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.

KPA’s Wattle Grove Neighbourhood Centre Opening Makes Local News

The new Wattle Grove Shopping Centre opening has made the news in the West Australian Newspaper and the Kalamunda Reporter.

The Centre is the first for the area and backs onto the Woodlupine Brook. The development features an Aldi and twelve specialty stores including a cafe, medical centre and dental care.

Click on the image below to view the article in the West Australian or here to view the Kalamunda Reporter article online.

KPA’s Koh I Noor Project Features in the West Australian News

The West Australian newspaper has featured KPA Architects new Koh I Noor aged care home in Wembley. After demolition of the Spine & Limb Foundation home, construction of the new facility has begun. With 80 aged care and dementia beds, the home will help relieve the growing demand for our ageing population.

To find out more about this well publicized article, please click on the image below or here to view it online.

KPA’s Marc Spadaccini Heading for Venice Architecture Biennale – Australian Exhibition

We are excited to announce that KPA’s Associate Marc Spadaccini has been selected, for the second time, as an Australian representing volunteer for the Venice Architecture Biennale – Australian Exhibition from the 5th – 30th of September, 2016.

“The Pool is Australia’s exhibition for the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, curated by Aileen Sage and Michelle Tabet.
The Pool is a lens through which to explore Australian cultural identity. Be they natural or manmade, inland or coastal, temporary or permanent, the creative directors will invite visitors to the new DCM designed pavilion to explore the pools of Australia in all their forms. From pools of necessity to the pools of excess, the pool is a key architectural device, a memory and also a setting. It has the unique ability to evoke both the sacred and the profane. It also aptly represents a distinctively Australian democratic and social space – a great leveller of difference.”

More information can be found at:  http://wp.architecture.com.au/venicebiennale/

Image Credit: Australian Pavilion – The Pool by Aileen Sage Architects (Amelia Holliday and Isabelle Toland) with Michelle Tabet.
Photo: Brett Boardman

Austin Lakes Shopping Centre Makes Local News

KPA Architects Austin Lakes Shopping Centre in South Yunderup has made the local news in Mandurah.

The development includes an IGA supermarket, a Cellarbrations liquor store, specialty shops and cafe overlooking the lake.

The development is being greatly anticipated and will create jobs for locals in the area, and has already created 150 local tradesman jobs during its construction phase.

Click here to view the article.