PLACE Laboratory

PLACE Laboratory is a youthful and energetic practice in Perth, with a grounded history in Perth and Western Australia. It brings together a culmination of 30 years experience in boutique design focused studios and large international transdisciplinary firms. PLACE Laboratory’s aim is clear – to amalgamate the very best of boutique and large scale business […]

Rockingham is a coastal town centre and tourist destination in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. Directly offshore is Australia’s largest naval fleet and submarine base, Garden Island. Following the completion of the Rockingham Foreshore Master Plan (2015) Place Laboratory was commissioned to develop the detailed design for three key public realm spaces on […]

Mindeerup Plaza on the South Perth Foreshore at the Mends St Jetty creates a memorable arrival to South Perth from the city.  The initial place planning imagined the gravitas of the site at scale of State icon, regional foreshore parkland and a place for the locals. The design re-imagines the foreshore park as an iconic […]

Railway Square is a new public square constructed in the former Midland Railway Workshops. The Workshops are a cluster of late 19th century industrial buildings undergoing thoughtful restoration to create an urban village for a new era. Retaining its authentic, industrial feel, the new urban village will be home to a range of residential, commercial, […]

Curtin Innovation Street Curtin University’s Innovation Street and Medical School are the first significant projects to be realised according to the aims and ambitions established by the Greater Curtin Masterplan developed by Curtin University in 2014. Innovation Street and the Medical School heralds the coming together of the past and future by creating a physical […]