Designed by Cameron Chisholm Nicol, Heirloom by Match is the adaptive re-use of the Dalgety Wool Stores, a four-level brick and iron warehouse adjacent to Fremantle Port that has been re-purposed to house 183 one- and two- bedroom apartments and a café.
Photography: Greg Hocking
Constructed in 1922, the building is listed on the State Register of Heritage Places and has significant cultural heritage value. The bold, utilitarian structure is a local landmark which dominates the streetscape and represents an important link to a significant period in the city’s economic and social history.
The multi-residential conversion takes a minimal-intervention approach which capitalises on the building?s unique character and spatial qualities. Most of the existing structure has been retained, with the apartments inserted entirely inside the building?s original fabric. Extensive conservation work has been undertaken to restore, remediate and preserve the integrity of the existing structure. Photography: Greg Hocking
To allow light and ventilation to penetrate all dwellings, two atriums have been created by removing sections of the roof and floors. The atriums open to the sky and separate the development into three residential blocks. Boxed balconies in the atriums reference the port’s sea containers.
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Apartment set-out was based on the location of existing jarrah columns. Many of the existing structural elements are not square, making the task a complex one. Existing ...