List of Brutalist buildings in Perth

This page is a list of historically significant brutalist buildings in the Perth, Western Australia metropolitan area.

Following rapid population growth after World War II and various mining booms in the 1950s and 1960s, there was a need for the rapid, inexpensive expansion of public infrastructure in the city. Coupled with material shortages, this led to the construction of many brutalist buildings by the Public Works Department and other parties.[1][2][3][4]

Name Address Date Architect Image Notes
Alexander Library Building (State Library of Western Australia) 25 Francis Street, Perth 1985 Cameron Chisholm Nicol AUS Perth, Central Business District, State Library of Western Australia 001
Architecture and Planning Building, Curtin University[5] 105 Kent Street, Bentley 1969 Vin Davies Curtin building 201 looking along S from near 213
Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) Perth Cultural Centre, Perth 1977 Charles Sierakowski The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 2023, 26 State Heritage Register 1962
Christian Science Sunday School[2] 264 St Georges Terrace, Perth First Church of Christ, Scientist, Perth, January 2025 05
Commonwealth Bank Building[2] 150 St Georges Terrace, Perth
South City Beach Kiosk[6] Challenger Parade, City Beach 1970 Tony Brand and Paul Ritter (Forbes & Fitzhardinge) South City Beach Kiosk, May 2023 06 State Heritage Register 26251
Don Aitken Centre (Main Roads WA) 132 Plain Street, East Perth 1970 Oldham, Boas, Ednie-Brown & Partners Main Roads Building (Don Aitken Centre), East Perth, December 2022 03 State Heritage Register 26494
FESA House[7] 480 Hay Street, East Perth 1976[8] Demolished in 2014[9]
Marsala House 38 Sycamore Rise, Dianella 1976 Iwan Iwanoff Marsala House 2017 State Heritage Register 09917
Memorial Hall, Hale School 160 Hale Road, Wembley Downs 1961 Marshall Clifton and Anthony Brand Considered to be the first brutalist building built in Australia[4]
Perth Concert Hall 5 St Georges Terrace, Perth 1973 Howlett & Bailey Iwelam, Perth Concert Hall south front State Heritage Register 4571
Public Transport Centre 116 West Parade, East Perth 1976 Forbes & Fitzhardinge East Perth transport centre b0
Reid Library, University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 1964 Cameron Chisholm Nicol[10] AUS Perth, Central Business District, University of Western Australia 0109
Royal Perth Hospital, North Block[2] Wellington Street, North Perth 1988[11] Royal perth hosp 01 gnangarra
TL Robertson Library, Curtin University[12] 105 Kent Street, Bentley 1972 Hames Sharley and Schmidt Hammer Lassen Curtin T.L. Robertson Library (2005)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Taylor, Juliet (22 February 2024). "The architecture of Perth: Famous heritage buildings in Western Australia". Architecture & Design. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Pogorelic, Vanessa (11 November 2019). "Loving the ugly side: The brutalist buildings of Perth". RAC Horizons. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Murray, Andrew (15 October 2021). "Brutal beginnings: the New Brutalism and Western Australia in the 1950s". The Journal of Architecture. 26 (8): 1219–1240. doi:10.1080/13602365.2021.1983004. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 Murray, Andrew (4 July 2018). "Concrete: A Western Australian Tradition" (PDF). Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University". Architecture, Au. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "South City Beach Kiosk". inHerit. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  7. ↑ Bell, David (14 November 2013). "Brutal fate for FESA building". Perth Voice. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "FESA House". inHerit. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  9. ↑ Bell, David (7 November 2014). "Brutal end". Perth Voice. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "Reid Library". inHerit. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "History". Royal Perth Hospital. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "TL Robertson Library Refurbishment". Curtin University. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
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