Fringe Architects was established as a sole trader architectural entity in 2004 and was incorporated in 2008. Principal Andrew Hagemann has worked for many of Perth’s larger scale practices, winning numerous state design awards. Perth was in short supply of quality architectural practices holding design as a primary focus, and, rather than vacate the city, Fringe Architects took the opportunity to establish a practice largely on the ‘fringe’ of locally engrained ideas and practices—namely the irrepressible cheap-and-cheerful ‘real estate’ driven local culture. The firm believes in the importance of remaining visual, verbal and most of all participate in the built evolution of the city.
