her art Olivia Kate and Charlotte May are is the Studio Chair of practice. Her support of the art and design architectural graduates. Both have Woods Bagot in Perth. community continues as a Board member engaged in working in Perth practices, In 2019 he was awarded for the Fremantle Biennale 2019. teaching at UWA and volunteering in the architectural community. the Western Australian Courtney Babb and Paul Shanahan are Emerging Architect members of Future Bayswater. Courtney is Natalie Busch is a landscape architect at Prize. a lecturer in urban planning in the School of HASSELL and is always interested to see Design and the Built Environment at Curtin how people adopt the places she creates. University. Paul is the Chair of Future Nic Temov is Principal Planning & Urban Bayswater and high school teacher. Kelly Rippingale Design with Hames Sharley’s Urban B.Arch (Hons) B Arts (UWA), Development team. He has over 12 years’ M. AIA, M.ICOMOS Craig McCormack & Mark Jecks are both Lecturers at the UWA school of design. experience working on major urban projects works to conserve and and policy reforms – including Design WA. Dr. Beth George is a Senior Lecturer at interpret the values the University of Newcastle’s School of Penelope Forlano (PhD) is a practicing of the National Trust’s Architecture and the Built Environment. designer and artist. Her thesis Making portfolio of significant Custodians explored enduring person- Dean Cracknell is the Chief Executive heritage places. object relationships through a Design Officer of Town Team Movement – an Anthropology practice approach. underarching, non-profit organisation Jess Beaver is a helping ‘town teams’ to activate and Philip Gresley is a founding director graduate of architecture empower their local communities. of Gresley Abas architects and a keen advocate for the built environment. at MJA Studio, wine Jaime Mayger is a graduate of architecture He sits on a number of state and local lover, semi-retired who has worked in residential architecture design review panels working to help bartender and a and tutored Design at UWA. Jaime improve neighbourhoods. member of the EmAGN currently works in architectural publication Tahmina Maskinyar works at the cusp and is part of the public art team at FORM. WA chapter committee. of architectural practice and visual arts Janine Symons is a graduate of (often in stealth mode) to deliver public art architecture, and is currently nerding projects, strategies and cultural events to Marco Vittino is a around Fremantle Prison indulging her communities and places. director of vittinoAshe passion for built heritage. Tess O'Brien is a registered architect architects. He is an presently working for Neeson Murcutt Dr Jennifer J. Scott's research centres on Architects in Sydney. architect, engineer and the affinities between the work of the Honorary Fellow at the psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott and the Tilly Caddy is a landscape architect at University of Western art and architecture of mid-twentieth Four Landscape Studio and sessional staff Australia (UWA) School century British modernisms. member at UWA. of Design. 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AS ISSN: 1037-3460 - 4 - editors’ message Robyn Creagh and Fiona Giles Place has been an obsession of Robyn’s the magazine as a physical container, for a few years now, and in this issue we but as a product of a network of explore in the role of architecture and contributors. It takes much more of architects – as citizens – in making than just a couple of editors, and places what they are. Architects an amazing editorial team to make can see their additions to the built this magazine. It takes a community environment as small parts of a larger of volunteers who are passionate narrative. This larger story of place about Western Australia and about is one we are all writing together as architecture in its broadest sense. both experts and citizens, continually creating a living place, rich with This is our fourth and final issue at complexity and meaning. the helm of The Architect magazine. So this is the perfect opportunity for In this issue we have authors and us to thank that wonderful, expansive architects from multiple perspectives and generous network of people that approaching the idea of making help make this magazine. Thank place together. We hear about with the introduction of Design WA, you to the authors who have donated award-winning Western Australian and a consideration of the role of their carefully crafted thoughts, and buildings with a focus on what they streets, opportunities for children’s the photographers who have helped give to, and how they support or play, and the potential of ongoing to document the works.