Client
City of MelbourneLocation
Swanston St, Melbourne CBDProject Manager
James MacDonaldDates
July – November 2020Principal Consultant
Hassell StudioDelivery Method
Fixed Lump SumFor over 150 years, the Melbourne Town Hall has been one of the city’s cultural and civic epicentres.
We were trusted with the hall’s most recent restoration and refurbishment. It was a rare opportunity to work with a space that’s been setting standards for architectural, design and construction excellence since 1867.
The Melbourne Town Hall’s auditorium and council chambers have been bringing people together for political debates, cultural events and democratic actions since before federation. From hosting dukes in the 19th century to hosting the Beatles in 1964. From housing some of the nation’s first cinema events in the early 1900s to staging punk-fuelled pipe organ experiments for Melbourne Music Week – the hall has a truly special history and energy that warrants careful preservation.