Gordon Stephenson House is an office building within the one40william commercial development in
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
. The building was named in honour of
Gordon Stephenson
Gordon Stephenson (6 June 1908 – 30 March 1997) was a British-born town planner and architect. He is best known for his role in shaping the modern growth and development of Perth, Western Australia.
Biography
Gordon Stephenson was born in 1 ...
, an architect responsible for planning much of modern Perth's urban form through the
1955 Plan for the Metropolitan Region, Perth and Fremantle.
It currently houses the Departments of
Planning, Lands and Heritage,
Transport
Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, an ...
and
Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety among others.
Architecture
The site is located over an underground platform of the
Perth railway station
Perth railway station is the largest station on the Transperth network, serving the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. It serves as an interchange between the Airport, Armadale, Fremantle, Joondalup, Mandurah and Midland ...
known as Perth Underground. The building includes an entrance to the railway station.
The building has won a number of Western Australian design awards
and the 2012
International Architecture Award.
Construction
Construction began in 2007 and was completed in mid-2010.
Construction on the building was delayed while the railway construction was completed.
References
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Office buildings in Perth, Western Australia
William Street, Perth
Office buildings completed in 2010