Albany Entertainment Centre
ALBANY ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
Cox Howlett & Bailey Woodland + Roberts Gardiner
ARCHITECTS
Cox Howlett & Bailey Woodland, Roberts Gardiner
MANUFACTURERS
Vmzinc, Interpon
COST
$70 Million (total commitment inc fees FF+E)
LOCATION
Toll Place, Albany WA 6330, Australia
CATEGORY
Community Center
ELECTRICAL CONSULTANT
AECOM
CIVIL CONSULTANT
Aurecon
LIGHTING CONSULTANT
AECOM
SERVICES CONSULTANT
AECOM
STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT
Aurecon
ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT Marshall Day Acoustics
BUILDER
Doric Contractors Pty Ltd.
PROJECT MANAGER
Doric, Mark Rowlands
ROOF SAFETY ACCESS
Safetylink
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
Doric, Steve Duncan
MECHANICAL CONSULTANT
AECOM
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT
AECOM
INTERIOR DESIGNER
Cox Howlett & Bailey Woodland
“A waterfront icon seated in the natural beauty of the harbour and its surrounds”
The Albany Entertainment Centre is a significant project for the local community and the broader South West region.
This building provides International standard entertainment, performance and convention facilities for the region and a catalyst for community interaction along with a re-energised waterfront.
Albany holds a rich history where land and water come together to be one of the great natural harbours of the world.
The township is seated within its own significant mountains looking down onto the waterfront location where the new theatre sits.
The Albany Entertainment Centre re-engages the harbour and its connections to the township of Albany.
The Albany Entertainment Centre forms a jewel placed in the heart of the harbour, a piece of waterside sculpture whose form is bred out of the crystalline molecular structures of the earth like a cut diamond which changes and reflects light as you move around it.
Elegant and not imposing, it responds to the undulating composition of the harbour framed by the mountain saddle in which the township sits.
The Albany Entertainment Centre regenerates a sense of social theatre and connection with the natural world thus giving a sense of belonging and promoting inclusiveness by engagement with the community.
The pedestrian journey through the setting to the harbour is activated and clear.
A sense of beckoning and welcome is then played out on the foreshore.
