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Artist Sohan Ariel Hayes says his way of looking at Perth has changed for good, thanks to the research he undertook for new work Nine Streams in the Borna Malliji (Tree of Shadow). Establishing a close working relationship with Wadjuk local ...

Perth’s newest icon will be raising a toast to winter with a celebration of the season at the ideal time to explore the cultural and historic heart of Perth City. Throughout the winter months the State Buildings will be lighting the fires, ...

When it came to choosing an artist to create illustrations for this website, it was an easy decision to go with Sarah McCloskey. The young illustrator’s elegant, edgy portraits sit perfectly alongside Cathedral Square’s vision of a sophisticated ...

Bespoke West Australian jewellery brand, Rohan Jewellery, will open a boutique within the State Buildings this month. Rohan jewellery is a business built out of a passion for impeccable quality and true craftsmanship, and is one of 30 Select ...

Global design and development trends will centre in Perth with the dramatic new City of Perth Library, which draw its programming inspiration from centres as far away as New York. That influence is fitting for its location in the centre of the ...

To mark Perth’s founding in 1829, a tree was felled at the site where the new Mirvac office tower stands in the centre of the Cathedral Square precinct. It’s fitting, then, that in its place, at the forecourt of the building, artist Matthew ...

What if you could control what you saw when you looked up at the night sky? What if you were the only person who could see what was before you? That idea isn’t anywhere near as far-fetched as it seems for Cathedral Square visitors, thanks to one ...

If you walk quickly along St George’s Terrace, you probably miss it. Your eyes scan the traffic in front of you as you cross the busy road, or navigate around dawdlers clogging the footpath, and you don’t look down as you round the corner into ...