Intercontinental Perth City Centre
Aug 26, 2018
4 minutes
Words — Rachael Bernstone
Photography —
Dion Robeson
First built in the 1970s as a sixteen-storey office block, this building on the corner of Hay and King Streets in Perth has undergone two major transformations in its lifetime. In 1997 the bright blue office building was converted into a 4.5-star 245-room hotel under the Rydges banner. In 2016, that hotel closed for a major overhaul and in 2017 it reopened as the Intercontinental, a five-star 240-room hotel with a penthouse suite designed by Woods Bagot and CHADA.
The project was overseen by Eva Sue, associate principal at Woods Bagot, who remembers the distinctive blue building from her childhood. Along with her team, she has injected a new level of sophistication and glamour
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