5 weeks to go for PDW 2024
Hello
5 weeks to go for Perth Design Week and our first exhibition for 2024 is now open!
Our PDW 2024 program will go live online from next Thursday 15 February
this year’s event runs from 14 to 21 March 2024 at venues across the City and beyond.
As with last year, the festival brings together a diverse coalition of Perth creatives - architects, interior designers, planners, product and graphic designers and more - in a week-long program of events, exhibitions, films and experiences.
There are over 80 events in the program this year - with last year’s inaugural PDW collaborators back on board for 2024 as well as some new faces.
Major partners include: Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip, State Buildings, Block Branding, North Metropolitan TAFE, Curtin University, University of Western Australia and Central Park Perth. With new partners to be announced next week.
WA Homes - S, M, L exhibition now open!
PDW’s first exhibition for 2024 is now open at the WA Museum Boola Bardip.
Photos by Dion Robeson for Perth Design Week.
With housing affordability in the spotlight, the exhibition WA Homes - S,M,L explores alternative models for the great (West) Australian dream.
The exhibition is arranged in order of size. But not as you would think. S,M,L covers small houses (S), medium density developments (M) and apartments (L).
We need to change the way we plan for more housing. We can’t keep building out. We need to create capacity for more infill, with more diverse types of homes.
Small houses include award winning Celilo Springs House by architect Andrew Boyne. At just 120 sqm this beautiful hand crafted home is half the size of the average Australian home.
The exhibition also focuses on medium density developments, the missing middle. With the start date for the State Government’s new Medium Density Code announced just a few weeks ago, this exhibition shows the diversity of housing – and choice –medium density provides.
Apartments featured in the exhibition challenge the norm. Architects have led the way in innovative apartment design across Perth for decades - from setting precedents in urban density, through to adaptive reuse of existing buildings and build to rent.
Australia currently has the largest homes in the world and WA some of the largest homes in the country. On average, new houses built in Australia today are nearly 50% bigger than they were 40 years ago.
But with ever diminishing household sizes, an increasing proportion of single person households, and a supply crisis, this does not really make sense.
Perth’s award winning architects show how beautiful, high quality spaces with a smaller footprint can be achieved with environmentally sensitive designs.
Free Exhibition
Open 9.30am – 5.00pm daily
Thursday 8 February to Friday 29 March 2024
The Hub, Old Gaol, WA Museum Boola Bardip
By the way …
If you have sent us an event and you haven’t heard back please reach out. You can send us an email at hello@perthdesignweek.com
And with some people promoting their events on social media already don’t forget to tag us so we can reshare. And on Instagram please invite us as a collaborator to share directly to our page.
We are looking forward to seeing you at Perth Design Week 2024!
Best wishes
Sandy Anghie and David Smith
PDW Co-Creators