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October 2, 2025 In News

Koondoola SDA Officially Opened

Congratulations to Habilitas on the opening of their latest Specialist Disability Accommodation, proudly designed by KPA.

Located in Koondoola, in the northern suburbs of Perth, this exciting development comprises 3 x one-bedroom modern villas, meticulously designed to meet SDA standards in the Robust category. They will house three NDIS participants and three Onsite Overnight Assistance (OOA).

Built by Cloudbreak WA, the properties are constructed in double brickwork with polycarbonate windows to minimise potential harm. The homes also contain a polycarbonate screen for TV protection on the wall, are wheelchair accessible with wide doorways, and have emergency power backup, among other features.

Each villa boasts modern, light-filled interiors, with private ensuites to every bedroom. The open-concept kitchen, dining, and living area create an airy and light atmosphere. Doors open to a personalised veranda for outdoor seating and large private gardens with more than enough room for a nest swing.

📸 Debbie Collins Photography

September 17, 2025 In News

Regional Retirement Communities Easing the Aged Care Buden

More and more we are finding that upgrades to country retirement communities is another viable solution to the problem of inequitable access to aged care in regional areas discussed by some of Australia’s leading CEO’s in the latest Australian Ageing Agenda . As the Retirement Living Council found in its report Better Housing for Better Health you can take a lot of pressure off the stretched aged care sector by encouraging more ageing in place in retirement villages. The combination of accessible housing retrofits with innovations in healthcare delivery can make a big difference in regional communities struggling to provide aged care.

August 14, 2025 In News

Armadale SDA Open!

Another Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) development opened!

Habilitas officially cut the ribbon on their new forever homes in Armadale yesterday, at a special grand opening event with special guests: City of Armadale’s Mayor Ruth Butterfield and Councillor Gary Smith, Enliven Housing’s Nicholas Playoust and team, the Autism Association of Western Australia, Department of Communities, and Western Australian SIL Providers.

We’re proud to have designed this exciting development to meet SDA standards in the Robust category. It comprises three two-bedroom modern villas and will house three NDIS participants and three Onsite Overnight Assistance (OOA).

Keep an eye out for our next post where we’ll give you a tour of the property!

📸 Andrew Pritchard
🛋️ VFV Interiors

July 31, 2025 In News

Latest Industrial Project Unveiled

While KPA has been busy working on Specialist Disability Accommodation, Aged Care, and Retirement Living projects, we also recently completed an Industrial project for client, Elders. KPA were engaged to provide architectural services for the tanks, formulation bays, and mezzanines, as well as for the canopy and signage at Elders’ newly-refurbished Rockingham facility. KPA assisted from design through to construction, leveraging on our robust experience working on similar projects for Woolworths Petrol Stations, Bunnings Warehouse, Lift Equip in the Gap Ridge Industrial Estate, and Broome’s Pearl Sea Commercial Laundry Service.

July 8, 2025 In News

Gosnells SDA – Grand Opening

Our partners Habilitas officially cut the ribbon on their new forever home in Gosnells, at a special grand opening event held last week.

Attended by special guests City of Gosnells Mayor, Terresa Lynes, who gave a speech and assisted with the ribbon cutting, as well as Glenda Blake (Director Community Engagement) and Peter Madden (Manager Community Capacity Development), alongside Habilitas’ Participants and SIL Providers.

KPA are proud to have designed this Specialist Disability Accommodation – the first SDA development for Habilitas in the Perth Metropolitan Area, following their SDA in Wonthella, Geraldton – WA’s first modular-built SDA – which opened last year.

We would like to thank all who contributed to the development of these homes as well as our wonderful staff, the new tenants and their families.

Keep an eye out for another post soon where we’ll give you a tour of the property.

Then, next stop: the Armadale SDA!

Photography: Andrew Pritchard Photography
Furniture Staging: VfV Interiors

July 7, 2025 In News

Gosnells SDA Makes The News!

It’s fantastic to see the Habilitas Gosnells SDA project officially open – and making the PerthNow news!

More photos and details to follow, however, in the meantime you can read the full article here.

June 19, 2025 In News

Commendation – WA Architecture Awards

The Australian Institute of Architects 2025 WA Architecture Awards were announced last Friday, and we were thrilled to receive a Commendation for the Brightwater Huntington’s Disease Campus in Piara Waters – for The Brian Kidd Enabling Architecture Prize. A big thanks to all our project partners, including Adam Roebuck and Dale Alcock Projects.

Congratulations to Architectus and the Ruah Centre for Women and Children project for winning The Brian Kidd Enabling Architecture Prize. You can see all the winners here.

May 13, 2025 In News

Older Adult Care Hubs

A combination of changes is coming to the aged care sector this year that will have positive outcomes if the federal and state authorities are aligned. The Commonwealth’s new Support at Home Program and smaller home model for aged care looks like a comfortable fit for the State’s proposed Integrated Older Adult Care Hubs announced at the state election. Building and locating these hubs will be the key. Metro station precincts are obvious locations along with regional centres. Designed correctly, the hubs can fill the ‘care gap’ between aging in place and full-service facilities.

May 13, 2025 In News

WA Architecture Awards Exhibition

Ahead of the Australian Institute of Architects WA Chapter awards, set to take place in June, for a limited time you can explore all the entries at a special exhibition in the Central Park Perth lobby from Monday 5 May to Friday 16 May 2025.

This FREE exhibition will include our entry for the Brightwater Care Group Ltd. Huntington’s Disease Campus project.

Read more here.

April 15, 2025 In News

$31.2M in Govt funding to trial virtual nurses in aged care

As reported in The Weekly Source, it’s great to see regional communities continue to pioneer innovation in the delivery of aged care services with virtual nursing. We are also seeing examples of innovation with transitional housing for aged care workers in regional areas. Some aged care homes are future proofing their infrastructure by expanding residential capacity to house workers from out of town in the short-term. Eventually these dwellings could transition to retirement living when permanent housing for the workers becomes available in town centres.