Designed as part of the new Edith Cowan University City Campus in Perth, the project brings together five state-of-the-art performance venues: a recital hall for full orchestral performance, a dance theatre, a playhouse theatre with an orchestra pit and fly tower, a jazz and contemporary music venue, and a flexible drama theatre. Alongside these sit two major rehearsal spaces - an orchestra rehearsal room with flexible seating for ensemble performances and a drama rehearsal room equipped with immersive digital projection and surround sound, as well as production makings spaces, dressing rooms, music practice rooms and generous new foyers that connect performers, students and audiences throughout the building.
Roger Watts, Director at Haworth Tompkins said “What is so exciting about ECU City is not only the balanced spread of the performing arts and the onsite production spaces, but also all the other diverse university disciplines mixed together into a shared single building, colliding and engaging with each other, bringing all this energy and creativity into the heart of the city. Audiences will get a sense of the creativity that goes into making a show through their journey to and from the venues. This experience will start on the approach to the building and continue through the entrance to the foyers with glimpses into the workshop and rehearsal spaces together with amazing views out over the City of Perth."
Haworth Tompkins named Public Building Architect of the Year at the 2026 Building Design Architect of the Year Awards 2026.
Planning permission has been granted for the first phase of York Central, delivering 1014 homes, commercial space, extensive public realm and parkland, as well as a brand-new entrance to the west of York railway station.
Five Haworth Tompkins projects have secured six shortlist places across the 2026 AJ Architecture Awards and NLA Awards. The recognition reflects the breadth of our expertise across culture, housing, regeneration and masterplanning - from the sensitive transformation of listed cultural buildings to major residential developments and urban masterplans.
Planning permission has been secured for the first phase of the transformation of St Botolph's Quarter in central Colchester, marking an important milestone in the city's long-term regeneration.
Pembroke Mill Lane for Pembroke College, Cambridge, has been shortlisted for the 2026 RIBA Stirling Prize, the UK's most prestigious award for architecture.
Pembroke Mill Lane, Cambridge has received a RIBA National Award.
Haworth Tompkins has been shortlisted in two categories at this year's Building Design Architect of the Year Awards.
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