Fremantle architecture firm spaceagency is one of Australia’s most acclaimed design practices. Founded forty years ago, spaceagency’s highly awarded portfolio of residential, hospitality and commercial projects has led the way on adaptive reuse and heritage interpretation and changed the face of hospitality design in the West. 

Come on a design journey with principals Michael Patroni and Dimmity Walker as they reflect on four decades of creating beautiful buildings and interiors. 

In celebration of its 40-year milestone, spaceagency has commissioned a short film to be screened at the event, shot at locations designed by the practice over several decades. The film uses storytelling to reveal how spaces take on a secret life of their own beyond the reach of the designers. 

This event is part of the Fremantle Design Week Conversations Series. Tickets are available for individual sessions, a whole day or the whole weekend.

Students and concession card holders can use code FDWCONCESSION for 10% off tickets.

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spaceagency is a multi-award-winning architectural practice based in Fremantle, Western Australia founded 1984. Under the direction of practice directors Michael Patroni and Dimmity Walker, the practice has delivered projects across scale, geography and sector, including individual and multiple housing, interiors, furniture, hospitality, commercial, institutional and urban design.

spaceagency is focused on the experiential quality of spaces and how this can enrich the lives the people who inhabit them, always seeking opportunities for joy and delight. The practice is renowned for its sensitive heritage and adaptive re-use work and delights in applying intelligent design to challenging and difficult sites.

The practice has received widespread local and national recognition for its built work, including numerous State and National Australian Institute of Architecture Awards and heritage and hospitality awards. Many of these projects are in and around Fremantle. Well known projects include Strange Company, Bread in Common, Knutsford Stage 1, Petition at the State Buildings, the Alex Hotel, and the Premier Mill in Katanning.

Selected awards include:

2019 / AIA (National) The Lachlan Macquarie Award for Heritage_2019 Premier Mill Hotel Katanning

2018 / AIA (WA Chapter) Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing – Carrington Street

2017 / AIA (WA Chapter) Architecture Award for Interior Architecture – Strange Company

2016 / AIA (National) The Frederick Romberg Award for Residential Architecture (Multiple Housing) – Knutsford / Stage 1

2016 / AIA (WA Chapter) The Ross Chisolm and Gil Nicol Award for Commercial Architecture –  Alex Hotel

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