The Fremantle Port Authority Building, Western Australia.
Fremantle Harbour is Western Australia's largest and busiest general cargo port and an important historical site. This is the headquarters building for the port authority. The Fremantle Ports' Administration Building was designed by architects Hobbs, Winning and Leighton in the international style and built by A T Brine and Sons Ltd in 1963. It was officially opened on 5 March 1964. The 11-storey building was built to accommodate the then Fremantle Harbour Trust's existing staff in one building instead of the pre-existing eight buildings around the wharf area. The building has aesthetic qualities that boldly countered the pre-existing character and scale of the wharf and its buildings, and as such, it has significance as a technological milestone. Its built form, scale and materials, together with the then new sciences in building services, signified a radical 'modern' change in the port's image and operation. The building itself has particular architectural qualities representative of the international style of the time.
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Location: Fremantle Port Authority, 1 Cliff Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
Photo credit: © Duncan Sharrocks / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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