Perth’s Scarborough Beach redevelopment has become one of Australia’s most iconic urban beach experiences, transforming a previously disconnected and carpark-dominated beachfront.

Delivered by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority in partnership with the City of Stirling and designed by a TCL and UDLA-led consortium, the project is defined by two main pedestrian promenades that provide clear circulation and frame new amenities and recreational opportunities along the beachfront.

The upper promenade connects to retail and food and beverage outlets, civic plazas and new development zones, while the lower promenade provides opportunities for jogging, cycling and other active uses.

One of the central ambitions underpinning the project was to reduce the impact that road infrastructure has on the beach.

The redesign moves the roundabout at the entrance to the beach back toward the highway to increase pedestrian and event space and to relocate the heritage clock tower from the roundabout to the pedestrian realm.