Perth Western Australia AUS

Client: Landcorp (WA)
Completion: 2015
Construction Value: $300M

ARM has been selected as the winner of a limited design competition by Landcorp to masterplan an exciting new stage in the urban history of Perth – the Perth Waterfront.

It has been an aspiration dating back to the 19th Century that the central city of Perth be linked to the Swan River. The will and intent for an activated link diminished in subsequent developments throughout the 20th Century, though the construction of the Beaux Arts foreshore and its latter day extensions represent major public works projects and has created one of the longest strips of parkland anywhere in the world. In the 1960’s and 70’s Perth’s road network received a major upgrade which, while further adapting the city to private transport, had the unfortunate corollary of detaching the city from the water.

In the last 20 years there has been a rejuvenated aspiration to link Perth to the river, mostly without success. The recent economic boom in the west and a renewed intent to invest in the development of Perth has brought this aspiration to a head. After more than a century we will see the city meet the water.
Together with other members of the design consortium including Richard Weller, Oculus, Roberts Day, and Ian Hocking; ARM is currently developing this significant investment in the future of Perth as the capital of the west.