All Aboard the KPA Bus Trip!

KPA staff recently enjoyed a bus excursion where we visited current and completed project sites over the past 12 months.

The trip started by traveling South to check out progress on the Kwinana Marketplace Supermarket Extension and the Singleton Village Shopping Centre.

The completed Bethanie Peel Stage 2 Retirement Village was our next stop where we were able to walk around and look at the fantastic facilities.

As we were getting a little hungry now, we headed off to Austin Lakes Shopping Centre for a look around and lunch at the ‘Stones Throw Café’.

Heading North now, our last two site visits were Wattle Grove Shopping Centre and Waterhall Shopping Centre in South Guildford.

Our excursion was finished off with a drink at the Guildford Hotel before the final leg back to the office. A most enjoyable day.

KPA Architects Design Workshop

Using stories from May Gibb’s Gumnut Babies series, our Senior Designer Penni Sutton has been leading the KPA team members through a ‘new site focused’ design process.

Starting with excerpts from some of May Gibbs most popular stories, KPA team members have developed a response to site based on value, memory and experience.  When describing the panels team members have included the ideas of belonging, adventure, embracing nature and value over time as a response to the text prior to visiting sites such as Kings Park and Floreat Beach.

Team members responses to the text and subsequent site visits have led to numerous designs that will be presented to the Client for approval in the next few weeks.

KPA Architects are Contributors in the Social Impact Festival 2017

KPA Architects are contributors in the Social Impact Festival this year with Jessica Radny from our office presenting on the topic of ‘Age Care and Disability Accommodation‘.

With over 50 events on topics including housing, homelessness, disabilities and ageing, Indigenous outcomes, cultural connections to land, agriculture, climate change, community development, urban design, place-based change, measurement and investment, there’s something for everyone.

Information and details for Jessica’s presentation on ‘Age Care and Disability Accommodation’ are as below:
Date: Wednesday 19 July
Time: 9.00am-10.30am
Venue: EY Lecture Theatre, UWA Business School
Event page: https://socialimpactfestival.org/festival__trashed/2017-festival-program/?e=3200
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/impact-school-home-full-day-pass-registration-33569285637

There are other great events as part of the 10 day festival.
The Program can be found here: https://socialimpactfestival.org/festival/program-overview/

Hope to see you there!

Congratulations Libby and Marc!

KPA Architects are thrilled to announce the promotion of Libby Pracilio and Marc Spadaccini from Associate Architects to Associate Directors.

Libby and Marc’s expert knowledge and experience has earned them the elevated status to assist the Director (Todd Paterson) as a part of the Directorship Team.

Congratulations Libby and Marc!

Bethanie Gwelup Features in ‘Home in WA’

KPA Architects are very proud and excited to see Bethanie Gwelup feature in the West Australian TV Program ‘Home in WA’ for a second time. The report explains the elite services Bethanie provide, and showcases the exterior and interior of the development, including apartments, communal areas, central courtyard and the surrounding Lake Gwelup.
A great achievement for all involved!

To view the video, click here.

Photo credit: Home in WA

KPA Architects Wins Finalist Award for Best Silver Architecture at the Eldercare Innovation Awards 2017

Todd Paterson and Marc Spadaccini received, on behalf of the KPA Architects team, the Finalist Award for Best Silver Architecture at the Eldercare Innovation Awards for Ageing Asia in Singapore on April 26th 2017.

The Award was part of the category ‘Best Silver Architecture’. It was awarded for our Koh I Noor Contemporary Aged Care project for Spine and Limb Foundation, a two storey Aged Care Facility in Wembley.

Todd and Marc are photographed with Johanna Quoas from Germany, who is aged 92 and is the Guinness World Records Oldest Gymnast!

A big congratulations also goes out to the Spine and Limb Foundation, all consultants and parties involved.

This is a great achievement in a strong international field, which we are very proud to receive!

Bethanie Gwelup Aged Care Facility Grand Opening

KPA Architects aged care facility Bethanie Gwelup had its grand opening on the 25th March 2017. There was a great turnout with potential residents and families enjoying the sunshine in the central courtyard space.

One potential resident was heard talking, saying that she could ‘happily live here’, enjoying her daily walks along the lake waving to her friends.

This is another great project for KPA Architects in which the Client, residents, staff and the wider community will enjoy and greatly benefit from.

Lake Gwelup Christian Church at Bethanie Gwelup has its Grand Opening

KPA Architects Lake Gwelup Christian Church project at Bethanie Gwelup had its grand opening on the 12th March 2017. Positive feedback was received from our Client and people attending mass and afternoon tea.

A big congratulations to the team at KPA Architects for delivering another successful project that is not only enjoyed by the Client, but also the wider community.

KPA’s Escape Hunt Experience

KPA Architects staff had a fantastic team building event last Friday 2nd September at ‘The Escape Hunt Experience’ in Fremantle. We divided into teams and competed to see who could escape their locked rooms the quickest. This was done by looking for clues and solving puzzles to ultimately find the key that unlocked the room to escape.
Congratulations to the winners ‘Team Macgyver’ headed up by Gawie Stickling, who made it out in 40mins (the hair really was an advantage)!
The event was then followed up with a meal & drinks at the Sail & Anchor, the whole experience was very enjoyable.

Turning of the Sod for KPA’s Koh I Noor Project

The long awaited first day of construction for KPA’s Koh I Noor aged care development has finally arrived. Many representatives of the parties involved attended the Turning of the Sod Ceremony on September 1st 2016, including KPA’s Director Todd Paterson.

Koh I Noor is a contemporary design with peaceful courtyards for residents to wander and an exterior that compliments the leafy Wembley area.

The facility is expected to be completed mid 2018.