A Night in Council House (POSTPONED) (expired event)

Join Tim Ross for an intimate evening in the iconic Council House, presenting a brand new live show that looks at design, memories and the Australian home

The design of Council House resulted from a national architectural competition conducted by Perth City Council in 1960. Over 60 designs were submitted and the winning design was by Jeffrey Howlett and Don Bailey of Melbourne, who subsequently moved to Perth to set up practice for the design and construction of the building. The resulting building is recognised throughout Australian as one of the finest examples of 1960s ‘minimalist modern’ office buildings in the country and was officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on 25 March 1963.

There were a number of details incorporated in the design that attracted particular attention at the time of construction. The area on which Council House, Perth stands is floored with local grey Mundaring granite and the building was designed so that natural and artificial lighting has maximum visual effect, both internally and externally.The uninterrupted floor to ceiling double glazing provides the building occupants with spectacular views of the city and the river, while the building has a unique appearance of transparency, particularly at night, prompting one journalist to write that ‘it has the effect of a glittering diamond in the city when night falls.’