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    Hassell and OMA

    May 06, 2021 6 minutes
    Review by Jennie Officer
    Photography by Peter Bennetts

    Built on the land of the Whadjuk people of the Nyoongar nation

    The much-anticipated opening of Perth’s WA Museum Boola Bardip (Many Stories), designed by Hassell and OMA with managing contractor Multiplex, coincides with a time of introspection for Western Australians. The state memorably became an “island in an island” in 2020, holding the global pandemic at bay and, in doing so, emboldening us to face long-held timidities around identity.

    The museum’s procurement started in 2012, when the state government announced that “world-class consortia” would be sought to deliver the museum, via a managing contractor-led team of paired local and international architects. The selection of three shortlisted teams (Foster and Partners with Hames Sharley, led by John Holland; Ateliers Jean Nouvel with Cameron Chisholm Nicol and Parry and Rosenthal Architects, led by Doric Group and Técnicas Reunidas; and the winning team of OMA with Hassell, led by Multiplex) maintained the way that architecture has been conceived and

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