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ON BREAK
SET IN WA’s REMOTE KIMBERLEY REGION,
THE PROJECT SPEAKS OF REHABILITATION
RATHER THAN INCARCERATION. THE
FIRMS’ COLLABORATION PRODUCES
A COLLEGIATE, CULTURALLY ATTUNED
COMMUNITY MODEL. THE PROJECT IS A
WORLD-FIRST, DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY
FOR THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS
OF AN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY.
West Kimberley Prison, Western Australia
Principal glazing resource:
Viridian StormGuardTM
Architects in association:
TAG Architects and Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects
Text: Peter Hyatt
Images: Peter Bennetts