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Cox Architecture · 2016
Projects / Built project
Parmelia Hilton Refurbishment
Cox Architecture reworks the ground floor of Perth's Parmelia Hilton, the city's oldest five-star hotel, with a new lobby, façade and public link.
Parmelia Hilton Refurbishment
- Project size
- 17670 m2
- Photographer
- Robert Frith
- Project context
- Architecture · Built · Western Australia · Commercial
The story
The story behind the work.
Cox Architecture has reworked the ground floor of the Parmelia Hilton, Perth's oldest five-star hotel, resetting how guests arrive and how the building meets the city. The new façade takes its cue from the existing Hilton tower, giving the entrance a clear sense of arrival.
Inside, the lobby now reads as an internal street, linking reception, the upper lounge, a colonnade, the executive lounge and the restaurant into a run of connected spaces. The material palette draws on the open spaces and colours of the Western Australian landscape: marble, timber and leather, lifted with bronze detailing and mirrors for an understated, durable luxury.
A new pedestrian route runs through the lobby to Brookfield Place, adding public amenity across the wider precinct. The 17,670 m2 refurbishment, completed in 2020, restores the Parmelia Hilton's standing as a premium hotel in the Perth CBD.
Design architect: Cox Architecture. Photography: Robert Frith.
Timber wall-fin detail
Hotel entrance at dusk
Reception and stone finishes
Lounge seating and joinery
The practice
Cox Architecture
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