Hospitality & Retail

River foreshore issues are potentially controversial and need strong community and council involvement if they are to be resolved. GHD completed a master plan for the Richmond River foreshore.

The plan, which was developed for the New South Wales Department of Lands and Ballina Shire Council, has received strong community, council and government support.

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The GHD design group helped Boost Juice develop their corporate image and expand the initial Adelaide store into a national franchise.

The visionary design cre­ated a space that was playful and highly energetic and combined this with the utilitarian need for function.

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With a brief to reflect the growing spirit of Qatar and its emerging significance in regional affairs, GHD has created an exciting retail and entertainment complex of international standard.

The master plan for the multi-use City Centre project, developed with Davenport Campbell, provides almost 300,000 sq m of built-up area over five levels and facilities for 3000 car park spaces. The retail and entertainment mall provides a broad range of family-based activities – in specialty retail outlets, a hypermarket, food courts, entertainment area, a cinema complex, ice skating rink and a bowling alley.

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GHD is the principal consultant for the design of this high profile five-star tourist resort. The architecture and services are designed in modern Qatari style and provide a solution to the harsh desert environment.

The Grand Hyatt development, commissioned by the Tourism Investment Company, is a luxurious resort complex comprising a 250-suite hotel and fully serviced five-star holiday villas. Located along the Arabian Gulf, the innovative cluster layout concept maximises the view of the beach from each villa, while retaining privacy. The design engenders the site’s characteristics, that of the collusion of water and the desert.                                     

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The ACT Government-owned National Convention Centre, Canberra was originally opened in 1989 and has been operated by the lessee, Intercontinental Hotels Group since 2001. It was one of the earliest specialist convention and exhibition facilities constructed in Australia. The inferior state of repair and poor functionality of the centre approaching the end of its life cycle was contributing to a declining market share of major conventions.

The project to reposition the National Convention Centre was initiated by the ACT Government and focussed on improving marketability though achieving value for money in addressing the sense of arrival and place, venue flexibility, delegate amenity and visitor experience. A capital upgrade program to refurbish the facility and achieve compliance with current building standards and reduce operating and maintenance costs was a key part of the redevelopment.

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Qatar Airways crew have a new ‘home away from home’ in Doha that achieves high quality living in a relaxing atmosphere.

GHD was engaged to design the complex, which contains 543 apartments in four buildings that are arranged in a traditional form of an Arabic Mafruka. The facility, which has a modern contemporary theme, is designed to project the dynamic and progressive branding attributes commonly associated with Qatar Airways.

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GHD has developed RACV’s master plan for a 32ha site with a dramatic outlook over Andersons Inlet, along the Cape Paterson-Inverloch Road in Victoria.

The facility includes a main lodge, detached, self-contained cabins, group accommodation and a remote  'eco-lodge'.

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Sanya Bay new city is a new resort area under development at Sanya on the Chinese island province of Hainan.

GHD’s urban design and architecture team in Beijing is providing the concept design that incorporates urban development for the site, architecture for modern, Chinese-style villas and environmental management.

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Located in the heart of the restaurant sector of Hutt Street, GHD's brief was to develop a club atmosphere that embodied the 'fashion capitals' of Europe, and localised it for Adelaide.

The inspiration for the design team was the subtle use of distinctive finishes, the use of the signature form 'XO', plus the creation of a luxurious yet understated open plan environment.

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