Congratulations to Raya Sargeant
Congratulations to our colleague Raya Sargeant for her recent certification as a registered Architect by the Architects Board of Western Australia. Registration is an important milestone for architects, recognising years of real-world experience and talent after many years of university study. Raya completed her Masters in 2021 before relocating to Western Australia and joining Hillam […]
Students step through time at Broadway
Congratulations to our Project Lead Nisha Babu, who recently got some great feedback for her coordination of a site visit to Broadway on the Bay for the University of Western Australia, the School of Design, staff and students of the ARCT4430 Architectural Technology, Structures & Services unit. “We would like to thank Hillam Architects for […]
Dreams and Visions
All dream homes start with a vision. This design for alterations and additions to a residential home in Western Australia’s South West, leaps from the preliminary sketches into a rendered version of reality. Visualisation is an important part of the process in a design-led practice, allowing the architect to work closely with […]
Accelerating Together: IWD 2025
On this International Women’s Day, Hillam Architects proudly recognises the significant contribution of the talented women within our team. We are especially proud to highlight that a remarkable percentage of our workforce is made up of female architects and interior architects, with many of them holding Project Lead positions or higher. This is a testament […]
Designed for Life
In 2023, the Australian Government developed and published the National Aged Care Design Principles and Guidelines on accessible and dementia-friendly design for residential aged care. Hillam Architects welcomed the opportunity to participate in the Reimagining Where We Live design competition, using the four design principles for a hypothetical facility in a regional town centre. The […]
A Year in Review
2024 has been a big year for Hillam Architects, with several projects commencing construction and hitting important milestones along the way. A huge thankyou to our staff, our clients, the builders and experts that work with us to deliver great outcomes. We’ll be back on January 6, 2025 to do it all again. Have a […]
Have Your Say on our Sorrento Proposal
Hillam Architects, in conjunction with Locus Property, is pleased to share that the proposed development at 3 Delos Way, Sorrento is now open for public consultation. We invite you to take the time to review the submission and make comment on the development by following the link: Have Your Say – 3 Delos Way As the […]
Hillam Architects response to COVID-19
Given the circumstances we are all currently facing with the onset of COVID-19 in Australia and our workplaces, we thought it appropriate to communicate current and temporary workplace changes that have been implemented at Hillam Architects. The health and well-being of our team and the wider community is of the highest importance to us. In […]
Future Timber
20th century architectural construction systems have largely been defined by two materials, concrete and steel, beginning with the 1890 Rand McNally Building in Chicago (steel) and the 1903 The Ingalls Building in Cincinnati, Ohio (concrete). The ubiquity of these materials for larger scale structural constructions globally is undisputed, however since the 1990s there have been […]
Smart Cities – the good, the bad and the risky
Digitisation, Artificial intelligence, real-time data and the Internet of Things are accelerating exponentially and they’re reshaping our behaviour, our lifestyle and our society. Are Smart Cities the way we want our cities to be in the future? There are a lot of debates surrounding the pros and cons of Smart Cities. What should Architects do […]