Hassellis a multidisciplinaryarchitecture, design and urban planning practicewith offices in Australia, China, Singapore, USA and the United Kingdom. Founded in 1937/8 inAdelaide,South Australia,the firm's former names includeClaridge, Hassell and McConnell;Hassell, McConnell and Partners;andHassell and Partners Pty. Ltd.
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| Firm type | Architecture,interior design,landscape architectureandplanning |
| Founders | Philip Claridge Colin Hassell Jack McConnell |
| Founded | 1938inAdelaide, South Australia |
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They are particularly known for theAdelaide Festival Centrecomplex, which opened in 1973.
History
editHassell was founded in Adelaide, South Australia in 1938.[1]
From 1937, Colin Hassell worked with Philip R. Claridge and Associates, with Claridge, Hassell and McConnell being established as a partnership which included Jack McConnell. Hassell served in theAustralian Armyduring theSecond World War,resuming his place in the firm in 1945. After Claridge retired in 1949, the firm became Hassell, McConnell and Partners, and established offices inMelbourneandCanberra.In 1962 John Morphettjoined the practice, who was very influenced by theBauhausandmodernistmovements. In the 1970s the firm became Hassell and Partners Pty. Ltd., with Hassell as Senior Principal and also Managing Director of the group. During this period, additional offices were opened inSydney,Melbourne andPerth.[2]
Hassell and Partners Pty Ltd designed the Adelaide Festival Centre in 1970, with theAdelaide Festival Theatreopened in 1973.[2]Said to be designed "from the inside out" by chief designerJohn Morphett,the complex has been "hailed as a major step forward in modern architecture in South Australia".[3]
After 1978, the firm became simply Hassell.[2]
In 2010 the firm was ranked the largest architecture company in Australia and the 25th largest in the world,[4]and retained the Australian ranking for the following two years in theBD World Architecture 100annual survey.[5]
In 2019, Hassell, then the second-largest design firm in Australia, announced that they would be closing their Adelaide office upon completion of existing projects in 2021, so it could focus on larger urban centres.[1]The existing projects included theAdelaide GPOdevelopment, the Adelaide Festival Centre redevelopments, and the expansion ofAdelaide Airportterminal. Although the physical office closed, the firm continued to undertake work in Adelaide, via a consultancy which set up by the three principal architects based in Adelaide.[5]
Accolades
editThe firm has receivedAustralian Institute of Architectsnational awards for theSydney Olympic Park railway station(1998), the VS1/SA Water building in Adelaide (2009), ANZ Centre in Melbourne'sDocklandsand the railway stations of theEpping to Chatswood railway line(2010)[6]and theAustralian National UniversityBirch Building Refurbishment (2022).[7]
In 2023, the firm won aCivic Trust Awardfor the First Light Pavilion Visitor's Centre atJodrell Bank Observatory.[8]
Selected projects
editThe firm's first major project was theArt Decobuilding at 2King William Streetfor theBank of New South Wales.[5]
Australia
edit- Adelaide Festival Centre,Adelaide, Australia, 1973
- Olympic Park railway station,Sydney,Australia, 1998
- North Ryde railway station,North Ryde,Australia, 2009
- ANZ Centre,Docklands,Australia, 2010[9]
- Fiona Stanley Hospital,Perth, Australia 2013
- National Institute of Dramatic ArtGraduate School, Sydney, Australia, 2015[10]
- Perth Stadium,Perth, Australia, 2017
- Western Australian Museum(WA Museum Boola Bardip),Perth,Australia, 2019, Designed withOMA[11]
- UWA EZONE Student Hub, Perth, Australia, 2020[12]
- AMRF First Building (as part of the Aerotropolis Masterplan forWestern Sydney Airport), Sydney, In progress[13]
- Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation, Melbourne, In progress[14][15]
United Kingdom
edit- Sky UKLondon HQ (Sky Central Workplace), London, 2016[16]
- Brighton Business School,Brighton, 2021[17]
- First Light Pavilion Visitor's Centre (Jodrell Bank Observatory), Macclesfield, 2022[18]
China
edit- HSBCQRC Suites, Hong Kong, 2021
Gallery
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Olympic Park railway station,Sydney, Australia -
North Ryde railway station,Sydney, Australia -
ANZ Centre,Docklands,Australia -
Western Australian Museum(WA Museum Boola Bardip), Perth, Australia
See also
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References
edit- ^abBleby, Michael (28 October 2019)."Hassell to close founding Adelaide office".Australian Financial Review.Archivedfrom the original on 29 October 2019.Retrieved20 December2019.
- ^abc"Architects of South Australia".Architect Details: Hassell, Frank Colin (Colin).University of South Australia.Retrieved16 April2021.
- ^"Architects of South Australia".Architect Details: Morphett, John Neville.University of South Australia.Retrieved16 April2021.
- ^"Hassell in top 25".The Age.10 February 2010.
- ^abc"Hassell to close founding Adelaide studio".Architecture & Design.14 October 2020.Retrieved17 April2021.
- ^Australian Institute of Architects,retrieved 22 February 2011
- ^"2022 National Architecture Awards - Winners Gallery - Australian Institute of Architects".Retrieved15 September2023.
- ^"First Light Pavilion Visitor's Centre".Retrieved15 September2023.
- ^"ANZ Centre / Hassell".ArchDaily.23 November 2010.Archivedfrom the original on 20 December 2019.Retrieved20 December2019.
- ^"Our history".National Institute of Dramatic Arts.Retrieved20 July2023.
- ^Gubana, Benjamin (19 December 2019)."It was a 'complicated' and 'difficult' project, but the new $396m WA Museum building is finally finished".ABC News.Archivedfrom the original on 20 December 2019.Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^"EZONE UWA".UWA Campus Management.n.d.Archivedfrom the original on 31 August 2020.Retrieved31 August2020.
- ^Oscar Holland (5 January 2023)."The new buildings set to shape the world in 2023".CNN.
- ^"Team appointed to design Melbourne Arts Precinct public realm | Arts Centre Melbourne".www.artscentremelbourne.com.au.Retrieved25 May2022.
- ^"'Dramatic, diverse' planting design for proposed Melbourne Arts Precinct public spaces ".Landscape Australia.Archivedfrom the original on 4 June 2019.Retrieved25 May2022.
- ^Philip Stevens."AL_A, HASSELL + PLP complete flagship sky central workplace in west london".designboom.
- ^Fran Wlliams."Hassell completes final phase of Brighton university masterplan".Architects' Journal.
- ^Ellie Stathaki."Explore astronomy at Jodrell Bank's First Light Pavilion in Cheshire".Wallpaper*.
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