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Lyons in collaboration with Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects and Aspect Studios

How a city develops and engages with its key civic spaces says a lot about its own aspirations for the future. Perth has recently gone through a process of repositioning itself through several key infrastructure projects that will ready it to shift from a small city to one with an expected population of up to four million people by 2050.

These projects include Elizabeth Quay (ARM Architecture and TCL – reviewed on page 20), the RAC Arena (ARM Architecture and CCN), Optus Stadium (Hassell, Cox and HKS), Fiona Stanley Hospital (Hassell, Hames Sharley and Silver Thomas Hanley), the New Museum (Hassell and OMA) and Yagan Square (Lyons

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