Gothic style replicated in concrete – Cadogan Song School, Perth
Figure: Bo Wong/Palassis Architects
Figure: Bo Wong/Palassis Architects
Figure: Bo Wong/Palassis Architects
A Choir Song School composed of precast elements was added to the Anglican Cathedral in Perth, Australia. The canopy-like roof of the building was designed as a shell structure, replicating Gothic style and blending in harmoniously with the heritage site.
At first glance, the new building appears to resemble a chapel set in front of the south-eastern chancel façade of the Anglican Cathedral in Perth, Western Australia. Yet this addition accommodates the new Song School named after its sponsor, wealthy British aristocrat Charles Cadogan, who is also a member of one of Britain’s most prominent real estate dynasties. While the cathedral is a late 19th century neoclassical brick building, the strikingly white surfaces and reduced shapes of the new addition make it a true contemporary building that, however, consciously replicates Gothic aspects as...
