The Whadjuk people of the Nyoongar nation
Western Australia
The building has significant heritage value having served as a centre for justice for Fremantle and surrounding districts for over 100 years.
Silverleaf Investments, The Old Courthouse Fremantle & Slavin Architects are proud to collaborate and privileged to be responsible for reintroducing this iconic Fremantle venue to the West Australian public, 20 years after it last functioned as a courthouse.
We strongly believe the best way to preserve heritage buildings is to find a compatible use for them. In the case of the Fremantle Courthouse, a great piece of Fremantle鈥檚 鈥� and in fact the State鈥檚 鈥� heritage has been fully restored and adapted to provide a high-end hospitality venue for the entire family.
This development allows the courthouse to retain its majestic scale and the addition of the Pavilion provides a more casual atmosphere and is designed to be as transparent as possible to complement the beauty of the original building.
鈥淭here are several 鈥� sometime competing 鈥� considerations in the design of good food and beverage outlets: you must create an environment that offers a welcoming, comfortable and interesting customer experience, but at the same time, the design must be robust, durable and capable of standing up to the wear-and-tear of several hundred hungry and thirsty patrons.
Slavin not only responded to the brief but navigated a complex and lengthy approval process, working around the clock to see construction completed in 6 months despite kicking off right as the industry was beginning to feel the squeeze of pandemic-related materials and labour shortages.鈥�
Murray Slavin, Design Architect
Stuart Neal, Project Architect
Airey Taylor Consulting, Structural Engineer
Forth Consulting, Services Consultant
Sustainability WA, ESD Consultant
Taycon Group, Building Surveyor
Wilde & Wollard, Cost Consultant