New building & redevelopment
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute is embarking upon a dramatic new phase in its evolution. To mark the 90th anniversary of our founding, the Victorian Government and the Commonwealth Government each provided a $50 million capital works grant. Together with generous funding from The Atlantic Philanthropies, these grants will enable us to expand the Parkville building to nearly double its size and thereby grow our research programs to improve health outcomes.
Denton Corker Marshall and S2F were appointed to design our new facility. Our architects-in-association are each national leaders in their fields: Denton Corker Marshall in the development of major institutional and public buildings (Melbourne Museum and Australia’s Beijing and Tokyo embassies); S2F in the creation of innovative laboratory designs.
Atkinson Project Management were appointed to manage the building project. Their recent successes include the Austin Repatriation and Mercy Hospital redevelopment, the Alfred Centre and the new Royal Dental Hospital, Melbourne.
Early works commenced in 2008 and construction of the new wing is expected to conclude by early 2011. Redevelopment of the current building will continue until 2012.
Fast Facts
- Current WEHI gross floor space: 15,775 square metres.
- Future total WEHI gross floor space: 31,283 square metres.
- Current WEHI staff numbers: about 580
- New WEHI staff numbers: more than 1,000
- New scientific research and support jobs by 2015: more than 400
Key new research facilities
- New wing housing seven levels of laboratories and scientific support services.
- Clinical Translation Centre
- Insectary to enable malaria researchers to target the critical liver stage of the malaria life cycle
- Advanced cell and tissue imaging and flow cytometry centres.
Current project budget
- $151 million, providing 530 new full-time construction jobs over 3 years
- Estimated date of project completion: New wing 2011
- Refit of current wing 2012.
Building Enquiries
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