Construction on the $320.5-million New Museum in Perth, Western Australia, is set to start by year-end and move into high gear next year. The Western Australia government is encouraging interested Aboriginal businesses, contractors and suppliers of goods and services to register at http://museum.wa.gov.au/ticketing/invitation-register-interest. The building is scheduled for completion in 2019. Doors are set to open in 2020.
The architects HASSELL + OMA have formed a series of five stacked, offset and cantilevered blocks, with various footprint sizes. The architecture, recently unveiled by managing contractor Brookfield Multiplex and the Western Australia government, is intended to create a public venue at the Perth Cultural Centre. At the heart of the museum is an outdoor room framed by historic buildings and intersected by the new construction.