Architecture + Urban Design

High wire fencing, chainsaws buzzing, bobcats rat-a-tat-tatting
What on earth was happening? Well, late last week and during this week Freo residents on and near Ellen Street…
Hard To See the Forest for the (lack of) Trees
Recently, in the wake of yet another 40 degree C heat wave and the disappointing decision of John Carey, the…
The Tale of Monument East or Farewell to Bona Fide Postmodern Industrial Grit
With the State Government's recent announcement of the long awaited Medium Density Codes to come into effect by Easter, how…
Genesis or Armageddon? An ‘exemplary project’
The development of our heritage buildings, like every issue in Freo, is one that I can reasonably acknowledge has two…
Genesis or Armageddon? A ‘contagion, the kiss of death’
A key point, made by Andrew Sullivan in refusing the Genesis Building proposal (along with Ben Lawver) as Fremantle City…
Genesis or Armageddon? Let’s celebrate the Genesis!
The Genesis redevelopment has opened up a big discussion on the West End and its future. The old guard (which…
JDAP ‘breathes new life’ into Freo’s historic West End
Yesterday, 17 January 2024, the Inner-Metro Joint Development Assessment Panel - more colloquially known as JDAP - granted conditional development…
The Future of Fremantle – An opportunity to deliver a genuine, positive beachfront legacy for the public good
Thank you very much to Michael for convening this important gathering, and to Jane Bennett and colleagues, and the other…
Reflections on ‘Future Fremantle’ Shipping News Forum – The Good the Bad and the Ugly
5pm in the Old Customs House on a Wednesday night and we got a really good crowd. Just about a…