HASSELL was appointed to provide architectural, planning, interior design and landscape services to one of Melbourne's most significant projects, the new Commonwealth Law Courts. The building combines the jurisdictions of the High Court, the Federal Court and the Family Court, and is sited on the prominent corner of William and Latrobe Streets, opposite the Flagstaff Gardens, at the entry point into the legal precinct of Melbourne.  The complex provides 43 court and hearing rooms, registries for each jurisdiction, counselling, mediation, conferencing, and accommodation for Registrars and Judges.

The project also involved the successful integration of the new building with the existing underground railway station (Flagstaff Station), which is built over.

      Awards

2000 AILA National Project Awards -
Project Award of Merit – Design – Public Spaces

2000 RAIA (VIC) Awards – Award of Merit – Urban Design

1999 AILA (VIC and TAS) Awards – Commendation Award –
Building Settings

1999 RAIA (VIC) Awards – Marion Mahony Award – Interior Architecture

1999 RAIA (VIC) Awards – Commendation Award – Institutional New

1999 Dulux Colour Awards – Winner – Commercial Interior

      Publications

Creative solutions for Australian architecture / edited by Sophie Jian
BT Latitude, West Ryde, 2002, pp. 46 - 51

Courts of law: theme and aesthetic: the Commonwealth Law Courts, Melbourne / by Paul Katsieris
Architect Victoria, July / Aug 2001, pp. 12 – 15

Hassell's Law / by Hamish Lyon
Architecture Australia, vol 88, no 5, Sept / Oct 1999, pp. 58 – 65

Public architecture: Commonwealth Law Courts / by Leon Van Schaik
Belle Corporate Design, May 1999, pp. 76 – 81

New courthouse a benchmark design / by Cath Laird
Law Institute Journal, April 1997, pp. 14 – 15