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’s – and in fact the State’s – 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.
“There are several – sometime competing – 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.”
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
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
